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Daniel Howell Hise House
The Daniel Howell Hise House was an important st...
Rush R. Sloane House
This house, built in the early 1850s, was the ho...
Wilson Bruce Evans House
A National Historic Landmark, this house was ...
Village of Mt. Pleasant Historic District
The historic village of Mount Pleasant was es...
Lyman and Asenath Hoyt House
The Lyman and Asenath Whipple Hoyt House was an ...
Eleutherian College Classroom and Chapel Building
A National Historic Landmark, Eleutherian Colleg...
Levi Coffin House
Built in 1839 and now a National Historic Landma...
Bethel AME Church, Indianapolis
The first AME church in Indianapolis, the Bethel...
Beecher Hall
Illinois College, founded in 1829, was one of...
Dr. Richard Eells House
Dr. Richard Eells built this home, now located w...
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Daniel Howell Hise House
The Daniel Howell Hise House was an important stop on the Underground Railroad as escaping slaves passed though Salem, Ohio, an industrial Quaker community. It was also the home of noted local abolitionist Daniel Howell Hise and his wife ...
Rush R. Sloane House
This house, built in the early 1850s, was the home of Rush R. Sloane (1828-1908), a Sandusky, Ohio, lawyer, abolitionist, and Underground Railroad participant. The son of a local jeweler who arrived in Ohio around 1815, Sloane started studying ...
Wilson Bruce Evans House
A National Historic Landmark, this house was the home of Wilson Bruce Evans (1824-1898), a leading black abolitionist and successful member of Oberlin's commercial and educational communities. Wilson Bruce Evans and his brother Henry Evans were participants in the ...
Village of Mt. Pleasant Historic District
The historic village of Mount Pleasant was established in 1803 by Robert Carothers, an Irishman from Virginia, and Jesse Thomas, a Quaker from North Carolina, and is important for the role it played in the antislavery movement and the ...
Lyman and Asenath Hoyt House
The Lyman and Asenath Whipple Hoyt House was an active station on the Underground Railroad in Lancaster, Indiana. It was built in limestone about 1850 in Greek Revival style, and housed the Hoyts -- Lyman (1804-1857), Asenath (1810-1897), and ...
Eleutherian College Classroom and Chapel Building
A National Historic Landmark, Eleutherian College was constructed between 1854 and 1856, and was the first college in Indiana to admit students without regard to race or gender. Some of the college's trustees were among the most active participants ...
Levi Coffin House
Built in 1839 and now a National Historic Landmark, this house was owned by Levi Coffin (1798-1877), a Quaker abolitionist. Because of his outstanding role in the operation of the Underground Railroad, Coffin has been termed its "president." It ...
Bethel AME Church, Indianapolis
The first AME church in Indianapolis, the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church has played an important role in the city's black community for over 160 years. Originally founded in 1836 by William Paul Quinn and Augustus Turner, the church, ...
Beecher Hall
Illinois College, founded in 1829, was one of the first institutions of higher learning chartered in Illinois. Before the Civil War, Illinois College was a center for the antislavery movement in the state. Beecher Hall, the original building of ...
Dr. Richard Eells House
Dr. Richard Eells built this home, now located within the Downtown Quincy Historic District, in 1835. Eells built only the front portion of the house as it stands today, four blocks from the Mississippi River. He lived here until ...
