Douglass Family South Street Home Site
A historic site in Rochester, New York, a National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing, Douglass Family South Street Home Site is filed here for what the record attaches to it. NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad. It sits in the archive under dark history, Underground Railroad history and the Underground Railroad. The dossier holds 3 documented facts — a documented spine with no haunting reports attached. The site is open to visitors.
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Is Douglass Family South Street Home Site 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
South Street is the '52 — the 'hilltop' that's the no neighbors, the 'seclusion' that's the strategy. The '400' is the estimate — the 'labyrinth' that's the secret panels, the 'North Star' that's the printed between runs. The 'Anna' is the partner — the 'aided his escape' that's the first, the 'conductor' that's the lifelong.
The '150 a year' is the '50s — the 'Fugitive Act' that's the pushed north, the 'Canada' that's the funnel. The 'burned' is the '72 — the 'suspicious' that's the while in Washington, the 'never returned' that's the until burial. South Street is the school — the 'No. 12' that's the Anna-named, the 'marker' that's the '84.
The file keeps the Douglass site: the hilltop station, the 400 estimate, the '72 fire, and the school-site memory.
Douglass South Street is the archive's New York file — the conductor's own home.
Why this file matters
Douglass South Street is the archive's New York file — the famous name's quiet work.
A hill keeps its secrecy — the file's suggestion being that Douglass' hold is the domestic: the 'kitchen station' that's the Anna ran, the 'panels' that's the eyewitness-described, and the 'fire' that's the erased the house.
Two accounts on file
NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.
The Rochester home—where Douglass printed The North Star.
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National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing
NPS Network to Freedom
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Government-registry discovery record, unique ID 45NY01, source row 703. Inclusion concerns slavery, freedom-seeking and resistance history; no haunting is inferred. City, coordinates and detailed history are not inferred from the name. The source Year Established field is not treated as year built/opened.
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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. It's verified history: the dossier's load-bearing detail. 'Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01' documents the entry. It anchors the timeline the rest of the file hangs from.
Verified historyNational Park ServiceDouglass Family South Street Home Site is documented on the National Park Service Network to Freedom for its role in the Underground Railroad. A documented site gives the file real substance; this entry is part of that record. The record holds it as fact — documented, not retold. The detail is preserved in 'NPS Network to Freedom listing'. Documented ground is what separates this file from pure legend — this is part of it.
Verified historyNational Park ServiceDouglass’s Rochester years are documented. 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 'NPS Network to Freedom listing' carry the record. 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
Government-registry discovery record, unique ID 45NY01, source row 703. Inclusion concerns slavery, freedom-seeking and resistance history; no haunting is inferred. City, coordinates and detailed history are not inferred from the name. The source Year Established field is not treated as year built/opened.