SHELDON PECK HOUSE
Historic Site — 355 E. Parkside, Lombard, DuPage County, Illinois
Status: Operating · Access: Open to public
Dossier: https://haunthunt.com/place/sheldon-peck-house-illinois/

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Sheldon Peck House is a historic site in Lombard, Illinois, a National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing. 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 — the record is history-forward, no paranormal claims on file. The site is open to visitors.

Peck House is the painted — the 'itinerant artist' that's the portraits before cameras, the 'Old Charley' that's the freedom seeker captured. The 'Frank's memoir' is the documented — the 'son wrote' that's the harboring recorded, the 'spiritual lyrics' that's the Charley taught him. The '1839' is the built — the 'covered wagon' that's the lived in till finished, the '1997' that's the family stayed till.
The 'Western Citizen' is the agent — the 'anti-slavery paper' that's the Chicago distributed, the 'meetings' that's the homestead hosted. The 'Susan's portrait' is the believed — the 'daughter painted' that's the seeker's face, the 'national museums' that's the work collected. Peck is the radical — the 'immediate termination' that's the uncompromising stance, the 'Network verified' that's the '11 listed.
The file keeps Peck: the painted Charley, the memoir's accounts, the wagon years, and the verified station.
Sheldon Peck House is the archive's Illinois file — the artist's station.

WHY THIS FILE MATTERS
The Sheldon Peck House is the archive's Illinois file — the portrait painter hid who he painted.
A homestead keeps its portrait — the file's suggestion being that Peck's hold is the depicted: the 'Old Charley' that's the face believed captured, the 'son's memoir' that's the station documented, and the 'wagon to museum' that's the 158 years stayed.

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. The detail is preserved in 'Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01'. It anchors the timeline the rest of the file hangs from.
· Sheldon Peck 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 record holds it as fact — documented, not retold. Sources including 'NPS Network to Freedom listing' carry the record. The record keeps it — history, not lore.
· Peck’s work is documented. 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 'NPS Network to Freedom listing'. It's the sort of fact that gives the haunting reports their context. The file stays open on it.

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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