Starr Clark Tin Shop | |
Location: | 3250 Main St., Mexico, New York |
Coordinates: | 43.4597°N -76.2286°W |
Built: | 1838 |
Added: | December 04, 2001 |
Area: | less than one acre |
Refnum: | 01001323 |
Starr Clark Tin Shop is a historic commercial building located at Mexico in Oswego County, New York. It is a two-story wood-framed vernacular building built about 1827 with Federal details. The tin shop measures 24feet wide and deep, with a 24-foot-4-inch-wide by 25-foot-8-inch-deep (24feet by 25feet) rear wing. Its owner, Starr Clark, was a widely recognized abolitionist and supporter of the Underground Railroad.[1]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
The Mexico Historical Society has restored the shop and operates it as a museum that highlights its use as a working tin shop and as an hub for the abolition movement.[2]