Alfred B. Field House, Canandaigua, New York
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MrsMcFly
N 42° 53.533 W 077° 16.725
18T E 313934 N 4751365
This home was a stop on the Underground Railroad.
Waymark Code: WM63PC
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 03/28/2009
Views: 13
This home is shown as part of the Underground Railroad in this area of New York at the Rochester Museum and Science Center Underground Railroad Exhibit.
The following passage was obtained from the Seneca County History website, which is referenced below:
This graceful two-story frame house with mansard roof and detailed ornamental trim was, according to oral traditions, a station on the Underground Railroad routes for both Rochester and Pultneyville. In emergencies, the fugitive slaves descended through a trap door in the dining room to a dry cistern in the basement. The trap door was near the north wall of the dining room and was covered by the dining room table. Most of the escaped slaves arrived in Canandaigua either from Naples (probably with a stopover at the Cobblestone Farm) or from Geneva on their way to Canada.
Address:
104 Gibson Street
Canandaigua, NY United States
14424
Web site: [Web Link]
Site Details: Private Residence
Open to the public?: Private
Name of organization who placed the marker: Not listed
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