James and Lydia Canning Fuller House
The James and Lydia Canning Fuller House in Skaneateles, New York is a historic house, which on three occasions was used as part of the Underground Railway.[2]
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| Location | W. Genesee St., Skaneateles, New York |
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| Coordinates | 42°56′41″N 76°26′22″W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1815 |
| Architect | Thompson, Peter; Billing, John |
| Architectural style | Federal |
| MPS | Freedom Trail, Abolitionism, and African American Life in Central New York MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 03000595[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 3, 2003 |
James Fuller married Lydia Charleton in 1815 in Bristol at the Friends Meeting House.[2] This was the same year as the house was built.[1]
James Canning Fuller was the secretary of the Skaneateles Anti-Slavery Society in 1838. He was a delegate to the World's Anti-Slavery Convention in 1840 in London.[3]
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.[1]
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- James and Lydia Canning Fuller House, pacy.net, Retrieved 2 August 2015
- Delegate List, World Anti Slavery Convention, 1840
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