Mid-19th Century Painting of the Old Stone Fort

Painting of Old Stone Fort with a fence and three people outside.

This original Schoharie County folk art painting depicts the Old Stone Fort as it appeared from 1830-1857. The painting is oil on a wooden box covered and is believed to have been created c. 1840-1850.

Artist Unknown

The painting is on display in the main floor gallery of the Old Stone Fort Museum.

Old Stone Fort surrounded by wooden stockade and several houses outside stockade. — Artist depiction of Lower Fort by Rufus Grider, 1888.

Old Stone Fort as a church with a fence around it and a person outside. — Fort in 1856

Old Stone Fort with two flags in front and several monuments to fallen soldiers. — The Old Stone Fort – Present Day