Wilson Bruce Evans House
33 E. Vine St., Oberlin, Ohio
Map
Coordinates:
+41.28889, -82.2163241°17'20" N, 82°12'59" W
Quadrangle map:Oberlin
Description
This house was the home of Wilson Bruce Evans (1824-1898), a leading black abolitionist and successful member of Oberlin's commercial and educational communities. Evans and his brother Henry participated in the dramatic 1858 Oberlin-Wellington Rescue, saving an escaped slave who had been captured and was to be taken back to his owner in Kentucky. This was one of several well-publicized confrntations resulting from the Fuitive Slave Act of 1850, and it was significant in fueling the nation's sectional differences priort to the Civil War. -- National Historic Landmark statement of significance, December 9, 1997
National Register information
- Status
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on April 16, 1980
- Reference number
- 80003143
- NR name
- Evans, Wilson Bruce, House
- Architectural style
- Victorian: Italianate
- Area of significance
- Social History
- Level of significance
- Local
- Evaluation criteria
- B - Person
- Property type
- Building
- Historic function
- Single dwelling
- Current function
- Single dwelling
- Period of significance
- 1850-1874
- Significant years
- 1856; 1858