Hart and Mary Leavitt House
Hart and Mary Leavitt House is a historic site in Chicopee, Massachusetts, a National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing. 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 — the record is history-forward, no paranormal claims on file. Access is restricted — check current rules before planning anything.
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Is Hart and Mary Leavitt 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
Leavitt is the brothers — the 'Hart' that's the Charlemont farm, the 'Roger Hooker' that's the second station, the 'Joshua' that's the New York publisher. The 'Basil Dorsey' is the five years — the 'hidden in plain sight' that's the moved house to house, the 'Maryland' that's the Liberty fled. The 'late 1830s' is the opened — the 'succession' that's the shuttled north, the 'pro-slavery forces' that's the dodged.
The 'merchant' is the cover — the 'Greenfield store' that's the newspaper's office, the 'landholdings' that's the family wealth. The 'legislator' is the public — the 'state government' that's the served, the 'anti-slavery' that's the open secret. Leavitt is the network — the 'three brothers' that's the Massachusetts-New York line, the 'father Roger' that's the president of Franklin County's society.
The file keeps Leavitt: the three brothers, Dorsey's five years, the farm station, and the public-private split.
Leavitt House is the archive's Massachusetts file — the brothers' relay.
Why this file matters
Leavitt House is the archive's Massachusetts file — the family as railroad.
A house keeps its brothers — the file's suggestion being that Leavitt's hold is the fraternal: the 'three stations' that's the kin-run line, the 'Dorsey' that's the sheltered half a decade, and the 'legislator' that's the hid his cargo openly.
Two accounts on file
NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.
The Leavitt house—the family’s station.
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Government-registry discovery record, unique ID 07MA02, source row 151. 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 3; VERIFY task auto-queued.
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Documented history
NPS includes this site in the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. Hart and Mary Leavitt House'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. The record appears in 'Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01'. Documented ground is what separates this file from pure legend — this is part of it.
Verified historyNational Park ServiceHart and Mary Leavitt House is documented on the National Park Service Network to Freedom for its role in the Underground Railroad. Hart and Mary Leavitt House'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. Sources including 'NPS Network to Freedom listing' carry the record. The entry's timeline holds it; the lore holds the rest.
Verified historyNational Park ServiceThe house’s UGRR role is 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's the sort of fact that gives the haunting reports their context.
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 07MA02, source row 151. 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.