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This black and white photograph shows the Adair-Brown cabin at the John Brown Memorial Park in Osawatomie, Kansas. The structure built around 1854 by Samuel Glenn was sold, in 1855, to John Brown's brother-in-law Samuel Lyle Adair. The cabin provided a home for the Adair family but was frequently used by Brown for abolitionist activities. In 1912, the structure was moved to the highest point in the John Brown Memorial Park which is also the site of the "Battle of Osawatomie" where John Brown and thirty free-state defenders fought in 1856 against 250 pro-slavery militia. A stone pavilion was built in 1928 to protect the cabin's exterior. The state legislature appointed the Kansas Historical Society to maintain the site and in 1971 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Date: Between 1928 and 1965
Item Number: 210345
Call Number: FK2.M5 O.79 *16
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 210345
Built Environment - Function - Domestic - Single Dwelling
Built Environment - Materials - Stone
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1920s
Date - 1930s
Date - 1940s
Date - 1950s
Date - 1960s
Home and Family - Residences - Log cabins
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - Notable Kansans - Brown, John, 1800-1859
Places - Cities and towns - Osawatomie
Places - Counties - Miami
Places - Historic sites - John Brown Museum
Type of Material - Photographs
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