GILLETTE HOUSE
Historic Site — 1005 Grove Street, Bishop Hill, Morgan County, Illinois
Status: Operating · Access: Restricted access
Dossier: https://haunthunt.com/place/gillette-house-illinois/

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

A historic site in Bishop Hill, Illinois, a National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing, Gillette House is filed here for what the record attaches to it. NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad. HauntHunt files it with dark history, Underground Railroad history and the Underground Railroad. The dossier holds 3 documented facts — a documented spine with no haunting reports attached. Access is restricted, and the file says so plainly.

Gillett is the doctor — the 'cholera '33' that's the hero physician, the 'Grove Street' that's the '38 bought. The 'shack' is the station — the 'south of the house' that's the ten acres' cabin, the 'three women' that's the Turner rescued. The 'eight slaves' is the train — the 'wagon at night' that's the delivered, the 'old master' that's the sat ahead on the same car, never noticing.
The 'Eames' is the armed — the 'revolver in pocket' that's the escorted to Springfield, the 'don't worry' that's the told the frightened. The 'college' is the heir — the 'Illinois College' that's the honors housing now, the 'Tillery gift' that's the saved it. Gillett is the trustee — the 'Female Academy' that's the founded, the 'first Episcopal' that's the '32 Trinity.
The file keeps Gillett: the shack station, the train near-miss, the armed escort, and the college stewardship.
Gillett House is the archive's Illinois file — the doctor's shed.

WHY THIS FILE MATTERS
Gillett House is the archive's Illinois file — the master's missed train.
A house keeps its shed — the file's suggestion being that Gillett's hold is the proximate: the 'old master' that's the rode the same car, the 'revolver' that's the never drawn, and the 'honors students' that's the sleep where fugitives did.

HISTORY — 3 documented facts
· 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. The record appears in 'Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01'. The date is part of the site's documented spine.
· Gillette 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. This belongs to the verified spine of the entry, the layer everything else is measured against. 'NPS Network to Freedom listing' documents the entry. It's the sort of fact that gives the haunting reports their context.
· The house’s UGRR role is documented. 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. 'NPS Network to Freedom listing' documents the entry. It is the kind of fact the rest of the dossier leans on.

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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