John Coburn House
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| address = Private residence: 2 Phillips Street
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The John Coburn House was the home of John P. Coburn (1811–1873), an African-American abolitionist who aided people on the Underground Railroad. The home is currently a private residence. It is on the Black Heritage Trail and its history is included in walking tours by the Boston African American National Historic Site.
Between 1843 and 1844, Coburn commissioned architect Asher Benjamin to design a house for him at the corner of Phillips and Irving Streets. Coburn lived there with his wife, Emmeline, and their adopted son Wendell.{{cite book |last1=Petronella |first1=Mary Melvin |title=Victorian Boston Today: Twelve Walking Tours |publisher=UPNE |date=2004 |isbn=9781555536053 |page=137 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qg_uLLXLY5kC&pg=PA137}}{{cite book |last1=Curtis |first1=Nancy C. |title=Black Heritage Sites: An African American Odyssey and Finder's Guide |publisher=American Library Association |date=1996 |isbn=9780838906439 |page=295 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rk7NPRm_nB0C&pg=PA295}}
Black Heritage Trail
The house is a Boston African-American historical site located on the Black Heritage Trail in Beacon Hill.{{cite web |url=http://www.nps.gov/boaf/planyourvisit/upload/BOAF_S2.pdf |title=Boston African American NHS Park Brochure, Side 2 |publisher=National Park Service}}{{cite book|author=Fodor's|title=The Official Guide to America's National Parks, 13th Edition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YO_f5OXL_6YC&pg=PA441|accessdate=April 26, 2013|date=December 16, 2008|publisher=Fodor's Travel Publications|isbn=978-1-4000-1628-0|pages=441–}}{{cite book|author1=David L. Scott|author2=Kay W. Scott|title=Guide to the National Park Areas, Eastern States|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z8DCRmgPOewC&pg=PA110|accessdate=April 26, 2013|work=Globe Pequot|pages=110–112 |isbn=9780762729883|date=2004|publisher=Globe Pequot Press }}
The National Park Services wrote:
The historic buildings along today's Black Heritage Trail® were the homes, businesses, schools and churches of a thriving black community that organized, from the nation's earliest years, to sustain those who faced local discrimination and national slavery, struggling toward the equality and freedom promised in America's documents of national liberty.{{ cite web | url=http://www.nps.gov/boaf/planyourvisit/upload/BOAF_S1.pdf | title =Boston African American NHS Park Brochure, Side 1 | publisher=National Park Service | accessdate=April 26, 2013 }} {{NPS}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.nps.gov/boaf Boston African American National Historic Site (NPS)]
{{Boston African American community pre-Civil War|state=expanded}}
Category:African-American history in Boston