Burrell Homestead - Lorain OH
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Don.Morfe
N 41° 27.298 W 082° 06.254
17T E 407773 N 4589853
From 1837 until the start of the Civil War, the homestead was a major stop on the Underground Railroad. Runaway slaves were hidden in the grain barn until Robbins Burrell could arrange for captains in Lorain, to hide them on vessels.
Waymark Code: WM16XW8
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 10/26/2022
Views: 1
TEXT ON THE HISTORICAL MARKER:
In June 1815, Captain Jabez Burrell settled this land after coming from Sheffield, Massachusetts. Five years later the brick homestead was constructed. Five generations of the Burrell family occupied the homestead continuously from 1820 to January 2001 when Eleanor B. Burrell passed away. In 1836, the racially integrated Sheffield Manual Labor Institute, a branch of Oberlin College, was established at the Burrell Homestead, but the Institute closed the next year because the Ohio Legislature refused to grant its charter unless it excluded black students. From 1837 until the start of the Civil War, the homestead was a major stop on the Underground Railroad. Runaway slaves were hidden in the grain barn until Robbins Burrell could arrange for captains in Lorain, such as Aaron Root, to hide them on vessels for the trip across Lake Erie to freedom in Canada.
Address:
East River Road
Lorain, OH United States
44055
Web site: [Web Link]
Open to the public?: Public
Name of organization who placed the marker: Ohio Historical Society
Site Details: Not listed
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