State Name Location Dates Significance MA Lowell NHP Lowell --- Slavery - textile link with cotton MA Salem Maritime NHS Salem --- Slavery MA Jonathan Ball Residence 37 Lexington Rd., Concord --- Slaves were brought here to be harbored overnight (currently the home of Concord Art Association); discovered URR ties in 1922 MA Elijah Burt House (NR) 201 Chestnut St., East Longmeadow --- URR station was the only known station in east Longmeadow for runaway slaves MA John Coburn House 2 Phillips St., Boston Built between 1843-44 Coburn was an abolitionist and member of Boston Vigilance Committee MA Cowles House 15 Vatley St., W. Hatfield --- Documented in the records of Hatfield Historical Commission as a regular URR station MA Paul Cuffe House (NHL) Westport c.1797 Associated with URR activity. MA John Drake Home 21 Franklin St., Leominster c.1797 Jonathan Drake and his wife, Francis Hills Wilder, conducted anti-slavery meetings and provided shelter for slaves on their way to the Canadian Border. The couple helped the slave Shadrack following his famous escape from a Boston Courthouse. The abolitionists George Thompson, William Lloyd Garrison, and Wendell Phillips, and Lucy Stone, the women’s suffragist, were guests in their home. MA Emory Stearns Schoolhouse(now a private residence) 51 Franklin St., Leominster Built 1806 Documented as URR station in newspaper accounts and Historical Commission works. During the early 1840’s it was the site of many anti-slavery meetings at which abolitionists such as William Lloyd Garrison, George Thompson, Wendell Phillips, Benjamin Snow, and Samuel Crocker were speakers. MA Farwell Mansion Boston --- Station on the URR MA William Lloyd Garrison House (NHL) 125 Highland St., Roxbury 1964-79 Residence of the renowned White abolitionist MA Lewis and Harriet Hayden House 66 Phillips St., Boston Built in 1833 African American "station-keepers" of prominence MA Howe (Samuel Gridley and Julia Ward ) House (NHL) 13 Chestnut Street, Boston 1863-66 Residence of celebrated Boston abolitionist couple MA Jackson Homestead (NR) 527 Washington St., Newton 1850s URR station; Ellen Jackson, daughter of William Jackson wrote of URR accounts at homestead MA Benjamin J. Jenkins House 362 Salem St., Andover 1850s Identified as a station on the route to Canada MA Nathan Johnson Home 21 Seventh St. (And Spring St.), New Bedford 1850s URR station for escapees arriving by boat/ship MA Liberty Farm (Foster House) (NHL) 116 Mower St., Worcester 1847-81 Home of Abigail Kelly and Stephen Symonds Foster, who were active in anti-slavery movement, and an URR station for fugitives on way to Canada MA John J. Smith House 86 Pinckney St., Boston Lived here from 1878 to 1893 His barbershop was a center of abolition activity and a rendezvous place for runaway slaves MA Asa Waters Mansion (nominated to NR) Elm St., Millbury 1826-29 URR station MA George Washington Raddin House 768 Boston St., Lynn --- Documented as URR site in a newspaper the Lynn item in 1911 MA Ross Farm Elm St., Millbury 1826-29 URR station MA Aunt Delia’s Mansion Pine St., Florence --- Shelter for runaway slaves MA Crichtlow Factory Meadow St., Florence --- Shelter for runaway slaves MA Seth Hunt Houses Northhampton --- Prominently identified with the movement of runaways along the URR MA John Greenleaf Whittier House (NHL) 86 Friend St., Amesbury 1836-92 Home of White abolitionist poet MA Deacon Abijah Bryant 307 Main St., Stoneham --- Harbored runaway slaves MA Orchard House (Alcott) House Lexington --- White abolitionist home Abbreviations:
BAL-Black American Landmark
BME-British Methodist Episcopal
NHL-National Historic Landmark
NHP-National Historic Park
NHS-National Historic Site
NM-National Monument
NPS-National Park System
NR-National Register