Buttonwood - African American Historic Places (sitios de interés)
Descripción del sitio
Bradford Road off Route 551 between Darlington and Enon Valley, 0.2 miles southwest of Watts Middle Road
Darlington Township, PA 16115
Buttonwood , the home of the Rev. Arthur B. Bradfor Family (a descendant of William Bradford of the Mayflower) was built in 1840 using bricks made from clay found on the property. Rev. Bradford became a powerful abolitionist, consul to China, prolific author, minister, and a founder of the Free Presbyterian Church. Buttonwood became a station on the underground railroad, forming a link in the route north to Canada from New Brighton and Beaver Falls to Enon Valley and thence west through Salem, Ohio. Many famous abolitionists met here in the 1850s.
Darlington Township, PA 16115
Buttonwood , the home of the Rev. Arthur B. Bradfor Family (a descendant of William Bradford of the Mayflower) was built in 1840 using bricks made from clay found on the property. Rev. Bradford became a powerful abolitionist, consul to China, prolific author, minister, and a founder of the Free Presbyterian Church. Buttonwood became a station on the underground railroad, forming a link in the route north to Canada from New Brighton and Beaver Falls to Enon Valley and thence west through Salem, Ohio. Many famous abolitionists met here in the 1850s.
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