Tabor Antislavery Historic District
Encyclopedia
Tabor Antislavery Historic District is a historic district on Park, Center, Orange & Elm Streets in Tabor, Iowa
.
The area was largely settled in 1853 and many mid-19th century revival buildings survive. The district includes the Todd House
and the Public Square (Tabor City Park). This area was the home to several notable abolitionists, including Rev. John Todd
. John Brown
visited the area during his raids in the 1850s. The area was added to the National Register of Historic Places
in 2007.
Tabor, Iowa
Tabor is a city in Fremont and Mills counties in the U.S. state of Iowa. The population was 993 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Tabor is located at ....
.
The area was largely settled in 1853 and many mid-19th century revival buildings survive. The district includes the Todd House
Todd House (Tabor, Iowa)
Todd House is a historic house museum that was the home to abolitionist and Congregationalist minister, John Todd. The house is located on Park Street in Tabor, Iowa....
and the Public Square (Tabor City Park). This area was the home to several notable abolitionists, including Rev. John Todd
John Todd (abolitionist)
John Todd was a U.S. Congregationalist minister, co-founder of Tabor College in Tabor, Iowa, a leading abolitionist and a ‘conductor’ on the Underground Railroad....
. John Brown
John Brown (abolitionist)
John Brown was an American revolutionary abolitionist, who in the 1850s advocated and practiced armed insurrection as a means to abolish slavery in the United States. He led the Pottawatomie Massacre during which five men were killed, in 1856 in Bleeding Kansas, and made his name in the...
visited the area during his raids in the 1850s. The area was added to the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 2007.