National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum
Smithfield Presbyterian Church | |
![]() Smithfield Presbyterian Church, July 2010 | |
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Location | Pleasant Valley Rd. between Elizabeth and Park Sts., Peterboro, New York |
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Coordinates | 42°57′56″N 75°41′17″W / 42.96556°N 75.68806°WCoordinates: 42°57′56″N 75°41′17″W / 42.96556°N 75.68806°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1820 |
Architectural style | Italianate, Federal |
NRHP reference No. | 94001370[1] |
Added to NRHP | December 12, 1994 |
The National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum is located on the second floor of a historic Presbyterian church, located at 5255 Pleasant Valley Road, between Elizabeth and Park Streets, in the hamlet of Peterboro, New York.[2] The church, built in 1820,[3] was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.[1] No longer used as a church, it has been the Evans Academy; Town Hall; Peterboro Union School; and Peterboro Elementary School. The first floor now (2018) serves as the Town of Smithfield Community Center.
In 1835, the inaugural meeting of the was held in this building.[4] It was held in Peterboro because the original meeting, in Utica, was aborted by pro-slavery protestors, including New York Senator, and the following year New York Attorney General, Samuel Beardsley. Gerrit Smith was from Peterboro and suggested it as a substitute location. 1,000 attended, "the largest convention ever assembled in that State for any purpose whatever".[5]: 42
National Abolition Hall of Fame Members[]
The following are the inductees of the National Abolition Hall of Fame as of 2018:
- 2005
- 2007
- 2009
- 2011
- Abby Kelley Foster
- Jermain Wesley Loguen
- George Gavin Ritchie
- 2013
- 2016
- 2018
References[]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "57. Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum". The Freethought Trail. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
- ^ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2015-07-01. Retrieved 2016-05-01. Note: This includes Richard Carlson (October 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Smithfield Presbyterian Church" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-01. and Accompanying three photographs
- ^ "National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum". Retrieved December 18, 2018.
- ^ Benson, George W. (1885). "Letter of George W. Benson to Henry E. Benson, October 26, 1835". William Lloyd Garrison 1805–1879, The Story of His Life. By Told by his children. Vol. 2. New York: The Century Company.
- ^ National Abolition Hall of Fame (2018). "Inductees".
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