ISRAEL AND AVIS BLODGETT HOUSE
Historic Site — 831 Maple Ave, Downers Grove, Du Page County, Illinois
Status: Operating · Access: Open to public
Dossier: https://haunthunt.com/place/israel-and-avis-blodgett-house-illinois/

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

A historic site in Downers Grove, Illinois, a National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing, Israel and Avis Blodgett 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. The site is open to visitors.

Blodgett is the smith — the 'Harpers Ferry Armory' that's the '1810s, the 'advised slaves how' that's the lost his job for. The '1846' is the built — the 'Downers Grove' that's the 20 miles from Chicago, the 'Philo Carpenter' that's the next stop. The 'refused' is the Avis — the 'no water' that's the slave catcher's visit, the 'two captured' that's the in his wagon.
The 'children' is the testified — the 'three kids' that's the first-hand accounts, the 'daughter-in-law' that's the fourth. The 'Western Citizen' is the wall — the 'fragments' that's the behind the plaster, the 'Liberty Party' that's the documented. Blodgett is the verified — the '2023' that's the Network listed, the 'only house' that's the Downers Grove's.
The file keeps Blodgett: the armory firing, the night runs to Carpenter, Avis's refused water, and the newspaper walls.
Blodgett House is the archive's Illinois file — the smith who armed escapes.

WHY THIS FILE MATTERS
Blodgett House is the archive's Illinois file — the blacksmith's second forge.
A house keeps its walls — the file's suggestion being that Blodgett's hold is the documented: the 'children's accounts' that's the testified decades later, the 'refused water' that's the Avis's own defiance, and the 'newspaper plaster' that's the sealed the evidence in.

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. 'Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01' documents the entry. It's the sort of fact that gives the haunting reports their context.
· Israel and Avis Blodgett 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. Sources including 'NPS Network to Freedom listing' carry the record. The date is part of the site's documented spine.
· The house’s UGRR role is documented. Israel and Avis Blodgett House's past is on record — the entry belongs to the verified layer the museum itself interprets. The record holds it as fact — documented, not retold. The detail is preserved in 'NPS Network to Freedom listing'. The date is part of the site's documented spine.

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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