Austin F. Williams House and Carriage House (127 Main Street (Route 10), Farmington ())

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Building Name (Common)

Austin F. Williams House and Carriage House

Building Name (Historic)

Austin F. Williams House and Carriage House

Address

127 Main Street (Route 10), Farmington

Typology

Carriage House

Overview

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Historic Significance

n/a

Field Notes

Austin F. Williams House and Carriage House National Register Nomination No. 98001190 and a National Historic Landmark. The Austin F. Williams House and Carriagehouse are significant for their association with the Underground Railroad and the celebrated Amistad affair of 1839-1841. Oral tradition indicates that Austin F. Williams (1805-1885), a leading abolitionist of the day who devoted much of his life to the cause, was an Underground Railroad conductor and, along with other citizens, made the Farmington community a major Underground Railroad stop. After the Civil War, Williams was appointed director of the Freedman's Bureau of New England and New York and found housing and job opportunities for freed African Americans. However, it was the Amistad affair that brought national attention to Williams' abolitionist activities ( http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/underground/ct1.htm ) .

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