New York City buys Downtown Brooklyn’s abolitionist rowhouse for $3.2M

Mar 15, 2021 |

Map data © 2020 Google New York City has officially purchased the property at 227 Duffield Street, a 19th-century rowhouse in Downtown Brooklyn recently designated as a landmark for its ties to the abolitionist movement. The Landmarks Preservation Commission last month granted landmark status to the home, occupied by known abolitionists Harriet and Thomas Truesdell […more]

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