John B. and Lydia Edwards House

	John B. and Lydia Edwards House
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	144 E. Third St., Oswego, New York
Coordinates	43°27′17″N 76°30′16″W / 43.45472°N 76.50444°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1834-35
Architectural style	Greek Revival
MPS	Freedom Trail, Abolitionism, and African American Life in Central New York MPS
NRHP reference No.	01001316
Added to NRHP	December 04, 2001

Location144 E. Third St., Oswego, New York

Coordinates43°27′17″N 76°30′16″W / 43.45472°N 76.50444°W

Arealess than one acre

Built1834-35

John B. and Lydia Edwards House is a historic home located at Oswego in Oswego County, New York. It is a two-story, rectangular frame residence built between 1834 and 1835. Its owner John B. Edwards was abolitionist Gerrit Smith's agent at Oswego and the house is well documented as a way station on the Underground Railroad.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.^[1]

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John B. and Lydia Edwards House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Location	144 E. Third St., Oswego, New York
Coordinates	43°27′17″N 76°30′16″W / 43.45472°N 76.50444°W / 43.45472; -76.50444
Area	less than one acre
Built	1834-35
Architectural style	Greek Revival
MPS	Freedom Trail, Abolitionism, and African American Life in Central New York MPS
NRHP reference No.	01001316^[1]
Added to NRHP	December 04, 2001