Wilson Bruce Evans House

Wilson Bruce Evans House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
Location	33 E. Vine St., Oberlin, Ohio
Coordinates
Built	1856
Architect	Unknown
Architectural style	Italianate
NRHP Reference #	80003143
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	April 16, 1980
Designated NHL	December 9, 1997

Wilson Bruce Evans House, also known as LOR-239-21, is a house in Oberlin, Ohio and was a major stop on the Underground Railroad. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1997.

History

The Evans house was the home of Wilson Bruce Evans, a prominent African-American abolitionist and early benefactor of Oberlin College, the first college to admit students of color. Evans rose to national attention after his importance in the 1858 Oberlin-Wellington Rescue, one of the events that challenged the controversial Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. Although Evans was not an outspoken abolitionist like his colleagues Sojourner Truth and Frederick Douglass, Evans was cited as a man who "put justice above his own safety." The house was a frequent stop for travelers on the Underground Railroad such as Harriet Tubman.

See also

• List of Underground Railroad sites

External links

• National Park Service article about the house
• Oberlin College information about the house