Historic Structure Report, Architectural Data: Frederick Douglass Home
Copeland R. 1978. Historic Structure Report, Architectural Data: Frederick Douglass Home. Historic Structure Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Denver Service Center, Denver, Colorado
Frederick Douglass spent his life fighting for justice and equality. Born into slavery in 1818, he escaped as a young man and became a leading voice in the abolitionist movement. Douglass's legacy is preserved at Cedar Hill, as part of the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site, where he lived his last 17 years. The proposed work as specified in Development/Study Package Proposal No. 159, Revision No. 1, calls for the partial restoration of the Frederick Douglass homestead–Cedar Hill–to its appearance in 1895, the year of his death. Included is the reconstruction of the growlery, locating and identification of other historic outbuilding sites, and rehabilitation of historic roads and walks. This partial restoration of the "historic scene" will give the visitor a more in-depth experience into the life and times of this great civil rights advocate,
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Copeland, Randall
- Date of Issue
- 1978-05
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
- Units
- FRDO , NCR
- Keywords
- abolition, Frederick Douglass, home, restoration
- Subjects
- CRIS-HS: 000419: Frederick Douglass House - Res. 716