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"My father's prime service to the
fugitives...was to furnish food and shelter."
----Captain R.C. Rankin,
One of John Rankin's seven sons
The Rankin House was an important stop on the Underground Railroad in southern Ohio through which many slaves escaped from the South to freedom.
John Rankin was a Presbyterian minister and educator who devoted much of his life to the
antislavery movement. In 1826 he published his antislavery book, Letters on American
Slavery. In 1834 he founded the Ohio Anti-Slavery Society in Zanesville. From 1825 to
1865 Rankin and his wife Jean, with their Brown County neighbors, sheltered more than 2,000
slaves escaping to freedom, with as many as 12 escapees being hidden in the Rankin home at one
time.
The house, a National Historic Landmark, is included in the National Underground Railroad to Freedom Network. Outside is a reconstruction of the stairway used by slaves to climb from the Ohio River to the Rankin House.
Hours:
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Monday |
CLOSED |
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Tuesday |
CLOSED |
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Wednesday |
10:00-5:00 |
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Thursday |
10:00-5:00 |
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Friday |
10:00-5:00 |
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Saturday |
10:00-5:00 |
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Sunday |
12:00-5:00 |
Hours: First Tuesday in May through the second Sunday in December
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Monday |
CLOSED |
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Tuesday |
10:00-5:00 |
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Wednesday |
10:00-5:00 |
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Thursday |
10:00-5:00 |
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Friday |
10:00-5:00 |
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Saturday |
10:00-5:00 |
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Sunday |
12:00-5:00 |
Admission
| OHS Members |
FREE |
| Adults |
$3.00 (museum & park) |
| Students (K- 12) |
$1.00 per student |
| Children 5 & under |
FREE |
| School Groups |
$1.00 per student |
Location
The entrance road, Rankin Road, to the Rankin House runs northeast off of State Route 52 at the northwest edge of Ripley in Brown County.
General Information
Rankin House
Ripley Heritage, Inc.
P.O. Box 176
Ripley, OH 45167
Phone:
937-392-1627
1 (800) 752-2705 (toll free)
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