Jimmy Burke Inn LbNA #49538 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Aug 8, 2009 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Johnstown |
| County: | Fulton |
| State: | New York |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | AntsMarching  |
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| Found by: | The Fitz's |
| Last found: | Apr 13, 2010 |
| Status: | FFFr |
| Last edited: | Aug 8, 2009 |
Getting there:
Take I-90, exit 28, Rte 30-A Fonda/Johnstown/Gloversville. Take a LEFT onto S. Perry Street and head for downtown, BUT take a LEFT onto W. Montgomery Street. Go two blocks. The Inn is on the corner of Market and Montgomery Streets.
As for the Inn, I found conflicting (but close) dates for its construction, so I posted both historical sources:
This historical building was for a very long time the Younglove homestead. It was built for Mr. Robert Picken, Sir William Johnson's surveyor in 1768 and originally stood at 4 South William Street. In 1788 it was moved to its present site and became an Inn.
The Younglove family purchased it in 1812 and owned it until 1925. It was purchased at that time by the local Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution Society. It remains their home to this day.
(source: http://www.mvls.info/ispy/johnstown/joh_site09.html)
The chapter house is believed to be one of the first ten houses built by Sir William Johnson for his staff living and working in the area. All the houses were one and one-half stories and painted yellow. This house was built in 1765 for Robert Picken, Sir William Johnson's surveyor.
The building was moved to its current location in 1788, to a lot owned by James Burk. Mr. Burk used it as an inn, adding a lean-to that housed teamsters.
In 1812, it was purchased by a bootmaker, Isaiah Younglove. The DAR chapter purchased the property from Miss Susanna Younglove in 1925. She lived there until her death in 1935, when the Johnstown Chapter took the property over completely.
LINKS for Info:
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nyjcdar/
NY State DAR: http://www.nydar.org/id1.htm
National DAR: http://www.dar.org/
To find "Jimmy's Inn", look to the right of the building and read the historical marker. Directly to the left and along the lattice porch base enclosure, toward the back porch footing, you should find that which you are seeking. Happy letterboxing.
Check out other "historical" letterboxes in the Johnstown area. Have fun.
Take I-90, exit 28, Rte 30-A Fonda/Johnstown/Gloversville. Take a LEFT onto S. Perry Street and head for downtown, BUT take a LEFT onto W. Montgomery Street. Go two blocks. The Inn is on the corner of Market and Montgomery Streets.
As for the Inn, I found conflicting (but close) dates for its construction, so I posted both historical sources:
This historical building was for a very long time the Younglove homestead. It was built for Mr. Robert Picken, Sir William Johnson's surveyor in 1768 and originally stood at 4 South William Street. In 1788 it was moved to its present site and became an Inn.
The Younglove family purchased it in 1812 and owned it until 1925. It was purchased at that time by the local Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution Society. It remains their home to this day.
(source: http://www.mvls.info/ispy/johnstown/joh_site09.html)
The chapter house is believed to be one of the first ten houses built by Sir William Johnson for his staff living and working in the area. All the houses were one and one-half stories and painted yellow. This house was built in 1765 for Robert Picken, Sir William Johnson's surveyor.
The building was moved to its current location in 1788, to a lot owned by James Burk. Mr. Burk used it as an inn, adding a lean-to that housed teamsters.
In 1812, it was purchased by a bootmaker, Isaiah Younglove. The DAR chapter purchased the property from Miss Susanna Younglove in 1925. She lived there until her death in 1935, when the Johnstown Chapter took the property over completely.
LINKS for Info:
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nyjcdar/
NY State DAR: http://www.nydar.org/id1.htm
National DAR: http://www.dar.org/
To find "Jimmy's Inn", look to the right of the building and read the historical marker. Directly to the left and along the lattice porch base enclosure, toward the back porch footing, you should find that which you are seeking. Happy letterboxing.
Check out other "historical" letterboxes in the Johnstown area. Have fun.