Levi and Catherine Coffin were fixtures on the Underground Railroad, ... The Smithsonian in 2016 named the Levi Coffin House Interpretive Center as "one of 12 new museums around the world to visit." ...

FOUNTAIN CITY, Ind. (Feb. 15, 2016) — A historic site that has been called the “Grand Central Station” of the Underground Railroad is undergoing a major expansion. The Levi Coffin House in ...

For his efforts, Levi Coffin became known as “president” of the Underground Railroad. The Coffin House in Fountain City, two stories and a basement of big rooms and narrow, shallow stairs, stands as a ...

Before the Civil War, Indiana residents Levi and Catharine Coffin spent two decades working with the Underground Railroad, helping an estimated 2,000 people reach freedom. Historians now refer to ...

Coffin House: Meeting at the ... Levi and Catharine Coffin served as two of the most important stationmasters in ... The Underground Railroad network is believed to have assisted 100,000 freedom ...

The Coffins’ home, which became known as “the Grand Central Station of the Underground Railroad,” has been a state historic site since 1967. Visitors can tour the Coffin House at 10:30 a.m ...

The all-volunteer Levi Coffin House Association took a leap of faith in 1998, purchasing what was then an apartment house just to the north of the Levi Coffin House State Historic Site.

Levi Coffin's Underground Railroad station 1826: Resource Bank Contents: Click here for the text of this historical document. Levi Coffin had just moved to Newport, Indiana, an ideal location in ...

FOUNTAIN CITY, Ind. — The Levi and Catharine Coffin State Historic Site will host several events during International Underground Railroad Month. In 2019, Maryland chose September for ...

Levi Coffin's Underground Railroad station ...Soon after we located at Newport, ... In the winter of 1826-27, fugitives began to come to our house, ...

Long after it stopped being a key station on the Underground Railroad, the Levi Coffin House has continued to be an important stop for busloads of students learning about American history, the ...

Presbyterian minister John Rankin's house in Ripley, Ohio, and Quaker Levi Coffin's home in Fountain City, Ind., were among the beacons of hope for thousands of runaways.