Johnson House (The)
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Gosffo
N 40° 02.605 W 075° 10.864
18T E 484553 N 4432591
Operates today as a museum and open to the public. Wasn't open when I was here, darn!
Waymark Code: WM80C0
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 01/02/2010
Views: 4
Marker Text: Built in 1768 for John Johnson. This was home to three generations of a Quaker family who worked to abolish slavery and improve living conditions for freed African Americans. In the 1850s this house was a station on the Underground Railroad. Here and in smaller buildings on the property, men and women escaping slavery found shelter in their way to freedom.
Marker Name: Johnson House (The)
County: Philadelphia
Date Dedicated: 06/01/1995
Marker Type: City
Location: 6306 Germantown Ave., Philadelphia
Category: African American, Houses & Homesteads, Religion, Underground Railroad
Website: [Web Link]
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