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Samuel May Jr. House

Leicester, MassachusettsBecker College1 min readFile amended October 2, 2026Directions

Samuel May Jr. House is a historic site in Leicester, Massachusetts, a National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing. 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 3 documented facts — the record is history-forward, no paranormal claims on file. The site is open to visitors.

Archive note: 3 conflicting records

Status

Operating

Access

Open to public

Designation

National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing

Coordinates

42.345, -71.914 · Approximate (county centroid)

County

Worcester

NPS public listing access field: Yes. This is a listing snapshot; current arrangements still require confirmation.

Signal: cold trace

Is Samuel May Jr. House haunted?

No claims are filed here — the record keeps this place for its documented history, not for a haunting on file.

Dark History Historic Sites

The record — long form

May House is the wedding gift — the '1835' that's the father built, the 'Leicester Unitarian' that's the first pastor's home. The 'estranged' is the cost — the 'suspended ministry' that's the chose abolition over parish, the '27 instances' that's the Vigilance documented. The 'Moby Dick' is the ship — the 'Bearse's vessel' that's the harbor interception, the 'stowaway' that's the May forwarded north.

The 'quilt' is the kept — the 'family still has' that's the guide used, the '126 years' that's the Mays lived there. The 'Becker College' is the next — the 'dormitory' that's the house became, the 'town's grant' that's the '24 $53,000. May House is the gathering — the 'abolitionists met' that's the parlor's use, the 'General Agent' that's the state society's.

The file keeps the May house: the wedding gift, the 27 rescues, the quilt kept, and the grant's preservation.

Samuel May Jr. House is the archive's Massachusetts file — the minister who chose the cause.

Why this file matters

The Samuel May Jr. House is the archive's Massachusetts file — the parsonage that was a station.

A house keeps its quilt — the file's suggestion being that May's hold is the tangible: the '27 documented' that's the account book's count, the 'quilt survives' that's the guide preserved, and the 'ministry resigned' that's the cost accepted.

Two accounts on file

Short Description

On file

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Also reported

The May house—the minister’s station.

Preserve both source-backed variants; no automatic overwrite.

Historic Designation

On file

National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing

Also reported

NPS Network to Freedom

Preserve both source-backed variants; no automatic overwrite.

Research Notes

On file

Government-registry discovery record, unique ID 15MA02, source row 313. 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.

Also reported

UGRR enrichment wave 3; VERIFY task auto-queued.

Preserve both source-backed variants; no automatic overwrite.

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. Sources including 'Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01' carry the record. It anchors the timeline the rest of the file hangs from.
Verified historyNational Park Service
Samuel May Jr. 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. The fact is historically verified — the part of the file that doesn't need hedging. The record appears in 'NPS Network to Freedom listing'. It's the sort of fact that gives the haunting reports their context.
Verified historyNational Park Service
May’s work 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's the sort of fact that gives the haunting reports their context. The account stays in the file — reported, retold, unresolved.
Verified historyNational Park Service