John Brown Farm State Historic Site
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John Brown Farm State Historic Site | |
 John Brown's grave, 1896, S R Stoddard. | |
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| Nearest city | Lake Placid, New York |
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| Coordinates | 44°15′08″N 73°58′18″W / 44.252240°N 73.971799°WCoordinates: 44°15′08″N 73°58′18″W / 44.252240°N 73.971799°W |
| Built | 1849 |
| NRHP Reference # | 72000840 |
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| Added to NRHP | June 19, 1972[1] |
| Designated NHL | August 6, 1998[2] |
The John Brown Farm State Historic Site includes the home and final resting place of abolitionist John Brown. It is located on John Brown Road in North Elba near Lake Placid, New York, where John Brown moved in 1849 to lead freed slaves in farming. In 1855, he moved to Kansas to support his sons' efforts to keep Kansas as a free-state under the popular sovereignty laws, leaving his wife and several of his children behind. Brown returned to visit his family at Lake Placid several times. In 1859, Brown attempted to start a liberation movement among enslaved African Americans by seizing the arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia). For this, he was tried for treason against the state of Virginia and was hanged.
The entire property purchased by John Brown and two sons in 1849 is preserved intact. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1998.[2][3]
Gallery
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Sculpture by Joseph P. Pollia
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Farmhouse
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John Brown's Tombstone, North Elba
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Parlor in John Brown's Farmhouse
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Kitchen
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First floor Bedroom
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2nd Floor Bedroom
See also
- List of New York State Historic Sites
- List of National Historic Landmarks in New York
- List of reference routes in New York
References
- ↑ Staff (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- 1 2 "John Brown Farm and Gravesite". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. September 11, 2007.
- ↑ Gobrecht, Lawrence E. (November 21, 1997). "National Historic Landmark Nomination: John Brown Farm and Gravesite" (pdf). National Park Service. and Accompanying 9 photos, exterior, from 1996. PDF (1.59 MB)
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to John Brown Farm State Historic Site. |
- Official website
- New York History Net, John Brown's Farm
- Aboard the Underground Railway: John Brown Farm and Gravesite, at National Park Service
- Exhibit about Timbucto, the "Freed Slave Utopian Experiment"
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. NY-245, "John Brown Farm State Historic Site, Farmhouse, State Route 73 (North Elba Township), Lake Placid vicinity, Essex County, NY", 6 measured drawings
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