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Gerrit Smith Estate

Gerrit Smith Estate
Gerrit Smith Estate Gate.jpg
Gerrit Smith Estate is located in New York
Gerrit Smith Estate
Location Main Street, Peterboro, New York
Coordinates 42°58′3.53″N 75°41′13.52″W / 42.9676472°N 75.6870889°W / 42.9676472; -75.6870889Coordinates: 42°58′3.53″N 75°41′13.52″W / 42.9676472°N 75.6870889°W / 42.9676472; -75.6870889
Architectural style Other, Mid 19th Century Revival, Federal
NRHP Reference # 97001386
Significant dates
Added to NRHP November 24, 1997
Designated NHL January 3, 2001

Gerrit Smith Estate, in Peterboro, New York, was a home of Gerrit Smith, 19th-century social reformer, abolitionist, and presidential candidate, and his wife, Ann Carroll Fitzhugh. The buildings remaining on the property that contribute to its historical significance are the Peterboro Land Office with an attached smokehouse, designated on the National Register of Historic Places on its own, a 19th-century barn and an adjacent building that was probably the laundry. The rest of the property contains numerous sites of buildings that no longer exist.

Outbuildings on his estate were used as refuges for escaped slaves, on the Underground railway.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 2001.

Peterboro Land Office

Smokehouse attached to the Peterboro Land Office

19th century barn and adjacent building thought to have been the laundry



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