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John Brown Farm State Historic Site

The austere homestead where abolitionist John Brown planned his last raid

115 John Brown Rd, Lake Placid, NY|44.250°N · 73.972°W
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§ Field Notes

About John Brown Farm State Historic Site.

The John Brown Farm State Historic Site includes the home and final resting place of abolitionist John Brown (1800–1859). It is located on John Brown Road in the town of North Elba, 3 miles (5 km) southeast of Lake Placid, New York, where John Brown moved in 1849 to teach farming to African Americans. It has been called the highest farm in the state, "the highest arable spot of land in the State, if, indeed, soil so hard and sterile can be called arable." *Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)*
§ Getting here

Where it sits.

Address

115 John Brown Rd
Lake Placid, NY 12946

44.2496°N · 73.9715°W
Directions in Google Maps
Drive in from
New York City
305 mi
5h 30m
Albany
139 mi
2h 30m
Boston
245 mi
4h 30m
Montreal
111 mi
2h 0m
Syracuse
171 mi
3h 0m
Buffalo
329 mi
6h

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§ Nearby

Within 10 mi.

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