Place

Site of Dr. Thomas P. Knox House

Brick residential building that is 3 portrait rectangular windows wide & more than 2 stories tall.
Dr. Knox's home formerly stood at this location on Myrtle Street.

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Quick Facts
Location:
29 Myrtle Street
Significance:
Underground Railroad Site
OPEN TO PUBLIC:
No
MANAGED BY:
Private Residence

From 1855-1859, 29 Myrtle Street served as the home of Dr. Thomas P. Knox, who aided freedom seekers.1 According to the Account Book of Francis Jackson, Treasurer The Vigilance Committee of Boston, Dr. Knox assisted freedom seekers headed to Canada on October 29, 1855.2 Additionally, two years later he provided freedom seeker Alice C. Greene with medical services and board on April 29, 1857.3

Vigilance Committee Records listing several names.

The Account Book lists Dr. Knox as assisting freedom seekers in March and April, 1857. (Credit: Dr. Irving H. Bartlett Collection, 1830-1880)

Footnotes

  1. Boston City Directories, 1855-1859.
  2. Kathryn Grover and Janine V. Da Silva, "Historic Resource Study: Boston African American National Historic Site," Boston African American National Historic Site, (2002), 82.
  3. Grover and Da Silva, "Historic Resource Study," 82.

Boston African American National Historic Site

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Last updated: January 22, 2025