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]

James and Lydia Canning Fuller House
James and Lydia Canning Fuller House is located in New York
James and Lydia Canning Fuller House
James and Lydia Canning Fuller House is located in the United States
James and Lydia Canning Fuller House
LocationW. Genesee St., Skaneateles, New York
Coordinates42°56′41″N 76°26′22″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1815
ArchitectThompson, Peter; Billing, John
Architectural styleFederal
MPSFreedom Trail, Abolitionism, and African American Life in Central New York MPS
NRHP reference No.03000595[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 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

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. James and Lydia Canning Fuller House, pacy.net, Retrieved 2 August 2015
  3. Delegate List, World Anti Slavery Convention, 1840


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