Gerrit Smith Estate

Gerrit Smith Estate
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
Location	Main Street, Peterboro, New York
Coordinates	42°58′3.53″N 75°41′13.52″W
Architectural style	Other, Mid 19th Century Revival, Federal
NRHP reference No.	97001386
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	November 24, 1997
Designated NHL	January 3, 2001

Gerrit Smith Estate, in Peterboro, New York, was a home of Gerrit Smith, 19th-century social reformer, abolitionist, and presidential candidate, and his wife, Ann Carroll Fitzhugh. The buildings remaining on the property that contribute to its historical significance are the Peterboro Land Office with an attached smokehouse, designated on the National Register of Historic Places on its own, a 19th-century barn and an adjacent building that was probably the laundry. The rest of the property contains numerous sites of buildings that no longer exist.

Outbuildings on his estate were used as refuges for escaped slaves, on the Underground railway.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 2001.

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  Peterboro Land Office
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  Smokehouse attached to the Peterboro Land Office
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  19th century barn and adjacent building thought to have been the laundry

See also

• List of Underground Railroad sites

External links

• Gerrit Smith Estate - official site
• Gerrit Smith Estate and Land Office site on "Aboard the Underground Railroad", National Park Service tour list
• Description of the Estate
• Historic Peterboro