First Presbyterian Church of Green Bay
A historic site in Green Bay, Wisconsin, a National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing, First Presbyterian Church of Green Bay 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 2 documented facts — a documented spine with no haunting reports attached. The site is open to visitors.
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Is First Presbyterian Church of Green Bay 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
Green Bay's First Presbyterian is the last — the 'final Wisconsin stop' that's the Canada near, the 'lake crossing' that's the freedom's water. The 'three times' is the sheltered — the 'documented occasions' that's the seekers housed, the 'Porters' that's the pastor's aid. The '1835' is the founded — the 'Fort Howard hospital' that's the first service, the 'anti-slavery from the first' that's the stand taken.
The 'Presbygational' is the merged — the 'Presbyterian name' that's the Congregational polity, the 'Union later' that's the church became. The 'Stockbridge' is the widened — the 'Native aid' that's the network's breadth, the 'Tashjian's research' that's the NTF earned. Green Bay is the edge — the 'last stop' that's the lake's shore, the 'Canada across' that's the freedom reached.
The file keeps Green Bay: the three shelters, the Porter household, the last stop, and the lake's crossing.
First Presbyterian Green Bay is the archive's Wisconsin file — the church at freedom's edge.
Why this file matters
First Presbyterian Green Bay is the archive's Wisconsin file — the last station before the lake.
A church keeps its threshold — the file's suggestion being that Green Bay's hold is the last: the 'three documented' that's the seekers known, the 'anti-slavery from first' that's the founding's bent, and the 'lake to Canada' that's the crossing's promise.
Two accounts on file
NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.
The church—where the congregation aided the fugitives.
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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 38WI01, source row 606. 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.
UGRR enrichment wave 4; VERIFY task auto-queued.
Preserve both source-backed variants; no automatic overwrite.
Documented history
NPS includes this site in the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. 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 'Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01'. It anchors the timeline the rest of the file hangs from.
Verified historyNational Park ServiceFirst Presbyterian Church of Green Bay 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 detail is preserved in 'NPS Network to Freedom listing'. The detail belongs to the verified spine of the entry.
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 38WI01, source row 606. 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.