The Douglass Family South Street Home Site in Rochester, New York, commemorates where Frederick Douglass and his family moved to in 1852. The location on the top of a hill, and isolated from neighbors, made it an ideal place for the Underground Railroad. It was here that Douglass welcomed numerous freedom seekers on their way to Canada. Douglass and his family spent 20 years on this property, while he worked on his newspaper, The North Star, and traveled the abolition lecture circuit. In 1872, a fire destroyed the home. Today the Anna Murray-Douglass Academy School No. 12 stands on the site and honors his wife who was instrumental in Underground Railroad operations when Frederick Douglass was away for his speaking engagements.
Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service