John Brown House (Chambersburg, Pennsylvania)

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John Brown House, July 2010
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John Brown House (Chambersburg, Pennsylvania)
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Location225 E. King St., Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 39°56′20″N77°39′34″W / 39.93889°N 77.65944°W / 39.93889; -77.65944
Arealess than one acre
Built1859
NRHP reference No. 70000548 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 5, 1970

The John Brown House, also known as the Ritner Boarding House, is an historic American home that is located in Chambersburg in Franklin County, Pennsylvania.

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Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970, it is included in the Chambersburg Historic District. [1]

History and architectural features

This historic structure is a two-story, three-bay wide, clapboard-covered, hewn-log building. Abolitionist John Brown (1800–1859) stayed here from June until mid-October 1859, while receiving supplies and recruits for his raid on Harpers Ferry. Following the raid, four of Brown's followers returned to the house to be concealed. [2] It is operated by the Franklin County Historical Society - Kittochtinny, as a historic house museum.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970. It is included in the Chambersburg Historic District. [1] It has been designated as an authentic site in the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. [3]

External videos
Nuvola apps kaboodle.svg Chambersburg historic sites, Franklin County Historical Society [4] Includes images of John Brown House (starting at 2:50)

References

  1. 1 2 3 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ↑ Murray E. Kauffman (January 1970). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania SP Brown, John, House. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved December 20, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)
  3. ↑ Franklin County Historical Society–Kittochtinny (2019). "John Brown House". Archived from the original on April 19, 2021. Retrieved March 3, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Chambersburg historic sites". Franklin County Historical Society. Archived from the original on December 22, 2013. Retrieved December 20, 2013.
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