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Asa and Caroline Wing House
The Asa and Caroline Wing House was used as a wa...
Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims
Between 1849 and the outbreak of the Civil War, ...
Foster Memorial AME Zion Church
Foster Memorial AME Zion Church was founded in 1...
Gerrit Smith Estate and Land Office
Gerrit Smith (1797-1874), a nationally prominent...
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...
Bethel AME Zion Church
A pillar of Reading's black community for 160 ye...
Putnam Historic District
Putnam is one of the oldest settlements in the s...
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...
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Asa and Caroline Wing House
The Asa and Caroline Wing House was used as a way station on the Underground Railroad. Asa Wing (1815-54) was a regionally recognized abolitionist lecturer and organizer in central New York. Asa Wing's diary, augmented by contemporary newspaper reports ...
Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims
Between 1849 and the outbreak of the Civil War, this plain brick church was one of the nation's foremost centers of antislavery sentiment. Its minister at the time was Henry Ward Beecher, who had gained wide notice through his ...
Foster Memorial AME Zion Church
Foster Memorial AME Zion Church was founded in 1860 by Amanda and Henry Foster, Rev. Jacob Thomas, and Hiram Jimerson. Amanda Foster, considered the "Mother of the Church," was the driving force in the formation of the congregation whose ...
Gerrit Smith Estate and Land Office
Gerrit Smith (1797-1874), a nationally prominent and influential abolitionist and social reformer who played a critical role in the operations of the Underground Railroad, lived on this estate and conducted business out of this land office. A major turning ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
