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The Abolitionist Place building was owned by Harriet Lee and Thomas Truesdell from 1851 to 1863, when the duo provided necessary sanctuary and a stop on the Underground Railroad.
After Landmarking Effort, City Buys Brooklyn House With Ties To Underground Railroad arrow 227 Duffield Street Jake Dobkin / Gothamist The city has paid $3.2 million to acquire a Brooklyn house linked to the abolitionist movement, in a fitting plot twist that caps a nearly two decade-long battle centered on the preservation of Black history in New York City. The three-story house at 227 Duffield Street was once owned by Harriet and Thomas Truesdell, two prominent 19th century abolitionists. Over the years, experts have made the case that 227 Duffield served as a stop f...
Map data © 2020 Google New York City has officially purchased the property at 227 Duffield Street, a 19th-century rowhouse in Downtown Brooklyn recently designated as a landmark for its ties to the abolitionist movement. The Landmarks Preservation Commission last month granted landmark status to the home, occupied by known abolitionists Harriet and Thomas Truesdell from 1851 to 1863, after years of advocacy and a threat by a developer to raze it and build a mixed-use building in its place. First Lady Chirlane McCray, who has been a vocal advocate for the preservation of the site, announced...
227 Abolitionist Place, Harriet Tubman statue in Harlem and Mama Joy Chatal Bill Moore and Karen Carrillo photo After 17 years of struggle and fighting, 227 Abolitionist Place (formerly Duffield Street) in Downtown Brooklyn, an historic site in the abolition of slavery, has been saved as it became a city landmark. Just in time for Black History Month, the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) recently designated the building an individual landmark. The row house belonged to Harriet Lee and Thomas Truesdell, who were active in abolitionist work before the Civil War...
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN, Brooklyn (WABC) -- A home in Brooklyn linked to the Underground Railroad was granted landmark status Tuesday, the culmination of a decades-long battle we profiled last year during Black History Month. The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission's decided to preserve 227 Duffield Street, the last remaining original structure on a block co-named "Abolitionist Place" due to several anti-slavery activists who lived there during the mid-1800s, as a historical landmark. Since her time on the New York City Council, Attorney General Letitia James has worked to preserve this...