James and Lydia Canning Fuller House
James and Lydia Canning Fuller House | |
 | |
   | |
 Interactive map showing the location for James and Lydia Canning Fuller House | |
| Location | W. Genesee St., Skaneateles, New York |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 42°56′41″N 76°26′22″W / 42.94472°N 76.43944°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1815 |
| Architect | Thompson, Peter; Billing, John |
| Architectural style | Federal |
| MPS | Freedom Trail, Abolitionism, and African American Life in Central New York MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 03000595[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 3, 2003 |
The James and Lydia Canning Fuller House in Skaneateles, New York is a historic house, which on three occasions was used as part of the Underground Railway.[2]
James Fuller married Lydia Charleton in 1815 in Bristol at the Friends Meeting House.[2] This was the same year as the house was built.[1]
James Canning Fuller was the secretary of the Skaneateles Anti-Slavery Society in 1838. He was a delegate to the World's Anti-Slavery Convention in 1840 in London.[3]
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b James and Lydia Canning Fuller House, pacy.net, Retrieved 2 August 2015
- ^ Delegate List, World Anti Slavery Convention, 1840
| Topics |   | |
|---|---|---|
| Lists by county |
| |
| Lists by city | ||
| Other lists |
| |
Categories:
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
- Federal architecture in New York (state)
- Houses completed in 1815
- Houses in Onondaga County, New York
- National Register of Historic Places in Onondaga County, New York
- People from Skaneateles, New York
- American Quakers
- 19th-century Quakers
- Abolitionists from New York (state)
- Onondaga County, New York Registered Historic Place stubs