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St. James AME Zion Church
Built in 1836, St. James AME Zion is believed to...
Harriet Tubman Home for the Aged Residence and Thompson AME Zion Church
Harriet Tubman (1820/21?--1913), a renowned lead...
White Horse Farm
White Horse Farm, built around 1770, was the lif...
Bethel AME Zion Church
A pillar of Reading's black community for 160 ye...
John Brown House
John Brown (1800--1859) occupied an upstairs bed...
Putnam Historic District
Putnam is one of the oldest settlements in the s...
Spring Hill
Built in 1821, Spring Hill first served as the h...
James and Sophia Clemens Farmstead
The James and Sophia Clemens Farmstead is one of...
Reuben Benedict House
The Reuben Benedict House, a two-story brick bui...
Col. William Hubbard House
William Hubbard (1787-1863) moved to Ashtabula, ...
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St. James AME Zion Church
Built in 1836, St. James AME Zion is believed to be the oldest church in Ithaca and one of the first of the AME Zion churches in the country. An Underground Railroad station, the church is located in a ...
Harriet Tubman Home for the Aged Residence and Thompson AME Zion Church
Harriet Tubman (1820/21?--1913), a renowned leader in the Underground Railroad movement, established the Home for the Aged in 1908. Born into slavery in Dorchester County, Maryland, Tubman gained her freedom in 1849 when she escaped to Philadelphia. Working as ...
White Horse Farm
White Horse Farm, built around 1770, was the lifetime home of politician and prominent abolitionist Elijah Pennypacker (1802-1888) and a depot on the Underground Railroad. In 1831 Pennypacker was elected to the House of Representatives and lobbied on the ...
Bethel AME Zion Church
A pillar of Reading's black community for 160 years, the Bethel AME Church stands as a testament to the hard work and accomplishments of free African Americans during the era of slavery. Built in 1837, Bethel is the only ...
John Brown House
John Brown (1800--1859) occupied an upstairs bedroom in this house in the summer of 1859, while he formulated his plan and secured weapons for his attack on the Federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry on October 16, 1859. Because of ...
Putnam Historic District
Putnam is one of the oldest settlements in the state of Ohio, established around 1800, and annexed into the adjacent city of Zanesville in 1872. The town's residents and institutions played an important role in the Underground Railroad and ...
Spring Hill
Built in 1821, Spring Hill first served as the home of Thomas and Charity Rotch, a Quaker couple from New England involved in the Underground Railroad. Upon the advice of Dr. Benjamin Rush of Philadelphia, they moved west to ...
James and Sophia Clemens Farmstead
The James and Sophia Clemens Farmstead is one of the oldest and last remaining agricultural resources in one of Ohio’s earliest black settlements, Longtown (Greenville settlement). This farmstead was the home of James Clemens (1781-1870), who was the founding ...
Reuben Benedict House
The Reuben Benedict House, a two-story brick building with a wooden frame addition, lies in the rural farming community of Peru township. One of the earliest houses in Morrow County, Ohio, it stands surrounded by ageless maple and walnut ...
Col. William Hubbard House
William Hubbard (1787-1863) moved to Ashtabula, Ohio, from Holland Patent, New York, around 1834 to join relatives who owned and operated a successful lumber yard and warehouse in the town. Before moving to Ashtabula, Hubbard served in the War ...
