Title	Levi Coffin house
Subject	Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works., Domestic--United States Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc. Underground Railroad--Ohio Coffin, Levi, 1798-1877
Time Period	1930s
Place	Cincinnati (Ohio) Hamilton County (Ohio)
Description	Caption reads: "This house at 3131 Wehrmon Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio, was the headquarters of Levi Coffin, reputed to be "President" of the Underground Railway in the days of slavery. Photo by W.P.A. Writers' Projects. 11-12-36." Levi Coffin's two story, wood shingle home at 3131 Wehrman Avenue in Cincinnati, Ohio was around the corner from Harriet Beecher Stowe's house on Gilbert Avenue, where he was a frequent guest. The fearless Quaker "president" had a "store" at the corner of Sixth and Elm Streets until 1847, where he aided 3,000 Negroes in their flight to freedom.
Creator	Ohio Federal Writers' Project
Date of Original	November 11, 1936
Collection	Ohio Guide Photographs
Source	State Archives Series 1039 AV
Submitting Institution	Ohio Historical Society
Rights	Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type	StillImage
File Name	SA1039AV_B03F09_001_1.tif
Image Height	4928
Image Width	6180
File Size	91390800 Bytes
Display File Type	image/jp2
Format	picture
Date created	2010-03-17
Date modified	2010-06-25

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