Seth M. Gates House is a historic home located at
Warsaw in
Wyoming County, New York. It is a two-story, wood-frame dwelling built in 1824 and expanded in about 1843. It started as a two-story, five-bay dwelling and the expansion added two bays on the north end. It features a
Federal style cornice. Its owner from about 1843 until his death was
Seth M. Gates (ca. 1800-ca. 1877), who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1838 to 1842. From the time of his purchase, for the next 15 years the house was a station on the
Underground Railroad, Gates concealing the fugitives in the cellar and attic. From 1893 to 1924, it was home to the Society of Village Works, a local charitable organization. In 1924, it was sold to the local chapter of the
Daughters of the American Revolution
The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) is a lineage-based membership service organization for women who are directly descended from a person involved in the United States' efforts towards independence.
A non-profit group, they promote ...
, who owned it until turning it over to the Warsaw Historical Society in 1977 for $1.00.
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It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
References
External links
Seth M. Gates House - Warsaw, New York - Underground Railroad Sites on Waymarking.comGates, Seth M., House - Warsaw, New York - History Museums on Waymarking.comSeth M. Gates House History - Warsaw Historical Society, NY
Museums in Wyoming County, New York
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
History museums in New York (state)
Houses on the Underground Railroad
Federal architecture in New York (state)
Houses completed in 1824
Historical society museums in New York (state)
National Register of Historic Places in Wyoming County, New York
Underground Railroad in New York (state)
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