Slocum and Hannah Howland House

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Slocum and Hannah Howland House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Location:	Sherwood, New York
Built/Founded:	1830
Added to NRHP:	April 12, 2006
NRHP Reference#:	06000263^[1]
MPS:	Freedom Trail, Abolitionism, and African American Life in Central New York MPS
Governing body:	Private

The Slocum and Hannah Howland House is located at 1781 Sherwood Road in the hamlet of Sherwood, New York. It is notable for its involvement in the Underground Railroad, as well as for its nineteenth century architecture. Slocum Howland was a Quaker and a notable abolitionist. He was also a businessman, and owner of the Howland Cobblestone Store, also in Sherwood, New York.^[2] The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.^[1]

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
^ Todd, Nancy L. (September, 2005). National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination:Slocum and Hannah Howland House. Retrieved on 2008-05-04. and Accompanying 2 photos, exterior, from 2005

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Freedom Trail, Abolitionism, and African American Life in Central New York MPS

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