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fromArtnet News
5 days ago
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Hidden Underground Railroad Passage Discovered at New York Museum Faces Development Threat | Artnet News

fromBiography
1 month ago
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A 200-Year-Old House Concealed a Historic Secret-a Hidden Passageway on the Underground Railroad

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from6abc Philadelphia
1 month ago

Part of Underground Railroad found in closet of New York City museum

A concealed closet compartment at the Merchant's House Museum served as an Underground Railroad hiding space, built into the 1832 home of abolitionist Joseph Brewster.
History
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Hidden passage linked to Underground Railroad found in New York museum

A hidden 2ft-by-2ft concealed space with a ladder at the Merchant's House indicates the building served as a pre–Civil War Underground Railroad safe house.
NYC real estate
fromSmithsonian Magazine
20 hours ago

This Secret Passageway May Have Been Part of the Underground Railroad. Now, Preservationists Say It's in Danger

The Merchant's House Museum faces potential structural damage from a neighboring development threatening its historic integrity and a newly discovered tunnel linked to the Underground Railroad.
fromArtnet News
5 days ago
Arts

Hidden Underground Railroad Passage Discovered at New York Museum Faces Development Threat | Artnet News

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1 month ago
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A 200-Year-Old House Concealed a Historic Secret-a Hidden Passageway on the Underground Railroad

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1 month ago

NoHo Renderings Reveal 9Story Neighbor Next To Merchant's House

A proposed nine-story, 105-foot mixed-use building at 27 East 4th Street in NoHo faces preservation opposition due to proximity to the Merchant's House Museum.
New York City
fromABC7 Los Angeles
5 months ago

At NYC's most-haunted house, long-dead residents won't give up the ghost

Gertrude Tredwell's ghost is said to inhabit the Merchant's House Museum, inspiring tours, Halloween events and candlelight visits emphasizing her lifelong attachment to the home.
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