The Johnson House

The Johnson House is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, dedicated 1995.

Philadelphia County · dedicated 1995 · 6306 Germantown Ave., Philadelphia

Built in 1768 for John Johnson. This was home to three generations of a Quaker family who worked to abolish slavery and improve living conditions for freed African Americans. In the 1850s this house was a station on the Underground Railroad. Here and in smaller buildings on the property, men and women escaping slavery found shelter on their way to freedom.

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