Thomas Hughes House Jefferson - Northeast African American Historic Places Map (sitios de interés)

The Hughes House was built in 1814 of hand cut stone, quarried by the slaves of Thomas Hughes, a prominent Greene County citizen. Opposed to slavery, Hughes freed all his slaves prior to the Civil War and his home became a station on the Underground Railroad. Slaves were hidden in a coal mine behind the house in warm weather and in the cellar during the winter. The Hughes House was built in 1814 with the help of Hughes's slaves. He freed his slaves before the Civil War, and his home became a site of the Underground Railroad. Slaves were hidden in a coal mine behind the house in the summer and in the cellar in the winter. A tunnel connected these two locations. The site now houses the headquarters of the Greene County Library System and the Thomas Hughes House Reading Center.