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Harriet Beecher Stowe House
Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896), author, human...
Starr Clark Tinshop
The Starr Clark Tin Shop was the property of Sta...
Orson Ames House
The Orson Ames House is a ca. 1830 modest single...
John P. and Lydia Edwards House
As abolitionist Gerrit Smith's land agent, frien...
Edwin W. and Charlotte Clarke House
Edwin Clark grew up in Oswego, and after stud...
Asa and Caroline Wing House
The Asa and Caroline Wing House was used as a wa...
Foster Memorial AME Zion Church
Foster Memorial AME Zion Church was founded in 1...
John Brown Farm and Gravesite
John Brown (1800--1859) considered this farm, a ...
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...
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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, ...
Starr Clark Tinshop
The Starr Clark Tin Shop was the property of Starr Clark and his wife, Harriet Loomis Clark. They were abolitionists and Underground Railroad activists in the Village of Mexico, from late 1832 until the Civil War. The Clarks welcomed ...
Orson Ames House
The Orson Ames House is a ca. 1830 modest single story frame home in the village of Mexico, New York. It is where, on the evening of October 5, 1851, Orson and Amy Ames sheltered the famous freedom seeker ...
John P. and Lydia Edwards House
As abolitionist Gerrit Smith's land agent, friend, and colleague and as an engineer committed to public service, John Benjamin Edwards shaped Oswego's economic and cultural development for over sixty years. For at least sixteen of those years, he and ...
Edwin W. and Charlotte Clarke House
Edwin Clark grew up in Oswego, and after studying law, was admitted to the bar in 1828. He first served as clerk of the Village of Oswego and then held a position with the Northwestern Insurance Company. Harriet, whom ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
