The Lewelling Quaker
Museum
The Lewelling Quaker Museum
Pictures taken in the fall of 2005 and in March 2006
by Jean Leeper
© Copyright protected 2005-2007 by Jean Leeper and the Lewelling Quaker Museum Board!
Please do not use with out permission.
Pictures taken in the fall of 2005 and in March 2006
by Jean Leeper
© Copyright protected 2005-2007 by Jean Leeper and the Lewelling Quaker Museum Board!
Please do not use with out permission.
Front view taken in October 2005 and the south side of the house taken October 2005.
Front view taken in October 2005 and the south side of the house taken October 2005.
Summer 2007 - We replaced the cellar door, the upper
porch railing and added the storm windows. (Some storm windows are tinted)
Summer 2007 - We replaced the cellar door, the upper
porch railing and added the storm windows. (Some storm windows are tinted)
Picnic area to the south of the house and the new handicap entrance added in 2005.
Picnic area to the south of the house and the new handicap entrance added in 2005.
Lewelling House Museum sign and a replica of a Civil War Cannon.
Our apple tree that was started from one that went to
Oregon, in 1847.
Our apple tree that was started from one that went to Oregon, in 1847.
(In 1969s a graft was brought
back to Iowa and planted)
(In 1969s a graft was brought back to Iowa and planted)
Several new grafts have been
made from this tree and planted, you can see this tree is showing its
age.
Several new grafts have been made from this tree and planted, you can see this tree is showing its age.
The Trap Door in the Kitchen.
Runaway slaves were once hidden under the
floor, in the crawl space that runs under the kitchen, dining room and small room off the dining room.
The Trap Door in the Kitchen.
Runaway slaves were once hidden under the floor, in the crawl space that runs under the kitchen, dining room and small room off the dining room.
(Probably covered with a rug and a
table)
(Probably covered with a rug and a table)
Beside map "Partial map of 'railroad' in southeast Iowa.
Salem was a main depot in Iowa."
Beside map "Partial map of 'railroad' in southeast Iowa. Salem was a main depot in Iowa."
^ Canada > Chicago
^ Canada > Chicago
Chart shows the Underground Railroad in SE Iowa and
how Salem was a hub.
(See red dot on map)
Chart shows the Underground Railroad in SE Iowa and how Salem was a hub.
(See red dot on map)
Also shows some of the Underground Railroad Houses that
were in Salem:
Henderson, Beehive, Shriner, Lewelling and Gibson!
Also shows some of the Underground Railroad Houses that were in Salem:
Henderson, Beehive, Shriner, Lewelling and Gibson!
1. Friends Meeting House, 5a purchased 1839 $25, 2 rooms
each 222 sq. ft. cost $340 New brick building 1848
1. Friends Meeting House, 5a purchased 1839 $25, 2 rooms each 222 sq. ft. cost $340 New brick building 1848
2. Congregational Church, Built 1854 Burned
1887
2. Congregational Church, Built 1854 Burned 1887
3. Methodist Episcopal Church, Built 1902 finished 1903
Closed 1969
3. Methodist Episcopal Church, Built 1902 finished 1903 Closed 1969
4. Old White's Manual Institute: 1868 - 1873 Boys
Training School, 1873 - 1878 Girls Training School
4. Old White's Manual Institute: 1868 - 1873 Boys Training School, 1873 - 1878 Girls Training School
1883 - 1887 Indian Boarding School, (fire - new
building), 1888 - 1930 Home and School for Boys and
Girls
1883 - 1887 Indian Boarding School, (fire - new building), 1888 - 1930 Home and School for Boys and Girls
5. (Former Meeting House) 1867 - 1885
(fire)
5. (Former Meeting House) 1867 - 1885 (fire)
6. Whittier College 1887-1891-1911, used as Salem High
School until 1947 (fire)
6. Whittier College 1887-1891-1911, used as Salem High School until 1947 (fire)
{There is now a marker, just south of the Lewelling Quaker
Museum, at the start of the curve, showing the area where Whittier College once stood.}
{There is now a marker, just south of the Lewelling Quaker Museum, at the start of the curve, showing the area where Whittier College once stood.}
The wheel that once was located in the attic of the Beehive.
The wheel that once was located in the attic of the Beehive.
Come and visit and learn how the
wheel was used to help hid the escaping
slave.
Come and visit and learn how the wheel was used to help hid the escaping slave.
Come
Again!
Come Again!
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