Harriet Tubman House
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Harriet Tubman National Historical Park
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Harriet Tubman Home for the Aged
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| Location | Auburn, New York |
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| Coordinates | 42°54′39.97″N 76°34′4.01″W / 42.9111028°N 76.5677806°WCoordinates: 42°54′39.97″N 76°34′4.01″W / 42.9111028°N 76.5677806°W |
| NRHP Reference # |
74001222 (original) 01000073 (increase) |
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| Added to NRHP | May 30, 1974 (original) January 3, 2001 (increase) |
| Designated NHL | May 30, 1974 |
| Designated NHP | January 10, 2017 |
This article is about the historical park in New York. For the one in Maryland, see Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park.
Harriet Tubman National Historical Park is a United States historical park in Auburn and Fleming, New York, associated with the life of Harriet Tubman. It comprises three properties: the Harriet Tubman Home for the Aged, in Auburn; the nearby Harriet Tubman Residence (just across the city/town line in Fleming); and the Thompson A.M.E. Zion Church in Auburn. They are located at 180 and 182 South Street, and 33 Parker Street, respectively. The Zion Church unit is administered by the U.S. National Park Service (NPS), while the South Street properties, including a historic barn and a visitor center, are jointly managed and operated by both the NPS and the Harriet Tubman Home, Inc. The A.M.E. Zion Church also works with the NPS in park operations. The Harriet Tubman Grave in nearby Fort Hill Cemetery is not park of the park.
The group of properties also makes up a National Historic Landmark, the first parcel having been declared in 1974, with two others added in 2001.
Harriet Tubman was a major "conductor" on the Underground Railroad, and known as "the Moses of her people". She moved to Auburn with her parents after spending eight to ten years in St. Catharines, Ontario. She continued working as a suffragist, and worked all her life to care for others who were unable to care for themselves.
The Harriet Tubman Home for the Aged is the house where she fulfilled her dream of opening a home for indigent and elderly African-Americans. In 1911 she was admitted there, herself, and remained there until her death in 1913.
The Harriet Tubman Residence was the home of Harriet Tubman during much of the time she lived in Auburn, from 1859 through 1913. The land was sold to Tubman in 1859 by then-Senator William H. Seward.
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