William Lloyd Garrison House | |
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Location | Boston, Massachusetts |
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Coordinates | 42°19′34″N 71°5′38″W / 42.32611°N 71.09389°W |
Area | 0.74 acres (0.30 ha) |
Built | ca. 1840s |
Part of | Roxbury Highlands Historic District (ID89000147) |
NRHP reference No. | 66000653 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | October 15, 1966[1] |
Designated NHL | June 23, 1965[2] |
Designated CP | February 22, 1989 |
The William Lloyd Garrison House, also known as Rockledge, is a National Historic Landmark house, located at 125 Highland Street in the Roxbury Highlands section of Boston, Massachusetts. Probably built in the 1840s or 1850s, it is significant as the longtime home of William Lloyd Garrison (1805–1879), one of the most high-profile abolitionist activists of the mid-19th century United States. Garrison published The Liberator, the principal organ of the abolitionist movement, and spoke for the immediate emancipation of slaves. Despite significant later alterations to accommodate institutional uses, the building has retained much of its 19th-century fabric. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1965 and is a pending Boston Landmark.