Hunt House (Waterloo, New York) Explained

Hunt House
Location:	401 E. Main St., Waterloo, New York
Coordinates:	42.9025°N -76.8444°W
Built:	1848
Added:	August 29, 1980
Refnum:	80000358

Hunt House is a historic home located at Waterloo in Seneca County, New York. It was built about 1830 and is a two-story brick dwelling with a distinctive pedimented portico supported by four Doric order columns. The home was renovated to its current appearance in the 1920s. The home is notable as the residence of Mrs. Jane C. Hunt who, on July 13, 1848, invited Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Martha Coffin Wright, and Mary Ann M'Clintock to it to plan the First Women's Rights Convention in the United States.^[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS). https://archive.today/20150701003048/http://cris.parks.ny.gov/. dead. 2015-07-01. New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Searchable database. 2016-08-01. Note: This includes Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Hunt House . 2016-08-01 . Anne Ackerson . PDF . August 1978 .