{"nrhp_refnum":"99000347","name":"Tubman, Harriet, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"182 South St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Auburn","county":"Cayuga County","state":"NY","lat":42.91160697850006,"lon":-76.56179361041436,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1999-04-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Black","Social History"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick house at 182 South Street in Auburn (Fleming), Cayuga County, New York, built about 1886 on land Harriet Tubman contracted to buy in 1859, with a rear frame and concrete block garage that probably incorporates a former barn.","why_significant":"The house is the site most closely tied to Harriet Tubman, who lived here and cared for family members and aged and indigent African Americans. It is linked to her through the land purchase from William Henry Seward and her plans for a home for the aged. It was listed under Criterion B for its association with her.","narrative":"This simple two-story brick house at 182 South Street in Auburn, New York, was the home of Harriet Tubman for the last decades of her life. She contracted in 1859 to buy the house and seven acres from William Henry Seward, and she held the land until her death in 1913. The present brick house was most likely built in the mid to late 1880s, when she wanted to house more aged and infirm people; it replaced an earlier frame house. Plain in design, it has a gabled front, shallow relieving arches over the windows, and later frame additions. A rear garage includes a former barn from her small farm. After 1911 she moved to the nearby church-run Home for the Aged. Her heirs sold the house in 1914, and its identity as her residence was forgotten until 1990. It was listed for its direct connection to her life and work, with a period of significance of about 1886 to 1913.","period_of_significance":"c.1886-1913 (amended from the 1859-1913 stated in the form)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Victorian","criteria":["B"],"status_note":"Historic and current function is single dwelling; the interior has been extensively altered and the original open side porch was replaced by an enclosed porch, probably in the 1920s.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:50.153388-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/99000347.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000347/ac88ee4a11-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000347/ac88ee4a11-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"NPS Photo","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Harriet_Tubman_Home_Side_With_Columns_(06041835-7ae2-4ad3-869a-feef0d9ff13a).JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">NPS Photo</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Harriet_Tubman_Home_Side_With_Columns_(06041835-7ae2-4ad3-869a-feef0d9ff13a).JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312226","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141450702"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/cayuga-county/tubman-harriet-house-99000347/"}