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Legends & Lore®
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Legend
- 7563 Lake Road, Sodus, NY
- 43.265327, -77.023863
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Village of Sodus Point
UNDERGROUND RR
Inscription
UNDERGROUND RRBELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN
UNDERGROUND RAILROAD SAFE
HOUSE CA 1846. ORIGINAL OWNERS
ELIZABETH AND JOHN PRESTON
WERE KNOWN ABOLITIONISTS.
NEW YORK FOLKLORE SOCIETY
WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2015
It has been said that the Maxwell Creek Cobblestone House served as a safe house on the Underground Railroad. The original owners, Elizabeth and John Preston, were known abolitionists. The house stands along Lake Road and was built around 1846.
