| Coffin, Levi, House | |
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| Location: | Fountain City, Indiana |
| Coordinates: | Coordinates: |
| Built/Founded: | 1827 |
| Architect: | Unknown |
| Architectural style(s): | Federal |
| Added to NRHP: | October 15, 1966 |
| NRHP Reference#: | 66000009 [1] |
| Governing body: | State |
The Levi Coffin House is a National Historic Landmark located in present-day Fountain City, Indiana. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A National Historic Landmark (NHL is a Building, site, Structure, Object, or District, that is officially recognized by the Fountain City is a town in Wayne County, Indiana, United States. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP is the United States government's official list of districts sites buildings structures and objects deemed worthy of Events 533 - Byzantine General Belisarius makes his formal entry into Carthage, having conquered it from the Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. A National Historic Landmark (NHL is a Building, site, Structure, Object, or District, that is officially recognized by the Fountain City is a town in Wayne County, Indiana, United States. The two-story, eight room, brick house was constructed in 1839. Year 1839 ( MDCCCXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common It was designed in the Federal style. Chester TownshipJPG|thumb|right|A federal style colonial home in Chester Township New Jersey]] Federal-style architecture occurred in the United States between 1780 It was a station on the Underground Railroad, and is a registered National Historic Landmark. The Underground Railroad was an informal network of secret routes and Safe houses used by 19th century Black slaves in the United States A National Historic Landmark (NHL is a Building, site, Structure, Object, or District, that is officially recognized by the
Levi Coffin, and his wife Catharine, helped as many as 2,000 former slaves escape to freedom in the free states and Canada during the 20 years that they lived in the house. Levi Coffin ( October 28, 1798 &ndash September 16, 1877) was an American Quaker, Educator, and abolitionist. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page In fact, Levi has been referred to as the President of the Underground Railroad. The Coffins were Quakers, a denomination that led in the fight against slavery. Underground Railroad conductors brought slaves up through Kentucky, and they primarily crossed the Ohio River at three points: Madison, Indiana; Jeffersonville, Indiana; and Cincinnati, Ohio. The Ohio River is the largest Tributary by volume of the Mississippi River. Madison is a city in Jefferson County Indiana, United States, along the Ohio River. Jeffersonville (ˈdʒɛfɚsənˌvɪl is a city in Clark County, Indiana, along the Ohio River. After crossing all three points, many of the slaves were brought to the Levi Coffin House until they could be transported further north. Eliza, whose story is told in Uncle Tom's Cabin, was one of the slaves who stayed at this way station. Uncle Tom's Cabin; or Life Among the Lowly is an anti- Slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe.
The house was never searched, because whenever a slavecatcher would come to the house, Coffin would demand a warrant to search the house, which meant a 26 mile round trip to the county seat, Centerville, Indiana, to acquire, by which time the fugitive slave would be long gone. | Centerville is a town in Center Township, Wayne County, Indiana, in the United States known for the several brick arches between the Federal If the house had ever been searched, secret doors within could hide as many as 14 fugitive slaves. The Coffins were careful not to keep records, as it was criminal behavior, but it is speculated that 2,000 fugitive slaves had been at the house from 1826 to 1847.
The Coffins would move to Cincinnati, Ohio to open a warehouse that supplied free labor businesses, at the request of fellow abolitionists.
The state government of Indiana acquired the house in 1967, and opened it to the public in 1970 after restoration. The State of Indiana ( was the 19th US state admitted into the union Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This was not difficult, as the owners since Coffin kept it in excellent shape. The restoration was done by Himelick Construction of Fountain City. The house is open to the public, and is operated by the Levi Coffin House Association at the behest of Indiana DNR. An additional house close to the Coffin House is being restored to act as an interpretive center for the Coffin Home.
References
- ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23). Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 393 - Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his nine year old son Honorius co-emperor
- Stowe, Harriet Beecher. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- My Indiana:101 Places to See, by Earl L. Conn (Indiana Historical Society Press, 2006). Indiana Historical Society is one of the United States' oldest and largest historical societies and describes itself as " Indiana 's storyteller" pg. 70-71.
- Levi Coffin House Website
- Official State Historic Site website
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