Fort Golgotha and the Old Burial Hill Cemetery
Introduction


**Fort Golgotha and the Old Burial Hill Cemetery** is the site of an historic cemetery, officially known as the "Old Burying Ground", and the location of a former Revolutionary War\-era fort, known as Fort Golgotha, at Main Street ([NY 25A](/wiki/NY_25A "NY 25A")) and Nassau Road in [Huntington, New York](/wiki/Huntington_%28CDP%29%2C_New_York "Huntington (CDP), New York"). It is located in the [Old Town Green Historic District](/wiki/Old_Town_Green_Historic_District "Old Town Green Historic District") and [Old Town Hall Historic District](/wiki/Old_Town_Hall_Historic_District_%28Huntington%2C_New_York%29 "Old Town Hall Historic District (Huntington, New York)"). *See also:*  *See also:* 

The fort, which takes its name from [Golgotha](/wiki/Golgotha "Golgotha"), was built by the [King's American Dragoons](/wiki/King%27s_American_Dragoons "King's American Dragoons") in 1782 on orders of Colonel [Benjamin Thompson](/wiki/Benjamin_Thompson "Benjamin Thompson"), commander of the regiment, on the site of the town burial ground. The nearby Presbyterian Church was dismantled, and its timbers used in the fort's construction. The fort was one, of a network, of British fortifications, in and around Huntington. East of town there was a larger fortification on the site later known as Gallows Hill, now known as "Fort Hill", [Fort Slongo (now known as Fort Salonga)](/wiki/Fort_Salonga "Fort Salonga") even further to the east, and [Fort Franklin](/wiki/Fort_Franklin%2C_New_York "Fort Franklin, New York") to the north on Lloyd Neck. After all British forces withdrew from the region in 1783, the fort was dismantled, the burial grounds restored and the [Presbyterian Church](/wiki/Old_First_Church_%28Huntington%2C_New_York%29 "Old First Church (Huntington, New York)") rebuilt. The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1981\.


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