Old Stone Fort

New York, United States

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Located in the village of Schoharie, New York, the Old Stone Fort is a Georgian-style building originally constructed in 1772 as a Reformed Dutch Church. During the American Revolutionary War, it was fortified with a log stockade in 1777 to serve as a defensive position. On October 17, 1780, the structure came under attack by approximately 800 loyalists and Native Americans led by Sir John Johnson and Joseph Brant; a cannonball hole from this raid remains visible in a rear cornice. After the stockade's removal in 1785, the building continued as a church until 1844, then served as a state armory through the Civil War until 1873. The Schoharie County Historical Society converted it into a museum in 1888, beginning a collection that grew to 2,500 items by 1899. Today it anchors the Old Stone Fort Museum complex, which includes complementary historic buildings such as the William Badgely Museum, the Warner house, and period structures documenting Dutch and rural American heritage. The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002 and remains open to the public seasonally, with a research library serving historians and genealogists.