. "This house, built in 1765 by Elisha Barcklow, an English Quaker, is thought to have been a station on the Under ground Railroad. It was purchased in 1799 by William Roberts who built the adjacent brick house. By the time of the Civil War, a tunnel had been built from the house to a barn, which stood where Main Street is today. It is believed the tunnel was used to bring fugitive slaves from the barn to the house or to deliver food to them in the barn. A part of the tunnel is still visible in the Barcklow House basement."
Located at 274 West Main Street in downtown Moorestown, this is one of 351 contributing buildings/structures to this historic district.
The Department of the Interior sent me the following narrative/information on this house:
"c.1765 with 1795 and 1921 additions. Log under older 1765 section, now aluminum sided Colonial Revival porch with glazed and paneled door, 1/1 double hung sash. paneled shutters, first floor, louvered shutters, second, pedimented dormers with 2/2 double hung windows, asphalt roof. 1795 portion, paneled door with 4-light transom, Flemish bond brick with glazed headers, 9/9 double hung windows with paneled shutters first floor; louvered second; molded box cornice, asphalt roof. 1921 addition aluminum sided with screened-in porch on Tuscan piers, 6/6 double hung windows. Asphalt roof, rear additions to all parts. - Contributing.”
