Herman and Hannah Phillips House
A historic site in Cayuga, New York, a National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing, Herman and Hannah Phillips 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.
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Is Herman and Hannah Phillips 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
Phillips is the vision — the 'orchard, stone store, a friend' that's the Herman dreamed, the 'Howland' that's the man crossing the road. The '1843' is the walked — the '200 miles' that's the Maryland to Sherwood, the 'infant on his back' that's the bag-carried. The 'recognized' is the fled — the 'Maryland neighbor' that's the '50s sighting, the 'Canada year' that's the then came back.
The 'bought' is the '54 — the 'moved the house' that's the onto their own lot, the 'snug little house' that's the own earnings. The 'three sons' is the served — the 'Civil War' that's the fought for the freedom bought, the 'Emily Howland' that's the diaries documented. Phillips is the documented — the 'letters and deeds' that's the survived, the '1913' that's the sold back to Howlands.
The file keeps Phillips: the dream map, the 200-mile walk, the Canada retreat, and the bought house.
Phillips House is the archive's New York file — the vision fulfilled.
Why this file matters
Phillips House is the archive's New York file — the dreamed orchard.
A house keeps its dream — the file's suggestion being that Phillips' hold is the prophesied: the 'vision' that's the mapped the refuge, the 'walked 200 miles' that's the proved it real, and the 'own land' that's the bought the dream.
Two accounts on file
NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.
The Phillips house—the family’s station.
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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 09NY01, source row 201. 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 2; VERIFY task auto-queued.
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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'. The record keeps it — history, not lore.
Verified historyNational Park ServiceHerman and Hannah Phillips House is documented on the National Park Service Network to Freedom for its role in the Underground Railroad. Herman and Hannah Phillips House's past is on record — the entry belongs to the verified layer the museum itself interprets. The fact is historically verified — the part of the file that doesn't need hedging. The record appears in 'NPS Network to Freedom listing'. Documented ground is what separates this file from pure legend — this is part of it.
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. It's verified history: the dossier's load-bearing detail. The record appears in 'NPS Network to Freedom listing'. It anchors the timeline the rest of the file hangs from. It remains the site's standing claim.
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 09NY01, source row 201. 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.