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John Brown Farm State Historic Site, Lake Placid
John Brown Farm State Historic Site — photo · Joel Indorf · Google
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John Brown Farm State Historic Site.

Historic Sites·Lake Placid, NY·44.25°N 73.97°W

The austere homestead where abolitionist John Brown planned his last raid

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Telephone(518) 523-3900
Found inLake Placid, NY
Charted at44.25°N 73.97°Won the Atlas
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Historic Sites · Lake PlacidEntry revised Aug 6, 2026
§ No. I · 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)*
§ No. II · The Particulars

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§ No. II

The particulars.

Historic Sites
AccessibilityWheelchair entrance, parking, restroom (per Google)
§ No. III · Getting Here

Where it sits.

Lake Placid Region
The Address

115 John Brown Rd
Lake Placid, NY 12946

44.2496°N · 73.9715°W

Directions
Drive In From
New York City305 mi · 5h 30m
Albany139 mi · 2h 30m
Boston245 mi · 4h 30m
Montreal111 mi · 2h 0m
Syracuse171 mi · 3h 0m
Buffalo329 mi · 6h

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§ No. IV · The Plates

John Brown Farm State Historic Site, observed.

7 plates on file
John Brown Farm State Historic Site — plate IPlate I — the leaderPhotograph · Angela Brown · Google
John Brown Farm State Historic Site — plate IIPlate IIPhotograph · Photo via Wikipedia / Wikimedia Commons
John Brown Farm State Historic Site — plate IIIPlate IIIPhotograph · Angela Brown · Google
John Brown Farm State Historic Site — plate IVPlate IVPhotograph · Diana Palotas · Google
John Brown Farm State Historic Site — plate VPlate VPhotograph · Josh Schmid · Google
John Brown Farm State Historic Site — plate VIPlate VIPhotograph · Sara Beth Wade · Google
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