Fulton County Courthouse
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Fulton County Courthouse, August 2005
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Location: | N. William St., Johnstown, New York |
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Area: | less than one acre |
Built: | 1772 |
Architect: | Fuller, Samuel; Et al. |
Architectural style: | Georgian, Late Georgian |
Governing body: | Local |
NRHP Reference#: | 72000841[1] |
Added to NRHP: | July 24, 1972 |
Fulton County Courthouse, originally known as Tryon County Courthouse, is a historic courthouse building located at Johnstown in Fulton County, New York. It was built in 1772–1773 and is a Late Georgian style public building. It is a 1 1⁄2-story brick structure, five bays wide and three bays deep. It features a bellcast gable roof with a cupola dating to the late 18th or early 19th century. Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet (1715–1774) contributed £500 toward the construction of the building.[2] It is the oldest existing Court House in the State of New York and one of the oldest in the Nation still being used as a Court House today.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.[1]