Albert Austin (A.A.) Guthrie House
A historic site in Sardinia, Ohio, an NPS Network to Freedom, Albert Austin (A.A.) Guthrie House is filed here for what the record attaches to it. The Guthrie house—where the family sheltered the fugitives. It sits in the archive under Underground Railroad history, the Underground Railroad and African American history. The dossier holds 2 documented facts — a documented spine with no haunting reports attached. The site is open to visitors.
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Is Albert Austin (A.A.) Guthrie House haunted?
No claims are filed here — the record keeps this place for its documented history, not for a haunting on file.
The record — long form
Guthrie is the Sardinia — the 'sheltered' that's the fugitives, the 'Network to Freedom' that's the marked. The 'corridor' is the Ripley — the 'Rankin' that's the lantern, the '21 miles' that's the up. The 'Scotch-Irish' is the abolition — the 'Gilliland' that's the Red Oak, the 'Pettijohns' that's the beaten.
The 'station' is the house — the 'family' that's the risked, the 'slave catchers' that's the raided. The '1815' is the Gist — the 'settlement' that's the freed, the 'Black conductors' that's the ran. Guthrie is the documented — the 'NPS' that's the listed, the 'still standing' that's the proof.
The file keeps Guthrie House: the sheltered fugitives, the Ripley corridor, the Sardinia network, and the Network to Freedom.
Guthrie House is the archive's Ohio file — the station's home.
Why this file matters
Guthrie House is the archive's Ohio file — the corridor's shelter.
A station keeps its door — the file's suggestion being that Guthrie's hold is the hidden: the 'sheltered' that's the fugitives, the 'Ripley' that's the route, and the 'Freedom' that's the network.
Documented history
NPS includes this site in the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. The site's documented history is the record the rest of the file stands on. This belongs to the verified spine of the entry, the layer everything else is measured against. Sources including 'Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01' carry the record. It is the kind of fact the rest of the dossier leans on.
Verified historyNational Park ServiceAlbert Austin (A.A.) Guthrie House is documented on the National Park Service Network to Freedom for its role in the Underground Railroad. The site's documented history is the record the rest of the file stands on. The fact is historically verified — the part of the file that doesn't need hedging. The detail is preserved in 'NPS Network to Freedom listing'. It anchors the timeline the rest of the file hangs from.
Verified historyNational Park Service
Sources on file
- 01Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01National Park Service · government · A1
- 02NPS Network to Freedom listingNational Park Service · government · A1
- 03Underground RailroadWikipedia · encyclopedia · A4
Field notes & open questions
UGRR enrichment wave 1; VERIFY task auto-queued.