Built 1848 Opened 1848 | NRHP Reference # 07001488 Added to NRHP 29 January 2008 | |
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Architectural style Greek Revival architecture | ||
The Frances H. and Jonathan Drake House is an historic house at 21 Franklin Street in Leominster, Massachusetts, United States. The 1.5 story wood frame house was built in 1848 by Jonathan Drake, and is a fairly typical Greek Revival worker's cottage. The house is particularly notable for the trap door located in its front parlor, which appears to have been purpose-built into the house at the time of its construction. Jonathan and his wife Frances were ardent abolitionists, and their house has been documented as a stop on the Underground Railroad. It has in particular been associated with the 1851 passage of Shadrach Minkins after he was successfully extracted from custody at a Boston court hearing.
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.