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■■■■ 1 - -IT SHELTERED ELIZA.HOUSE WHERE THE HEROINE OF “UNCLE TOM’S CABIN” STOPPED.The Building Still Stands onVan Zandt Farm, Overlooking Sharonville.the OldOINTS of historical Interest in and about Cincinnati are so numerous that it is not greatly to be wondered at that so few people are aware of their proximity to places and thing's that have been conspicuous in the history of our country. Familiarity breeds forgetfulness and the old inhabitants forget to point out places of interest to the newcomers, and they are allowed to dwell in ignorance of the many interesting things surrounding them.Of the thousands and thousands of Cincinnatians who have read ‘‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin” and wept in sympathy with Eliza Harris over her trials and sufferings, very few are aware that the house where she was sheltered after crossing the Ohio on the broken ice is still standing just beyond the city limits and can easily be reached in an hour by rail. This place, so fraught with interest, is rarely visited1 by the curiosity seeker, and its location is not generally known, except to the older residents of the Millcreek Valley.The house is situated at the top of the highest hill overlooking the village of Sharonville, which lies in the valley a mile distant. It is nearly three miles up the canal from Lockland and a mile and a half back of Glendale.THE VAN ZANDT FARM.The place is known as the Van Zandt farm, old John Van Zandt being the Van Trompe of Mrs. Stowe’s story. The house is a two-story brick, and was at one time quite a pretentious place, but it now shows signsof neglect. It can easily be found by the curiosity-seeker, as it is conspicuous because the lower half of the building is whitewashed and the upper half is simply\HOUSE WHERE ELIZA HARRIS WAS SHELTERED AFTER CROSSINGTHE OHIO RIVER.
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The Cincinnati Tribune
Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Sun, Jul 21, 1895
Page 13
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