To the the right of the Convention Center stood this double house, 45-47 South Queen Street, which was owned by Lancastrian Thadeus Stevens. Click on images to enlarge them. |
The property as it looks today in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. |
Information about the double home. |
Photograph taken from the lower level of the Convention Center. The old building is allegedly the underground cistern of 45-47 S. Queen. Part of the Underground Railroad. |
A shelf hold glass remnants that came from the excavation. Were they used by runaway slaves? |
Another view of the excavation. |
Another view of the 45-47 South Queen property. This view is looking North from the corner with the Convention Center in the background. |
The door at 47 South Queen. Not only did Thadeus Stevens and Lydia Hamilton Smith use this door, but perhaps many slaves heading north to escape slavery in Southern States. |
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