John and Harriet McKenzie House

John and Harriet McKenzie House
Location: 96 W. Eighth St., Oswego, New York
Area: less than one acre
Architectural style: Greek Revival
Governing body: Private
MPS: Freedom Trail, Abolitionism, and African American Life in Central New York MPS
NRHP Reference#: 01001314[1]
Added to NRHP: December 04, 2001

John and Harriet McKenzie House is a historic home located at Oswego in Oswego County, New York. It is a 1 1⁄2-story, rectangular frame residence with Greek Revival details. Its owner John McKenzie was a former fugitive slave who built the house about 1847. Two years later Nathan and Clarissa Green built their house next door.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
  2. ^ Judith Wellman and Justin White (October 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: John and Harriet McKenzie House". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=7032. Retrieved 2009-12-01.  See also: "Accompanying photo". http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=7079. 
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