63788 567th Lane, Lewis, Iowa. County/parish: Cass.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places November 09, 1977. NRIS 77000500.
1 contributing building.Also known as:
The Reverend George B. Hitchcock House is a historic house museum in Cass County, Iowa, near the city of Lewis. Built in 1856 by the Congregationalist minister George B. Hitchcock, it has features indicative of its use as a "station" on the Underground Railway, corroborated by documentary evidence of Hitchcock's involvement in the shelter and transport of escaped slaves. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 2006. It now houses a museum.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75338389