David Cummins Octagon House
David Cummins Octagon House | |
 The front of the house | |
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| Location | 301 Liberty Street, Conneaut, Ohio |
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| Coordinates | 41°56′28″N 80°33′26″W / 41.94111°N 80.55722°W |
| Built | c. 1860 |
| NRHP reference No. | 74001394 |
| Added to NRHP | September 9, 1974[1] |
The David Cummins Octagon House is a historic octagon-shaped house located at 301 Liberty Street in Conneaut, Ohio. Built during the 1860s, it is named after David Cummins, the founder of the Cummins Canning Company in Conneaut. The house had a tunnel that ran from it to the nearby Conneaut Creek, leading to speculation that it served as a station on the Underground Railroad.[2] However, this claim has been questioned and has been suggested that the tunnel might have belonged to a previous structure on the property.[3]
The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places[1] on September 9, 1974.
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- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ Conneaut, Ohio -Clippings from the Sunday paper
- ^ "Abolition in Conneaut, Ohio" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on June 7, 2022. Retrieved October 25, 2009.
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