List of Underground Railroad sites
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DelawareDelawareDelaware is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Coast in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It is bordered to the south and west by Maryland, and to the north by Pennsylvania...
- Appoquinimink Friends MeetinghouseAppoquinimink Friends MeetinghouseAppoquinimink Friends Meetinghouse is a historic Quaker meeting house on Main Street in Odessa, Delaware.It was built in 1785 and added to the National Register in 1972....
— Odessa - Friends Meeting House — Wilmington
District of Columbia
- Frederick Douglass National Historic SiteFrederick Douglass National Historic SiteThe Frederick Douglass National Historic Site, administered by the National Park Service, is located at 1411 W St., SE in Anacostia, a neighborhood east of the Anacostia River in Southeast Washington, D.C.. Established in 1988 as a National Historic Site, the site preserves the home and estate of...
- Mary Ann Shadd Cary HouseMary Ann Shadd Cary HouseThe Mary Ann Shadd Cary House is a historic residence located at 1421 W Street, Northwest in Washington, D.C. From 1881 to 1885, it was the home of Mary Ann Shadd Cary, a writer and abolitionist who was one of the first African American female journalists in North America, and who became one of...
IndianaIndianaIndiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...
- Bethel AME Church — Indianapolis
- Levi Coffin House — Fountain City
- Eleutherian CollegeEleutherian CollegeA U.S. National Historic Landmark, Eleutherian College, founded in 1848 as Eleutherian Institute, was the first college in Indiana to admit students without regard to race or sex. It is now a public museum....
Classroom and Chapel Building — Lancaster - Second Baptist Church (formerly Town Clock Church) - New Albany
IllinoisIllinoisIllinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
- Owen Lovejoy HouseOwen Lovejoy HouseOwen Lovejoy House, also known as Owen Lovejoy Homestead, was the home of abolitionist and congressman Owen Lovejoy. The home was part of the Underground Railroad. It contains a concealed compartment in which escaped slaves could be hidden....
— Princeton - John Hossack HouseJohn Hossack HouseThe John Hossack House is a historic house in Ottawa, Illinois, USA. It was built in 1854–55 and was a "station" on the Underground Railroad. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.-History:...
— Ottawa - Dr. Richard Ells House — Quin
IowaIowaIowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland". It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of the French colony of New...
- Todd House — Tabor
- Reverend George B. Hitchcock HouseReverend George B. Hitchcock House-History:The minister George B. Hitchcock built the house around 1855 and lived in it from 1856 to 1865. He was involved in the American abolitionism movement known as the Underground Railroad, giving sanctuary to escaped slaves....
— Lewis vicinity - Henderson Lewelling House — Salem
- Jordan House — West Des Moines
MassachusettsMassachusettsThe Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
- African American National Historic SiteBoston African American National Historic SiteThe Boston African American National Historic Site, in the heart of Boston, Massachusetts's Beacon Hill neighborhood, interprets 15 pre-Civil War structures relating to the history of Boston's 19th century African-American community, including the Museum of Afro-American History's African Meeting...
— Boston - William Lloyd Garrison HouseWilliam Lloyd Garrison HouseThe William Lloyd Garrison House is located at 125 Highland Street in the Roxbury section of Boston, Massachusetts.This two-story Greek Revival residence was the home of William Lloyd Garrison , leader of the anti-slavery cause in Boston and fiery editor of the uncompromising abolition journal The...
— Boston - William Ingersoll Bowditch HouseWilliam Ingersoll Bowditch HouseThe William Ingersoll Bowditch House is a historic house at 9 Toxteth Street in Brookline, Massachusetts.It was built in 1843 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.-See also:...
— Brookline - The WaysideThe WaysideThe Wayside is a historic house in Concord, Massachusetts. The earliest part of the home may date to 1717. Later, it successively became the home of the young Louisa May Alcott and her family, author Nathaniel Hawthorne and his family, and children's literature writer Margaret Sidney...
— Concord - Liberty FarmLiberty FarmLiberty Farm is a National Historic Landmark at 116 Mower Street in Worcester, Massachusetts.The brick house was built in 1810 in a Federal style. It was added to the National Historic Register in 1974. Abolitionists and suffragists Abby Kelley Foster and Stephen Symonds Foster owned the house from...
— Worcester - Nathan and Mary Johnson HouseNathan and Mary (Polly) Johnson propertiesThe Nathan and Mary Johnson properties are a National Historic Landmark at 17-19 and 21 Seventh Street in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Originally two structures, one dating to the 1820s and an 1857 house joined with the older one shortly after construction...
— New Bedford - Jackson HomesteadJackson HomesteadThe Jackson Homestead, located at 527 Washington Street, in the village of Newton Corner, in Newton, Massachusetts, is an historic house that served as a station on the Underground Railroad before the Civil War....
— Newton
MichiganMichiganMichigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
- Dr. Nathan Thomas House — Schoolcraft
- Second Baptist Church — Detroit
- Jovany Baltazar — North Carolina
New Jersey
- Grimes Homestead, Mountain Lakes
- Mott House Lawnside Borough
- Bethel AME ChurchBethel African Methodist Episcopal Church (Springtown, New Jersey)Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church is a historic African Methodist Episcopal Church building in Greenwich Township, New Jersey.It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.-References:...
, Greenwich - Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal ChurchMount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church and Mount Zion CemeteryMount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church and Mount Zion Cemetery is a historic church at 172 Garwin Road in Woolwich, New Jersey.It was built in 1799 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.-References:...
, Woolwich Township - Holden Hilton House, Jersey City
- Thomas Vreeland Jackson and John Vreeland Jackson house, Jersey City
- Rhoads Chapel, Saddlertown Haddon Township
- Hardyston, NJ- Alfred Churchville
- Red Maple FarmRed Maple FarmRed Maple Farm, listed on list on the New Jersey Register of Historic Places and National Register of Historic Places as Gulick House in 1979, is a historic house and bed and breakfast in Monmouth Junction, New Jersey....
, Monmouth JunctionMonmouth Junction, New JerseyMonmouth Junction is a census-designated place and unincorporated area located within South Brunswick Township, in Middlesex County, New Jersey. As of the United States 2000 Census, the CDP population was 2,721.-Geography:...
New YorkNew YorkNew York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
- Harriet Tubman Home for the AgedHarriet Tubman Home for the AgedHarriet Tubman Home for the Aged, Harriet Tubman Residence, and Thompson A.M.E. Zion Church are three properties associated with the life of Harriet Tubman. They are located at 180 South Street, 182 South Street, and 33 Parker Street, respectively, in Auburn, New York...
, Residence and Thompson AME Zion Church — Auburn - St. James AME Zion Church — Ithaca
- Gerrit Smith Estate and Land OfficeGerrit Smith EstateGerrit Smith Estate, in Peterboro, New York, was a home of Gerrit Smith, 19th-century social reformer, abolitionist, and presidential candidate...
— Peterboro - John Brown FarmJohn Brown Farm and GravesiteThe John Brown Farm and Gravesite was the home and is the final resting place of abolitionist John Brown.It is located on John Brown Road in North Elba near Lake Placid, New York, where John Brown moved in 1849 to lead freed slaves in farming...
and Gravesite — Lake Placid - Foster Memorial AME Zion Church — Tarrytown
- Plymouth Church ofPlymouth Church of the PilgrimsPlymouth Church of the Pilgrims is a church in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn, New York City. It was a station of the Underground Railroad, and the pulpit of Henry Ward Beecher, its first pastor...
the Pilgrims — Brooklyn - David H. Richardson Farm — Henrietta
- Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence - Albany
- CJ Martino Bed and Breakfast - Cuba
OhioOhioOhio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
- Harriet Beecher Stowe House — Cincinnati
- John P. Parker HouseJohn P. Parker HouseThe John P. Parker House is a National Historic Landmark in Ripley, Ohio. It was home to former slave and inventor John P. Parker from 1853 to his death in 1900, and was a stop on the Underground Railroad....
— Ripley - John Rankin House — Ripley
- Mount Pleasant Historic DistrictMount Pleasant Historic District (Mt. Pleasant, Ohio)The town of Mount Pleasant was established in 1803 by Robert Carothers, an Irishman from Virginia, and Jesse Thomas, a Quaker from North Carolina. Some or all of the down is designated as Mount Pleasant Historic District, a U.S. National Historic Landmark District.It is important for the role it...
— Mt. Pleasant - Wilson Bruce Evans HouseWilson Bruce Evans HouseWilson Bruce Evans House, also known as LOR-239-21, is a house in Oberlin, Ohio.It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1997.-External links:**...
— Oberlin - Rush R. Sloane House — Sandusky
- Daniel Howell Hise HouseDaniel Howell Hise HouseThe Daniel Howell Hise House is an historic home that was part of the Underground Railroad. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is located in Salem, Ohio.-National Register-designated significance:...
— Salem - Col. William Hubbard House — Ashtabula
- Reuben Benedict House — Marengo
- Samuel and Sally Wilson House — Cincinnati
- James and Sophia Clemens FarmsteadJames and Sophia Clemens FarmsteadThe James and Sophia Clemens Farmstead is a historic farm in far western Darke County, Ohio, United States. Located at 467 Stingley Road, little more than from the Indiana border, it is among the oldest extant buildings that remain from a small community of free blacks founded before the Civil...
— German Township, Darke County - Spring Hill — Massillon
- Putnam Historic District — Zanesville
- Iberia — Washington Township
PennsylvaniaPennsylvaniaThe Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
- F. Julius LeMoyne HouseF. Julius Lemoyne HouseF. Julius LeMoyne House is Georgian-style house built in 1812.It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1997.The house is operated as a historic house museum by the Washington County Historical Society, which offers guided tours year round. The house contains period artifacts and is...
— Washington - John Brown House — Chambersburg
- Bethel AME Zion ChurchBethel A.M.E. Church (Reading, Pennsylvania)Bethel A.M.E. Church is a historic church at 119 North 10th Street in Reading, Pennsylvania.It was built in 1837 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979....
— Reading - Oakdale — Chadds Ford
- White Horse Farm — Phoenixville
- Johnson House — Philadelphia
TennesseeTennesseeTennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...
- Burkle EstateBurkle EstateThe Burkle Estate is a historic home at 826 North Second Street in Memphis, Tennessee. It is also known as the Slavehaven. Although disputed by some historians, the Burkle Estate is claimed by some to have been part of the Underground Railroad, a secret network of way stations to help slaves escape...
— MemphisMemphis, TennesseeMemphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers.... - Hunt-Phelann House — MemphisMemphis, TennesseeMemphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers....
West VirginiaWest VirginiaWest Virginia is a state in the Appalachian and Southeastern regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania to the northeast and Maryland to the east...
- Jefferson County Courthouse — Charles Town
- Harpers Ferry National Historical ParkHarpers Ferry National Historical ParkHarpers Ferry National Historical Park is located at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers in and around Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. The park includes land in Jefferson County, West Virginia; Washington County, Maryland and Loudoun County, Virginia. The park is managed by the...
— Harpers Ferry
WisconsinWisconsinWisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...
- Milton House — Milton
- Samuel Brown Homestead — Milwaukee (Caroline Quarrels rescue, 1842)
- Cathedral Square, Milwaukee — (Joshua Glover rescue, 1854)