Rokeby (Ferrisburg, Vermont)

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nearest_city= Ferrisburg, Vermont
lat_degrees = 44
lat_minutes = 13
lat_seconds = 20.68
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 73
long_minutes = 14
long_seconds = 16.92
long_direction = W
locmapin = Vermont
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built =1833
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architecture= Other
designated= December 09, 1997cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1327495557&ResourceType=District
title=Rokeby |accessdate=2008-02-19 |work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = June 20, 1974cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum=74000201

Rokeby, an 18th century house in Ferrisburg, Vermont, was a station on the Underground railway before the American Civil War. The house was the home for almost 200 years of the Robinson family, who were Quaker millers, farmers, abolitionists, authors, naturalists, and artists.

In the 1830s and 1840s, Rokeby served as a safe house along the Underground Railroad. Letters from the family of Rowland T. and Rachel Gilpin Robinson, devout Quakers and radical abolitionists, mention fugitive slaves by name and in some detail. [http://www.rokeby.org/underground.html Rokeby Museum: Underground Railroad]

Rokeby was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1997.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/74000201.pdf National Historic Landmark Nomination: Rokeby / Rowland T. Robinson House] |32 KB|date=January 13, 1997 |author=Jane Williamson |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/74000201.pdf "Accompanying 18 photos, from 1996 and undated"] |32 KB]

Located on Route 7, the 90 acre site includes the Robinson house, open by guided tour, with personal and domestic furnishings spanning 200 years, and eight agricultural outbuildings with permanent exhibits. Hiking trails cover more than 50 acres of the grounds. Rokeby is open from mid-May to mid-October each year.

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External links

* [http://www.rokeby.org/ Rokeby Museum]