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From the book by Nelson Greene

Beech-Nut House (photo). A fine example of an Old Canajoharie stone house, owned by the Beech-Nut Packing Co.

See also: Official history of the Beech-Nut Company of Canajoharie New York (new window)

Bleeker Home (photo) 1786; Fort Plain. Built by Isaac Paris as a storehouse and residence in 1786. It has been the Bleecker home for many years. Photo courtesy of S. J. Clark Publishing Co., Chicago, publishers of the History of the Mohawk Valley--Gateway to the West.

Dadanoscara-Visscher-DeGraff Home (photo) 1795; Built by Col. Frederick Visscher, 1795. Second Revolutionary officer's home on Turnpike going west. First Visscher house burned in Indian raid after bloody fight. Seen from Central Railroad and Turnpike. Photo by C. M. Vander Veer, Amsterdam. Variations: Danascara Home.

Ehle Farm (photo) Ehle Farm, between Fort Plain and Canajoharie. A famous landmark on the Old Mohawk Turnpike stone fence section, with a fine old stone farm house and great dairy barns. On the farm settled by Rev. Johannes Ehle in 1725 and owned for 200 years by the Ehle family.

Ehle Home (photo) Small wing was built by Rev. John Jacob Ehle as home and Indian mission house for Indians of Tarajorees (Prospect Hill) at present Fort Plain. It is the oldest structure west of Schoharie River. Dominie Ehle's son, Peter Ehle, built the larger part in 1752. House, now falling to ruins, stands about one-third mile east of Fort Plain station, nearly opposite New York Central's 200th milestone, from New York City; a familiar landmark of railroad which here occupies route of old Colonial Kings' Highway.

Folts Home (photo) 1796; Home of Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Callan. East Frankfort, on the South Shore Mohawk Turnpike. Built by Major Warner Folts, in 1796, on original farm settled in 1723 by Melchor Folts, one of the original Burnetsfield patentees. The property has been in the continuous possession of the Folts family for over 200 years. It is a favorite meeting place for the D.A.R. and other patriotic gatherings. Photo courtesy of Estella Folts Callan.

Fonda Home (photo) 1791; Major Fonda House - On Montgomery Terrace, Fonda. For many years the home of Rev. Washington Frothingham, the Mohawk Valley historian. Photo by Mr. Harry V. Bush, Canajoharie.

Fort Frey (photo) 1739; Erected on the site of the first log house built by the pioneer Hendrick Frey, the first settler of the Middle Mohawk Valley, in 1689.

Fort Herkimer Church (photo) 1767; Photo taken in 1923 during 200th anniversary of the organization of the church. Located on South Shore Highway; one of State's most historic buildings.

Fort Klock (photo) 1750; Revolutionary fortress home of Col. Jacob Klock, of the Palatine Regiment of the Tryon County Militia. Defended during the battle of Klock's Field, October 19, 1780. Cellar door opens into a Revolutionary stone dungeon, with a spring in the solid rock floor of the cellar. Photo by Mrs. Lipe Klock, St. Johnsville.

Fort Wagner (photo) 1750; On the Mohawk Turnpike, one and one-half miles west of Nelliston. The stone house on the left was the stockaded home of Lt. Col. Peter Wagner of the Palatine Regiment of the Tryon County Revolutionary militia. It was built in 1750 and this famous farm has been worked for 200 years.

Frey Home (photo) 1808; Located Palatine Bridge. Photograph taken about 1885, with Mr. and Mrs. S.L. Frey on the stoop. By courtesy of Mr. Samuel Ludlow Frey, Palatine Bridge

Glen-Sanders Home (photo) Scotia, 1713; Built of stone (now stuccoed) by Capt. Johannes Glen, in 1713, largely of the materials of the first house erected by Alexander Glen, close to the river in 1658, when the Glen farm was bought of the Mohawks. The homestead had been in the possession of the Glen-Sanders family for 266 years in 1924. This is a record family occupancy for the Mohawk Valley and one of the longest in the United States. The Glen-Sanders house stands on the west side of the Mohawk Avenue close to the Great Western Gateway Bridge and is a Colonial guardian of the eastern gateway of the Long House of the Mohawks which we are now about to enter, and which ends at the American Corner in Rome. See "Scotia, the Glen-Sanders House" pp. 155-186 in "More Colonial Homesteads" by Marian Harland. Photo courtesy of General Electric Co.

Herkimer Home (photo) 1764; Front view, as seen from the New York Central Railroad and Mohawk Turnpike, on both of which it is a famous landmark. Photo shows flag, D.A.R. 1912 Oriskany march marker, monument, house, well and well sweep, summer house (built on the General's stone powder magazine) and the West Shore R.R. directly in front of the house. Photo by William Smith, Schuyler; by courtesy of Estella Folts Callan, Ilion.

Herkimer Reformed Church (photo) Built in 1835 on site occupied by this organization since about 1725. In 1923 this church celebrated the 200th anniversary of its organization and settlement of Palatines in Herkimer and its neighborhood.

Indian Castle Church (photo) 1769; Built in 1769 by Col. Samuel Clyde for Sir William Johnson, who presented it to the Canajoharies (Mohawks of the Upper or Canajoharie Mohawk Castle) in 1770. The only Colonial Indian mission church standing in New York State and the only surviving Colonial building of any of the Mohawk or Iroquois Castles. It stands on the South Shore Highway, but is seen from Central Railroad and Mohawk Turnpike. Photo by H. V. Bush, Canajoharie.

Knox Home (photo) Residence of Mrs. Charles B. Knox, Johnstown. See also color image of home (new window):
Rose Knox, First Lady of Johnstown, NY

Mabie Home (photo) 1670; Jan Mabie House, Rotterdam, 1670. This stone house is the oldest structure in the Mohawk Valley. It stands over a half mile west of Rotterdam,near South Shore Road. Reached from Mohawk Turnpike over the Barge Canal dam bridge. Built by D. J. Van Antwerp, 1670, bought by Jan Pieterse Mabie 1706; house (1924) nearly 220 years in the Mabie family. Photo courtesy of Alonzo P. Walton, Schenectady.

Old Mohawk Turnpike Map (photo) From Schenectady to Rome and the Seneca Road, Utica to Syracuse, Middle section of the New York-Buffalo Highway.

Oriskany Battlefield Monument (photo) Photo by Nelson Greene, August 6, 1922, on the 145th anniversary of the battle of Oriskany (August 6th, 1777), celebrated by Oriskany Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution.

Palatine Church (photo) 1770; Palatine Lutheran Evangelical Church, built in 1770 is the most famous landmark on the Old Mohawk Turnpike. It was an American Revolutionary army camp Oct. 19, 1780.

Shoemaker Home (photo)  Mohawk, On South Shore Turnpike (West Main Street) Mohawk. Washington dined in front yard, 1783. Photo by Prince & Nolan, Mohawk; courtesy of Col. Frank West, Mohawk.

Source Page (photo) The Old Mohawk Turnpike Book by Nelson Greene, author of Old Fort Plain
and the Middle Mohawk Valley, The Home and Name of Herkimer, The New York to Buffalo Book

Spraker Home (photo) 1795; At Sprakers station of the New York Central, of which, and the Turnpike, it is a famous landmark. Formerly a noted Turnpike and river boat tavern.

Stone Arabia Lutheran Church (photo) 1792; On the site of the first log church built in 1729. This church dates its organization from 1711. Stone Arabia Reformed Church in the distance. See Also: color photo, compliments of Richard Hayes and the Nellis website.

Stone Arabia Reformed Church (photo) 1788; Frame church, on this site, was burned in Johnson's great raid of 1780 through the Schoharie and Mohawk Valleys. Canajoharie D.A.R. monument, in front of church, commemorates fifty Revolutionary soldiers buried in the Church graveyard.

Summary Pages (photo) Places along the Old Mohawk Turnpike including Canajoharie-Palatine Bridge, and descriptions; Fort Plain - Nelliston; Palatine Church; St. Jonesville; Dolgeville.

Van Alstyne Home (photo) 1750; Built by Marten Janse Van Alstyne. The favorite meeting place of the Tryon County Revolutionary Committee of Safety. Washington stopped here in 1783. Now the home of the Fort Rensselaer Club. Photo courtesy of Beech-Nut Packing.

Wagner Home (photo) Located on Grand Street (the Mohawk Turnpike) Palatine Bridge. Webster Wagner was the inventor of sleeping and palace cars and railroad car elevated roof ventilators.

See Also: Wagner Palace Car Company (new window)

Yates Home (photo) 1710; Located at 109 Union Street. Home of Abraham Yates. Probably the oldest house in the city and a typical Schenectady Dutch house of the period. Photo by C. M. Vander Veer, Amsterdam.

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