Name/Title
Print, PhotographicEntry/Object ID
3797Description
Rankin House, Ripley, (Brown County) Ohio
It has brick walls with a metal roof, 36 feet square and sides additions of fifteen feet with porches on both front and back.
First station on underground railway of Uncle Tom's Cabin. (Here at Ripley, the famous "Eliza" of Uncle Tom's Cabin crossed the Ohio River on the ice and snow and came to this house. Many fugitives were sent to this house, but none were captured)
The original owner and builder was the Reverend John Rankin, pastor of the Presbyterian Church (who made it his home for forty years) and Colonel Albert Hatfield followed as owner.Collection
Photo CollectionMade/Created
Date made
1825Notes
Date: UnknownLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
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Category 08: Communication ObjectsRelationships
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3798, 3799, 3800, 3801General Notes
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Original or Copy: Original