Leonard Grimes Property Site
A historic site in Washington, Washington, D.C., a National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing, Leonard Grimes Property Site 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 Leonard Grimes Property Site 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
Grimes' corner is the covered — the 'hackman' that's the coach drove, the 'perfect cover' that's the passengers hid. The 'Patty's six' is the caught — the 'aided escape' that's the '39 charge, the 'two years' that's the Richmond served. The 'free born' is the risked — the 'Leesburg' that's the status held, the 'gave up' that's the choice made.
The 'Fugitive Church' is the after — the 'Twelfth Baptist' that's the Boston's pulpit, the 'Shadrach, Sims, Burns' that's the cases fought. The 'hundreds' is the counted — the 'Canada reached' that's the coach's freight, the 'first monument' that's the GW's plaque. Grimes' is the traded — the 'driver to pastor' that's the life's arc, the 'cell to pulpit' that's the price paid.
The file keeps Grimes: the coach's cover, the Richmond years, the Fugitive Church, and the corner's plaque.
Grimes' corner is the archive's D.C. file — the cab driver who smuggled people.
Why this file matters
Grimes' corner is the archive's D.C. file — the hackman whose coach was a station.
A corner keeps its driver — the file's suggestion being that Grimes' hold is the covered: the 'coach business' that's the perfect disguise, the 'two years' that's the prison's cost, and the 'Fugitive Church' that's the after's pulpit.
Two accounts on file
NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.
The Grimes site—the conductor’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 15DC01, source row 308. 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.
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Preserve both source-backed variants; no automatic overwrite.
Documented history
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. The record holds it as fact — documented, not retold. 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 ServiceLeonard Grimes Property Site is documented on the National Park Service Network to Freedom for its role in the Underground Railroad. Leonard Grimes Property Site'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. The record appears in 'NPS Network to Freedom listing'. It anchors the timeline the rest of the file hangs from.
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 15DC01, source row 308. 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.