Samuel McCune Safe House - Blairsville, Pennsylvania
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member ted28285
N 40° 25.859 W 079° 15.953
17T E 647092 N 4477037
Stop number six along the Blairsville Underground Railroad Interpretive Signage walking tour.
Waymark Code: WM157TT
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 11/03/2021
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Alfouine
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The sign is a stop along the Blairsville Underground Railroad Interpretive Signage walking tour.

Sign Reads:
"Samuel McCune Safehouse
According to Graff/Johnston family descendants, Lewis Johnston and John Graff used the basement of this structure to conceal freedom seeking enslaved men, women, and children. This building originally had a rear facing courtyard that faced Sugar Alley.

A tunnel once connected the Blairsville livery stable, located at the intersection of Sugar Alley and N. Spring Street, to the lower level of this building. Samuel McCune operated his dry goods store here in the 1850's.

This area was reportedly used when John Graff's carriage house was full. We have no record of McCune operating as a UGRR agent, nor can we state with any certainty that the tunnel was constructed primarily as a means to hide freedom seekers."

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Group that erected the marker: Passport to Freedom, The Blairsville Underground Railroad

URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]

Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
52 W. Market Street
Blairsville, PA United States
15717
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