Hold up, buddy. Johnson Hall was built in 1763 by the servants
of William Johnson who at the time was the largest slaveholder
in the north. It was made with a sawmill and a grist mill and
had several tenant farmers working in the area. It was made to
look like it was made of stone but actually it was just painted
to give that illusion; however houses on the other side were
made of stone. It was believed that William Johnson was
paranoid, since around this time was the end of the French and
Indian War, so it was assumed it was his way of defending
himself from an attack. The specific reason was unknown. What
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