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Hovenden House, Barn and Abolition Hall

Historic complex in Pennsylvania, United States

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Hovenden House, Barn and Abolition Hall is a group of historic buildings in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania, United States. In the decades prior to the American Civil War, the property served as an important station on the Underground Railroad. Abolition Hall was built as a meeting place for abolitionists, and later became the studio of artist Thomas Hovenden.

The house is located at the northeast corner of Germantown and Butler Pikes, diagonally opposite the Plymouth Friends Meetinghouse. Northeast of the house is the stone barn, and behind and attached to the barn is the former carriage house, above which was built Abolition Hall. The three buildings are part of a 10.45-acre farm, and are contributing properties in the Plymouth Meeting Historic District.

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