Alan West Corson Homestead Explained

Alan W. Corson Homestead
Location:	5130 Butler Pike, Whitemarsh Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates:	40.1167°N -75.2653°W
Built:	1734-1820
Added:	June 19, 1973
Refnum:	73001649

Alan West Corson Homestead is a historic house located in Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It was built in three sections between 1734 and 1820. It is a -story, stuccoed stone dwelling, six bays wide and two bays deep. It has a -story rear ell. Also on the property is a contributing smoke house. The property was used for one of the earliest area nurseries and a boarding school.^[1]

Abolitionism

Grandson Alan Wright Corson (1788 - 1882) and his family were Quakers and abolitionists.^[2] He was one of the founders of the Montgomery County Anti-Slavery Society (1837), and turned the house into a station on the Underground Railroad. His brother George built nearby Abolition Hall as a meeting place for anti-slavery groups.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. It is located in the Cold Point Historic District.

Notes and References

Web site: National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania. CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Searchable database. 2012-05-06. 2007-07-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20070721014609/https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp. dead. Note: This includes Web site: [{{NRHP-PA|H000534_01H.pdf}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Alan West Corson Homestead]. 2012-05-05. Kathryn Stoler. PDF. October 1972.
Hiram Corson, M.D. "Alan Wright Corson," The Corson Family: A History of the Descendants of Benjamin Corson, Son of Cornelius Corssen of Staten Island, New York. (Philadelphia: H.L. Everett, 1906), pp. 74-81.