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John Mercer Langston House

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Location
  
Oberlin, Ohio

NRHP Reference #
  
75001464

Opened
  
1855

Built
  
1855

Designated NHL
  
May 15, 1975

Added to NRHP
  
15 May 1975

John Mercer Langston House

Architectural style
  
Gothic Revival architecture

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The John Mercer Langston House is a National Historic Landmark in Oberlin, Ohio. It was home to John Mercer Langston, attorney, abolitionist, diplomat, US Congressman and college president, who as town clerk in Oberlin was one of the first African Americans elected to public office in the United States.

References

John Mercer Langston House Wikipedia