Hamilton Memorial School
Dublin Core
Title
Hamilton Memorial School
Subject
Underground Railroad tourism and heritage
Description
Site of the Hamilton Primary School of Otterville, originally built in 1835 and rebuilt in 1873. The school was founded by physician and former slave owner Silas Hamilton. It is the alma mater of George Washington, Hamilton's manumitted slave and a likely underground railroad operator.
Creator
Silas Hamilton
Publisher
Friends of the Hamilton Primary School
Date
1835
Contributor
Otter Creek Historical Society
Rights
Hamilton Memorial Association
Relation
Eugene Baldwin, "Little school on the prairie: Preserving Otterville history," Alton Telegraph, April 18, 2017
Format
jpeg photograph
Type
image
Identifier
WIUGRR #16
Coverage
Illinois, United States
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
jpeg photo
Files
Citation
Silas Hamilton, “Hamilton Memorial School,” Traces of Western Illinois' Underground Railroad, accessed May 8, 2024, https://timroberts.org/wiugrr/items/show/16.