James and Lydia Canning Fuller House explained

James and Lydia Canning Fuller House
Location:W. Genesee St., Skaneateles, New York
Coordinates:42.9447°N -76.4394°W
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Marker:building
Mapframe-Zoom:12
Mapframe-Caption:Interactive map showing the location for James and Lydia Canning Fuller House
Built:1815
Architect:Thompson, Peter; Billing, John
Architecture:Federal
Added:July 3, 2003
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:03000595

The James and Lydia Canning Fuller House in Skaneateles, New York is a historic house, which on three occasions was used as part of the Underground Railway.[1]

James Fuller married Lydia Charleton in 1815 in Bristol at the Friends Meeting House.[1] This was the same year as the house was built.

James Canning Fuller was the secretary of the Skaneateles Anti-Slavery Society in 1838. He was a delegate to the World's Anti-Slavery Convention in 1840 in London.[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.

Notes and References

  1. http://pacny.net/freedom_trail/Fuller.htm James and Lydia Canning Fuller House
  2. https://www.jstor.org/stable/60228328 Delegate List