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Putnam House
David Putnam House
Location of the Putnam House in OhioLocation: Marietta, Ohio Coordinates: 39°24′45.5″N 81°27′32.5″W / 39.412639°N 81.459028°WCoordinates: 39°24′45.5″N 81°27′32.5″W / 39.412639°N 81.459028°W Built: 1805 Governing body: Private Part of: Harmar Historic District (#74001645) Designated CP: 1974 The Putnam House is a historic building in the Harmar Historic District of Marietta, Washington County, Ohio, USA, on the National Register of Historic Places. The house overlooks the Muskingum River.
The building was built in 1805 for David Putnam, grandson of General Israel Putnam and nephew of General Rufus Putnam. In 1807 it co-housed the first banking corporation in the Northwest Territory and Ohio.[1] David Putnam lived here for 51 years, until he died in 1856. The house remained in the Putnam family until 1933. 1981 saw the restoration of the house by the Putnam House Partners.[1]
Marietta's leading abolitionist, David Putnam, Jr. was born in this house in 1808.[2] David Putnam, Jr. used another nearby house as his "station house" on the Underground Railroad, that house was torn down in 1953.[3]
References
- ^ a b Historical plaque by door of house.
- ^ "Marietta - Things to See and Do - Underground Railroad". http://www.mariettaohio.org/undergroundrailroad. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
- ^ Burke, Henry Robert; Charles Hart Fogle (2004). Washington County Underground Railroad - Images of America. Great Britain: Arcadia Publishing. p. 23. ISBN 0738532568. http://books.google.com/books?id=ZepZvLCnYK0C. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
National Register of Historic Places in Washington County, Ohio National Historic Landmark 
Historic districts Coal Run Historic District | Harmar Historic District | Marietta Historic District | Vaughn-Stacy-Evans Farm Historic District | Watertown Historic District
Other properties Charles Rice Ames House | Col. Joseph Barker House | Judge Joseph Barker House | Becker Lumber and Manufacturing Company | Cisler Terrace | Walter Curtis House | Col. Simeon Deming House | Erwin Hall, Marietta College | First Unitarian Church of Marietta | Harra Covered Bridge | Hildreth Covered Bridge | Hune Covered Bridge | William Hune Farm | John Kaiser House | Mason House | Mound Cemetery Mound | Ohio Company Land Office | Rufus Putnam House | Rinard Covered Bridge | Root Covered Bridge | Sawyer-Curtis House | Shinn Covered Bridge | Sixth Street Railroad Bridge | Spencer's Landing | Jonathan Sprague House | Old St. Mary's School | Capt. Jonathan Stone House | Waernicke-Hille House and Store | Wilcox-Mills House
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