Samuel B. Allen House

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Glendale Heritage Preservation Museum

25 Fountain Avenue West

25 Fountain Avenue West

Name/Title

Samuel B. Allen House

Entry/Object ID

2000.003.6015

Scope and Content

The Samuel B. Allen House is a Pivotal Structure located at 25 Fountain Avenue West. The house was built for Samuel Badger Allen, whose father Marston was a signer of the Village's Articles of Incorporation. Architects were Walter and Wilson. The site was the original location of the Heffner Tavern. The house is built of Ashlar and blue limestone with the addition of a butlers pantry and 2 bathrooms around 1900. In 1992, a tunnel which led to the house known as the "Pillars" at 780 Congress was filled in. There is an underground room on the corner of Congress and West Fountain on this property. The existence on this tunnel and room suggest a probable association with the underground railroad. Source: Home Owners Survey, 2005

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Search Terms

25 Fountain Avenue West, Pivotal Structure, English Gothic Revival, Underground Railroad, Heffner Tavern

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Foster, Algernon S.

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Van Dyke, Abijah

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Van Dyke, Sylvia

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Westsone, John

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Allen, Samuel B.

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Krazer, John

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Oberle, John B.

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Allen, Alfred M.

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Allen, Hannah S.

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Allen, Harriet C.

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Allen, Martha

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Allen, Bertha N.

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Waters, Allen

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Gray, Wallace M.

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Miller, Emilie Groves

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Adair, Robert G.

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Miller, Walter

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Unger, Lawrence Dr.

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Unger, Frances M.

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Notes

Address: Fountain Avenue West Street No.: 25

Create Date

September 2, 2005