Home of Elias and Elizabeth Widgery Thomas
Portland Freedom Trail
Corner of India and Congress Street, known as a Station House on the Underground Railroad. The home was destroyed in the Great Fire of 1866.
The Thomases were prominent in the Portland Anti-Slavery Society, begun in 1833, which also worked to advance women's rights. They provided housing for such notables as Lucy Stone, Susan B. Anthony, William Lloyd Garrison, Charles Lenox Remond and Parker Pillsbury.
Marker is at the intersection of Congress Street and India Street, on the right when traveling north on Congress Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
