https://ohnodobro.com/tags/landmark-preservation/Recent content in Landmark Preservation on Oh No DoBroHugoen-usFri, 05 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://ohnodobro.com/2021/02/05/dobro-underground-railroad-house-officially-landmarked/Fri, 05 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://ohnodobro.com/2021/02/05/dobro-underground-railroad-house-officially-landmarked/<figure id="attachment_299" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-299" style="width: 1536px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-299" src="https://ohnodobro.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/underground-railroad-brooklyn-227-duffield-street-2019-7-1536x1024-1.jpg" alt="Underground Railroad House Downtown Brooklyn" width="1536" height="1024" srcset="https://ohnodobro.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/underground-railroad-brooklyn-227-duffield-street-2019-7-1536x1024-1.jpg 1536w, https://ohnodobro.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/underground-railroad-brooklyn-227-duffield-street-2019-7-1536x1024-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https://ohnodobro.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/underground-railroad-brooklyn-227-duffield-street-2019-7-1536x1024-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://ohnodobro.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/underground-railroad-brooklyn-227-duffield-street-2019-7-1536x1024-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://ohnodobro.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/underground-railroad-brooklyn-227-duffield-street-2019-7-1536x1024-1-630x420.jpg 630w, https://ohnodobro.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/underground-railroad-brooklyn-227-duffield-street-2019-7-1536x1024-1-640x427.jpg 640w, https://ohnodobro.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/underground-railroad-brooklyn-227-duffield-street-2019-7-1536x1024-1-681x454.jpg 681w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-299" class="wp-caption-text">File photo by Susan De Vries</figcaption></figure> <p>Via <a href="https://www.amny.com/news/downtown-brooklyn-abolitionist-house-made-a-landmark-by-the-city/">AMNY</a>:</p> <blockquote class="td_quote_box td_box_center"> <p> The city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission voted unanimously on Tuesday to grant landmark status to the Downtown Brooklyn house where prominent abolitionists Harriet and Thomas Truesdell lived during the 19th century — marking a long-awaited victory for local history buffs and activists alike. </p>