John Brown Farm and Gravesite
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John Brown Farm State Historic Site
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John Brown's grave, 1896, S R Stoddard.
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| Nearest city | Lake Placid, New York |
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| Coordinates | 44°15′08″N 73°58′18″W / 44.252240°N 73.971799°WCoordinates: 44°15′08″N 73°58′18″W / 44.252240°N 73.971799°W |
| Built | 1849 |
| NRHP Reference # | 72000840 |
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| Added to NRHP | June 19, 1972 |
| Designated NHL | August 6, 1998 |
The John Brown Farm State Historic Site includes the home and final resting place of abolitionist John Brown. It is located on John Brown Road in North Elba near Lake Placid, New York, where John Brown moved in 1849 to lead freed slaves in farming. In 1855, he moved to Kansas to support his sons' efforts to keep Kansas as a free-state under the popular sovereignty laws, leaving his wife and several of his children behind. Brown returned to visit his family at Lake Placid several times. In 1859, Brown attempted to start a liberation movement among enslaved African Americans by seizing the arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia). For this, he was tried for treason against the state of Virginia and was hanged.
The entire property purchased by John Brown and two sons in 1849 is preserved intact. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1998.
Sculpture by Joseph Pollia
Farmhouse
John Brown's Tombstone, North Elba
Parlor in John Brown's Farmhouse
Kitchen
First floor Bedroom
2nd Floor Bedroom
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