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The Jordan House is an historic building located in West Des Moines, Iowa, United States. It was built by abolitionist James C. Jordan and was a station on the Underground Railroad in Iowa. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1973. [1]
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It was among the destinations on last year's inaugural Iowa Underground Railroad Ride, a two-and-a-half day trip to Lewis from Tabor, another site of a surviving station in southwest Iowa.
Pearson was also an abolitionist and involved with the Underground Railroad. The home he built for his family in Keosauqua, Iowa in 1845 was a two-story structure, and is a rare vernacular Georgian style house in Iowa. [2] Pearson imported the style from his native Maryland. The exterior of the first story is stone while the second is brick.
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They were agents of the Underground Railroad," said Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen. Ahead of the walk, WJZ's Janay Reece was invited inside for a first look at the artifacts church members have ...
The house is located on Park Street in Tabor, Iowa. It was built in 1853 around the time when Todd moved to Tabor as a co-founder of Tabor College and the town of Tabor. John Brown visited the home around the time of his raids, and the house served as a stop on the Underground Railroad prior to the Civil War. [2]
Narrated by actor Clark Johnson, the four-part series profiles the history of the Underground Railroad, through which escaped African-American slaves from the Southern United States escaped to freedom in the northeastern U.S. or Canada, [2] focusing in part on the newest archaeological and scientific discoveries that have expanded the depth of ...