Josiah Henson

Maryland

The 'Josiah Henson' cabin in MarylandThe cabin in which Josiah Henson and other slaves were housed remains standing and is currently in a residential development in Montgomery County, Maryland. The cabin is attached to a modern three-bedroom home[3] at 11420 Old Georgetown Road in North Bethesda.[4] While the dirt floor had been replaced by a wooden floor, the original stone fireplace was still in the house.[5] After having remained in the hands of private owners for nearly two centuries, on January 6, 2006, the Montgomery Planning Board agreed to purchase the property and the acre of land on which it stands for $1,000,000.[4][6] The house was opened to the public for one weekend in 2006.[7][8] As of March 2009, the cabin has received an additional $50,000 from the Maryland state Board of Public Works for the planning and design phase of a multiyear restoration project.[9] An additional $100,000 may come from the Federal government that would go towards restoration and planning.[9] The site is planned to be opened permanently to the public in 2012, until then there are guided tours four times a year.[9]


[edit] Uncle Tom's Cabin Historic Site—Ontario
Uncle Tom's Cabin Historic Site
Established
Location Dresden, Ontario, Canada
Type Ontario Heritage Trust
Website www.heritagefdn.on.ca/userfiles/HTML/nts_1_7784_1.html
Located near Dresden, Ontario, this cabin was home to Josiah Henson during much of his time in the area (1841 until his death in 1883). The cabin takes its name from the novel, and although it has been moved more than once, it remained on the original Dawn Settlement lands. Opened as a museum in the 1940s, it was moved to its present location in 1964, and restored to an 1850 appearance in 1993–94. The Uncle Tom's Cabin Historic Site is owned by the Ontario Heritage Trust. [10] The Museum is affiliated with: CMA, CHIN, and Virtual Museum of Canada.

The site includes:


A federal plaque marks Josiah Henson a National Historic Person
The Henson Family Cemetery
Modern gateway to a historic siteJosiah Henson's House (Uncle Tom's Cabin)

Outbuildings: a sawmill, smokehouse, and a pioneer church—including the pulpit from the original church from which Rev. J. Henson preached in Dresden
The Harris House—one of the oldest houses in the area, and one of several final stops on the Underground Railroad
The Henson Family Cemetery
The Josiah Henson Interpretive Center—A visitor center and museum with 19th Century books and artifacts related to abolition and Henson's life. The North Star Theater offers educational films.
The Underground Railroad Freedom Gallery—A geographic history, taking visitors on the path from Africa, through slavery in the United States, and on to freedom in British North America.
The historic site was first managed by individuals, then was purchased by Kent County in 1984, then transferred to the St. Clair Parkway Commission in 1992, before being finally being acquired by the Ontario Heritage Trust in 2005.


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