Harriet Tubman Home for the Aged - Northeast African American Historic Places Map (sitios de interés)
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| 180 South Street | Auburn, NY 13201 | | ||
About: Harriet Tubman lived in upstate New York for over thirty years after assisting more than 300 slaves escape on the Underground Railroad. For those nineteen, dangerous trips, Tubman was known as the "Moses of her people." The site in Auburn, NY, including Tubman’s last home (ca. 1880) and the adjacent Home for the Aged she founded, a National Historic Landmark, represents some of the very few documented, tangible links to Harriet Tubman that exist.
Today, the Harriet Tubman Home for the Aged is maintained as a museum dedicated to preserving the humanitarian vision of its founder. The 30-acre site also includes the ruins of the second building of the Home for the Aged, destroyed by fire in 1949; the Harriet Tubman Memorial Library, built in 1978 and containing historic documents, photos and a computer lab; and the Multipurpose Center that is used for special events.
 Harriet Tubman Home for the AgedPhotos and text courtesy Save America's Treasures & NPS |
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