John Rankin House (Ripley, Ohio)

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John Rankin House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark

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Nearest city	Ripley, Ohio
Coordinates	38°45′4″N 83°50′32″W / 38.75111°N 83.84222°W / 38.75111; -83.84222Coordinates: 38°45′4″N 83°50′32″W / 38.75111°N 83.84222°W / 38.75111; -83.84222
Area	20 acres (8.1 ha)
Built	1828
NRHP Reference #	70000485^[1]
Added to NRHP	November 10, 1970^[1]
Designated NHL	February 18, 1997^[2]

The John Rankin House is a National Historic Landmark in Ripley, Ohio. Built about 1816, it was home to Presbyterian abolitionist John Rankin, and was one of the original stops on the Underground Railroad. Harriet Beecher Stowe's visit to Rankin provided some of the story that became Uncle Tom's Cabin.^[3]

The house was acquired by the State of Ohio in 1938 and is now operated by the Ohio History Connection and opened for tours.^[4]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "John Rankin House". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved 2008-06-16.
↑ Dulberger, Judith (July 15, 1996). "Rankin, John, House" (pdf). National Historic Landmark Nomination. National Park Service. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
↑ The Underground Railroad. DIANE Publishing. Feb 1, 1995. p. 50. Retrieved 2013-05-06.

Underground Railroad

People	William L. Chaplin Levi Coffin Richard Dillingham Calvin Fairbank Thomas Garrett Laura Smith Haviland Daniel Hughes William Cooper Nell Harriet Forten Purvis Robert Purvis John Rankin Hetty Reckless Gerrit Smith William Still Harriet Beecher Stowe Charles Turner Torrey Sojourner Truth Harriet Tubman Delia Webster

Places	List of Underground Railroad sites houses churches Levi Coffin House Bialystoker Synagogue Bilger's Rocks Wilson Bruce Evans House Cyrus Gates Farmstead Sites in Indiana Allen Chapel Town Clock Church F. Julius LeMoyne House John Rankin House Gerrit Smith Estate John Freeman Walls Historic Site

Events	Pearl incident (1848) Jerry Rescue (1851) Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852 book) Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp (1856 book) Oberlin–Wellington Rescue (1858) Thirteenth Amendment (1865)

Topics	Songs of the Underground Railroad Abolitionism in the United States Abolitionism opponents of slavery African-American opponents publications Fugitive slaves Fugitive slave laws 1850 Quilts Slave catcher The Underground Railroad Records (1872 book)

Related	National Underground Railroad Freedom Center The Railroad to Freedom: A Story of the Civil War (1932 book) A Woman Called Moses (1978 miniseries) Roots of Resistance (1989 documentary) Freedom: The Underground Railroad (2013 board game) Underground (2016 TV series)

See also: Slavery in the United States and Slavery in Canada

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