FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF ELMIRA
Historic Site — 121 West Church Street, Elmira, Chemung County, New York
Status: Operating · Access: Open to public
Dossier: https://haunthunt.com/place/first-baptist-church-of-elmira-new-york/

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

A historic site in Elmira, New York, a National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing, First Baptist Church of Elmira is filed here for what the record attaches to it. NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad. The archive files it 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.

First Baptist is the sexton's church — the 'John W. Jones' that's the '47 caretaker, the '42 years' that's the held the keys. The 'yellow house' is the station — the 'next to the church' that's the '54 bought, the '800' that's the none captured. The '4 a.m. baggage car' is the '54 — the 'Northern Central' that's the employees in on it, the 'St. Catharines' that's the church committee waiting.
The 'marshals' is the organized — the 'William Still' that's the Philadelphia forwarding, the 'Langdon' that's the Twain's father-in-law. The 'Woodlawn' is the second job — the '2,973 Confederates' that's the buried, the 'seven unknown' that's the precise records. Jones is the walked himself — the '300 miles' that's the '44 from Leesburg, the 'hay mow' that's the Smiths' barn week.
The file keeps First Baptist: the sexton-conductor, the baggage car, the 800 free, and the dead he counted.
First Baptist Elmira is the archive's New York file — the published station.

WHY THIS FILE MATTERS
First Baptist Elmira is the archive's New York file — the sexton's double duty.
A church keeps its keys — the file's suggestion being that Jones' hold is the regularized: the 'published station' that's the only one between Philadelphia and Canada, the '800 none captured' that's the perfect record, and the 'Confederate dead' that's the buried the enemy too.

HISTORY — 3 documented facts
· NPS includes this site in the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. First Baptist Church of Elmira's past is on record — the entry belongs to the verified layer the museum itself interprets. It's verified history: the dossier's load-bearing detail. Sources including 'Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01' carry the record. The entry's timeline holds it; the lore holds the rest.
· First Baptist Church of Elmira 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. It's verified history: the dossier's load-bearing detail. The record appears in 'NPS Network to Freedom listing'. Documented ground is what separates this file from pure legend — this is part of it.
· The church’s work is documented. First Baptist Church of Elmira's past is on record — the entry belongs to the verified layer the museum itself interprets. This belongs to the verified spine of the entry, the layer everything else is measured against. The detail is preserved in 'NPS Network to Freedom listing'. It's the sort of fact that gives the haunting reports their context.

SOURCES — 3 cited
· Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01 — National Park Service
  https://www.nps.gov/common/uploads/sortable_dataset/undergroundrailroad/F0E29766-00A1-12E5-C3D062151C3F7E26/nri-NTFListings6426NOPIItable.csv?t=1784017173223
· NPS Network to Freedom listing — National Park Service
  https://www.nps.gov/subjects/ugrr/index.htm
· Underground Railroad — Wikipedia
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underground_Railroad

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