Society Places the Fifth Bench by the Road in Concord Massachusetts
On May 21st, the Drinking Gourd Project of Concord Massachusetts joined the Bench by the Road Project of the Toni Morrison Society by placing the fifth bench in the Series in honor of Caesar Robbins, the second African American homeowner in Concord, Massachusetts. On the morning of May 21st, The Caesar Robbins House was moved from 324 Bedford Street back to its original location across...
Read MoreCaesar Robbins House in the news – Bill would secure CPA funding state match
This past weekend, a historic house on Bedford Street made its way to its new home on Monument Street. The Caesar Robbins House, the former home to a freed slave in Concord, will become a center for interpretive history, where residents and visitors can learn more about the town’s African and abolitionist history. “Without the community agreeing to put CPA funding in that project, it wouldn’t be happening right now,” said Lynn Huggins, chairman of Concord’s Community Preservation Committee.
Read MoreCaesar Robbins House Moved (Video)
Moving the former home of Caesar Robbins Saturday, May 21, 2011 through the town. Built in the late 1700′s and owned by the first freed slave, it is to become the centerpiece exhibit illustrating this era and located by Old North Bridge.
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