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History of the Underground Railroad in Rochester- Underground Railroad Stations in Rochester

There are numerous locations in the Rochester area that were used as safe-houses to safely shelter the slaves before they were placed on board boats (often on the Genesee river). The most common route used the 'lines' that led from Henrietta through Monroe County and into Rochester. Some of the better known 'stations' included:

The Henry Quinby farm by Mendon Ponds Park, which today is by the Fieldstone Smokehouse.
David H. Richardson's farm on East Henrietta Road near Castle Road. Mr. Richardson was rumored to have "never turned away an escaped slave".
The Warrant farm in Brighton, now 1956 West Henrietta Road (approximately one mile from the University of Rochester campus).
The old Frederick Douglass home near Highland Park.
A cluster of houses where numerous Quakers lived. That is now the area where the War Memorial building is.
Harvey Humphrey, Esp. house at 669 Genesee Street.

Other 'stations' were located in all of the areas surrounding Rochester, including Brighton, Pittsford, Mendon and Webster. Were it not for the compassion and generosity of the citizens of Rochester and of countless other communities throughout the United States, it is likely that many of the escaped slaves that eventually made their way to freedom would not have.