Rokeby Museum

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Rokeby Museum is a historic farmstead and museum in Vermont renowned for its well-preserved 19th-century buildings and its role as a documented Underground Railroad site.

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instanceOf Underground Railroad site
farm museum
historic house museum
address 4334 U.S. Route 7, Ferrisburgh, Vermont
architecturalStyle Federal
Greek Revival elements
associatedWith Rachel Gilpin Robinson NERFINISHED
Robinson family NERFINISHED
Rowland T. Robinson NERFINISHED
associatedWithMovement Quaker antislavery movement NERFINISHED
abolitionism
country United States of America
surface form: United States
county Addison County NERFINISHED
documentedAs Underground Railroad safe house
governingBody nonprofit organization
hasBuilding Rokeby main house NERFINISHED
barns
farm structures
outbuildings
hasCollection 19th-century farm tools
Quaker family artifacts
Robinson family papers NERFINISHED
abolitionist correspondence
artworks by Rowland Evans Robinson
hasExhibition exhibits on Robinson family and farm life
permanent Underground Railroad exhibit
hasLandUse historic agricultural landscape
heritageDesignation National Historic Landmark
National Register of Historic Places
surface form: National Register of Historic Places listing
historicalUse family residence
working farm
knownFor documented Underground Railroad activity
extensive abolitionist archives
interpretation of Quaker abolitionism
well-preserved 19th-century farmstead
locatedIn Ferrisburgh, Vermont NERFINISHED
locatedNear Vergennes, Vermont NERFINISHED
name Rokeby Museum NERFINISHED
NRHPReferenceNumber 66000795
NRHPType historic district
openToPublic yes
operatedBy Rokeby Museum, Inc. NERFINISHED
partOf National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom NERFINISHED
periodOfSignificance 19th century
state Vermont
topic Underground Railroad history in Vermont
slavery in the United States
usedFor sheltering freedom seekers

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Ferrisburgh, Vermont hasHistoricSite Rokeby Museum