W. AURORA CHURCH
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NYS Historic
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- 1807 Mill Road, West Falls, NY
- 42.724327, -78.665773
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Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society
W. AURORA CHURCH
Inscription
W. AURORA CHURCHEST. 1810, BUILDING
DEDICATED IN 1832.
ABOLITIONIST AND FORMER
SLAVE SOJOURNER TRUTH
SPOKE HERE OCT. 1, 1868.
WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2018
Built in 1810 the W. Aurora Church is one of the oldest churches in western New York and was a site for abolitionist movement and Underground Railroad. On October 1, 1868 abolitionist and former slave Sojourner Truth spoke there.
