Английская Википедия:Alan West Corson Homestead

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Шаблон:Infobox NRHP Alan West Corson Homestead is a historic house located in Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It was built in three sections between 1734 and 1820. It is a Шаблон:Frac-story, stuccoed stone dwelling, six bays wide and two bays deep. It has a Шаблон:Frac-story rear ell. Also on the property is a contributing smoke house. The property was used for one of the earliest area nurseries and a boarding school.[1]

Abolitionism

Grandson Alan Wright Corson (1788–1882) and his family were Quakers and abolitionists.[2] He was one of the founders of the Montgomery County Anti-Slavery Society (1837), and turned the house into a station on the Underground Railroad.Шаблон:Efn His brother George built nearby Abolition Hall as a meeting place for anti-slavery groups.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[3] It is located in the Cold Point Historic District.

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  2. Hiram Corson, M.D. "Alan Wright Corson," The Corson Family: A History of the Descendants of Benjamin Corson, Son of Cornelius Corssen of Staten Island, New York. (Philadelphia: H.L. Everett, 1906), pp. 74-81.
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