NRHP Reference # 75001464 Opened 1855 | Built 1855 Designated NHL May 15, 1975 Added to NRHP 15 May 1975 | |
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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.
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