M'Clintock House, also known as the Baptist Parsonage, is a historic home located at
Waterloo in
Seneca County, New York
Seneca County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 33,814. The primary county seat is Waterloo, moved there from the original county seat of Ovid in 1819. It became a two-shire county in 1822 ...
. It is a two-story,
Federal style brick dwelling built in 1833–1836. The home is notable as the residence of Quaker pharmacist
Thomas M'Clintock
Thomas M'Clintock (March 28, 1792 – March 19, 1876) was an American pharmacist and a leading Quaker organizer for many reforms, including abolishing slavery, achieving women's rights, and modernizing Quakerism.
Life
He was born on Marc ...
and his wife Mary Ann from 1836 to 1856. On July 16, 1848, the home was the location where the
Declaration of Sentiments and other resolutions and speeches were drawn up for the subsequent
First Women's Rights Convention.
It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
in 1980.
The house is one of the sites of the
Women's Rights National Historical Park
The Women's Rights National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park in Seneca Falls and Waterloo, New York, United States. Founded by an act of Congress in 1980, the park was first opened in 1982. It gradually expanded thr ...
. The restored mid-19th century home is open for tours in the summer.
See also
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List of monuments and memorials to women's suffrage
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Votes For Women History Trail
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Timeline of women's suffrage
Women's suffrage – the right of women to vote – has been achieved at various times in countries throughout the world. In many nations, women's suffrage was granted before universal suffrage, in which cases women and men from certain Social ...
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Women's suffrage in the United States
Women's suffrage, or the right of women to vote, was established in the United States over the course of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, first in various U.S. states, states and localities, then nationally in 1920 with the ratification ...
References
External links
M'Clintock House- Women's Rights National Historic Park
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Museums in Seneca County, New York
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
Historic American Buildings Survey in New York (state)
History of women's rights in the United States
Historic house museums in New York (state)
History museums in New York (state)
Women's museums in the United States
Women's Rights National Historical Park
Clergy houses in the United States
Houses in Seneca County, New York
National Register of Historic Places in Seneca County, New York
Waterloo, New York
History of women in New York (state)
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