Evans, Wilson Bruce, House
Historic house in Ohio, United States in Oberlin, Ohio. Added to the National Register in 1980, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
Wilson Bruce Evans House is a historic house at 33 East Vine Street in Oberlin, Ohio, United States. Completed in 1856, it served a major stop on the Underground Railroad, with its builders, Wilson Bruce Evans and Henry Evans, participating the 1858 Oberlin-Wellington Rescue, a celebrated rescue of a slave. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1997.
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | 33 E. Vine St., Oberlin, OH |
| County | Lorain County |
| Listed | Apr 16, 1980 |
| Reference number | 80003143 |
| Type of place | house |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 1 buildings |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | 33 E. Vine St., Oberlin, OH |
| Coordinates | 41.28859, -82.21631 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Cuyahoga Valley National Park · 34 mi · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | Cuyahoga Valley National Park Picnic Shelters 37 mi |
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Nearby in Lorain County
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Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 80003143. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.