National Historic Landmark · historic house museum · Fountain City, Indiana

Coffin, Levi, House

Historic house in Indiana, United States in Fountain City, Indiana. Added to the National Register in 1966, and a National Historic Landmark.

Open to visitNational Historic LandmarkListed 1966Federal architecture
Levi Coffin HouseLevi Coffin Home bedsLevi Coffin Home benchLevi Coffin Home chamberpot
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What it is

Wikipedia · Levi Coffin House

The Coffin House is a National Historic Landmark located in the present-day town of Fountain City in Wayne County, Indiana. The two-story, eight room, brick home was constructed circa 1838–39 in the Federal style. The Coffin home became known as the "Grand Central Station" of the Underground Railroad because of its location where three of the escape routes to the North converged and the number of fleeing slaves who passed through it.

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The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeBuilding
Address115 N. Main St., Fountain City, IN
CountyWayne County
ListedOct 15, 1966
Reference number66000009
Type of placehistoric house museum
StyleFederal architecture
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark
Contributing resources1 buildings

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Visiting

Open to the public
Address115 N. Main St., Fountain City, IN
Coordinates39.95658, -84.91706 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitDayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park · 45 mi · on Park Atlas
Federal campgrounds nearbyQuakertown Campground 31 mi · Overlook Shelter (Brookville Lake) 36 mi · Tailwater Shelter 1 (Brookville Lake) 36 mi
This one you can go inside. Hours and admission change with the season; the website above has the current schedule.

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Sources

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 66000009. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.