James and Lydia Canning Fuller House

James and Lydia Canning Fuller House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	W. Genesee St., Skaneateles, New York
Coordinates	42°56′41″N76°26′22″W / 42.94472°N 76.43944°W / 42.94472; -76.43944
Area	less than one acre
Built	1815
Architect	Thompson, Peter; Billing, John
Architectural style	Federal
MPS	Freedom Trail, Abolitionism, and African American Life in Central New York MPS
NRHP reference No.	03000595 [1]
Added to NRHP	July 3, 2003

The James and Lydia Canning Fuller House in Skaneateles, New York is a historic house, which on three occasions was used as part of the Underground Railway. ^[2]

James Fuller married Lydia Charleton in 1815 in Bristol at the Friends Meeting House. ^[2] This was the same year as the house was built. ^[1]

James Canning Fuller was the secretary of the Skaneateles Anti-Slavery Society in 1838. He was a delegate to the World's Anti-Slavery Convention in 1840 in London. ^[3]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. ^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. James and Lydia Canning Fuller House, pacy.net, Retrieved 2 August 2015
3. Delegate List, World Anti Slavery Convention, 1840