Fort Golgotha and the Old Burial Hill Cemetery

Fort Golgotha and the Old Burial Hill Cemetery
The Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Building at Fort Golgotha.
Location Main St. and Nassau Rd., Huntington, New York
Coordinates 40°52′17″N 73°25′26″W / 40.87139°N 73.42389°WCoordinates: 40°52′17″N 73°25′26″W / 40.87139°N 73.42389°W
Area 2.5 acres (1.0 ha)
Built 1782
Architect Col. Benjamin Thompson
Governing body Local
NRHP Reference # 81000415[1]
Added to NRHP March 02, 1981

Fort Golgotha and the Old Burial Hill Cemetery is the site of an historic cemetery (officially known as the Old Burying Ground[2]), and the location of a former Revolutionary War-era fort, known as Fort Golgotha, at Main Street (NY 25A) and Nassau Road in Huntington, New York. It is located in the Old Town Green Historic District and Old Town Hall Historic District.[3][4]

The fort, which takes its named from Golgotha, was built by British troops in 1782[5] on orders of Colonel Thompson, commander of the King's American Dragoons,[6] on the site of the town burial ground. The nearby Presbyterian Church was dismantled, and its timbers used in the fort's construction. After the British troops withdrew in 1783, the fort was dismantled, the burial grounds restored and the Presbyterian Church rebuilt.[7] The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.

References

  1. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13.
  2. ↑ http://www.huntingtonny.gov/filestorage/13747/13817/16499/Old_Burying_Ground_%26_Fort_Golgotha.pdf
  3. ↑ NYS Parks & Recreation (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Old Town Green Historic District". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-02-20. See also: "Accompanying 17 photos".
  4. ↑ NYS Parks & Recreation (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Old Town Hall Historic District". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-02-20. See also: "Accompanying 12 photos".
  5. ↑ http://dmna.state.ny.us/forts/fortsE_L/golgothaFort.htm
  6. ↑ http://www.royalprovincial.com/military/musters/kad/kadthompson1.htm
  7. ↑ http://town.huntington.ny.us/permit_pics/215.pdf

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