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Harriet Beecher Stowe House
Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896), author, human...
Rokeby
Home to four generations of the Robinson family,...
John Brown Farm and Gravesite
John Brown (1800--1859) considered this farm, a ...
Harriet Tubman Home for the Aged Residence and Thompson AME Zion Church
Harriet Tubman (1820/21?--1913), a renowned lead...
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...
Reuben Benedict House
The Reuben Benedict House, a two-story brick bui...
Col. William Hubbard House
William Hubbard (1787-1863) moved to Ashtabula, ...
Wilson Bruce Evans House
A National Historic Landmark, this house was ...
Harriet Beecher Stowe House
Stowe witnessed the evils of slavery first-hand ...
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Harriet Beecher Stowe House
Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896), author, humanitarian, and abolitionist, lived in this house from 1850 to 1852 during which time she wrote her famous novel Uncle Tom's Cabin. Born in Litchfield, Connecticut, to a notable Congregational minister and his wife, ...
Rokeby
Home to four generations of the Robinson family, Rokeby, built in 1793, is significant for its role in the Underground Railroad and for the many letters, account books, and diaries kept by the family while they lived in the ...
John Brown Farm and Gravesite
John Brown (1800--1859) considered this farm, a National Historic Landmark and New York State Historic Site, his home during the ten years leading up to the infamous 1859 raid on Harper's Ferrywhere he was killed. He requested to be ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Harriet Beecher Stowe House
Stowe witnessed the evils of slavery first-hand while touring the neighboring state of Kentucky and visited the home of abolitionist John Rankin in Ripley, Ohio. During her residency in Ohio, she interviewed several former slaves who had escaped to ...
