Babcock Homestead - Dexter, New York
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mTn_biKer65
N 44° 00.467 W 076° 02.690
18T E 416242 N 4873268
Located at the intersection of Brown Street and West Kirby Street.
Waymark Code: WMT2Y9
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 09/16/2016
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The marker reads:
"BABCOCK HOMESTEAD
ERECTED 1832-33 BY JESSE
BABCOCK; STATION ON
UNDERGROUND RAILWAY
PASSING NEGRO SLAVES
OVER CANADIAN BORDER.
STATE EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT 1939"
Jesse Babcock: Dexter, New York, built his home in 1833. He was a cotton mill superintendent. Later he operated a linseed oil mill and converted it into a plaster mill. He then erected a flourmill. Babcock offered his home as a safe haven. He also contracted with the Union Army to feed recruits at Sackets Harbor.
Address:
107 West Kirby Street
Dexter, NY USA
Open to the public?: Public
Name of organization who placed the marker: State Education Department
Web site: Not listed
Site Details: Not listed
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