Anderson House
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
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.…