NRHP Reference # 97001386 Area 3 ha Added to NRHP 24 November 1997 | Designated NHL January 3, 2001 Phone +1 315-280-8828 | |
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Location Main Street, Peterboro, New York Architectural style Other, Mid 19th Century Revival, Federal Address 5304 Oxbow Rd, Peterboro, NY 13134, USA Hours Closed today MondayClosedTuesdayClosedWednesdayClosedThursdayClosedFridayClosedSaturday1–4PMSunday1–4PM Similar Smithfield Presbyterian Church, Wilson Bruce Evans Ho, John Freeman Walls Hist, Town Clock Church, Allen Chapel African M | ||
Gerrit Smith Estate, in Peterboro, New York, was a home of Gerrit Smith, 19th-century social reformer, abolitionist, and presidential candidate, and his wife, Ann Carroll Fitzhugh. The buildings remaining on the property that contribute to its historical significance are the Peterboro Land Office with an attached smokehouse, designated on the National Register of Historic Places on its own, a 19th-century barn and an adjacent building that was probably the laundry. The rest of the property contains numerous sites of buildings that no longer exist.
Outbuildings on his estate were used as refuges for escaped slaves, on the Underground railway.
It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 2001.
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