Louis Napoleon House Site
A historic site in Richmond, New York, a National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing, Louis Napoleon House Site is filed here for what the record attaches to it. 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 — a documented spine with no haunting reports attached. Access is restricted, and the file says so plainly.
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Is Louis Napoleon House 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
Napoleon is the born-free — the 'April 1800' that's the months after the Act, the 'Jewish father' that's the enslaved mother's child freed. The '3,000' is the count — the 'rescued' that's the Brooklyn Eagle's number, the 'docks' that's the patrolled for fugitives. The 'porter' is the cover — the 'Gay's office' that's the antislavery paper, the 'key guy' that's the Foner's description.
The 'Sandy Ground' is the retired — the '1856' that's the moved to Staten Island, the 'oldest settlement' that's the free Black continuous. The 'arrested' is the never — the 'convicted' that's the friends' lawyers prevented, the 'Beecher, Tappans' that's the circle kept. Napoleon is the hidden — the 'unsuspected' that's the '75 observation, the 'obituary' that's the 'Not the French Emperor'.
The file keeps Napoleon: the born-free timing, the 3,000 rescued, the dock patrols, and the Sandy Ground retirement.
Louis Napoleon House is the archive's New York file — the porter's real work.
Why this file matters
Louis Napoleon's house site is the archive's New York file — the porter who was the network.
A site keeps its cover — the file's suggestion being that Napoleon's hold is the disguised: the 'porter' that's the job title, the '3,000' that's the actual work, and the 'Sandy Ground' that's the rest he earned.
Two accounts on file
NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.
The Napoleon house—the 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 22NY01, source row 420. 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. 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'. The entry's timeline holds it; the lore holds the rest.
Verified historyNational Park ServiceLouis Napoleon House Site is documented on the National Park Service Network to Freedom for its role in the Underground Railroad. Louis Napoleon House Site'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 detail is preserved 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 site’s UGRR role is documented. Louis Napoleon House 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. 'NPS Network to Freedom listing' documents the entry. It is the kind of fact the rest of the dossier leans on.
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 22NY01, source row 420. 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.