Anderson House

ID: 2774 ~ Source: Historic Madison, Inc. ~ Creator: Rhonda Deeg ~ Date: 2015

This file appears in: The Georgetown Neighborhood: Network to Freedom

AME Church founder William J. Anderson came to Madison in 1836 after making a daring escape from slavery while on a riverboat near New Albany, IN. He soon began helping others seeking freedom through the Underground Railroad. He became a brick mason and built this home for he and his wife Sydney in 1846.

This file appears in: The Georgetown Neighborhood: Network to Freedom

The Georgetown Neighborhood: Network to Freedom

By The National Park Service with Historic Madison, Inc.

Proximity to the Ohio River gave rise to Madison's Georgetown Neighborhood, a community of free Blacks dating back to the 1820s. About 50 black families lived in the Georgetown neighborhood, located along Walnut Street north of Main Street.…