Seward House Museum

Home of William H. Seward with the Forged in Freedom Tubman-Seward exhibit

Cayuga County

The Seward House Museum is the home of William H. Seward, U.S. Senator, two-term Governor of New York, Lincoln's Secretary of State, and the architect of the 1867 Alaska Purchase. Built in 1816 as the Miller family home and inherited by William through his marriage to Frances Miller Seward, the house operated as an Underground Railroad stop and sheltered Tubman's niece Margaret for a period. A basement exhibit, Forged in Freedom: The Bond of the Seward-Tubman Families, documents the two families' decades-long relationship. Closed Mondays and Sundays, closed in winter.

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33 South St, Auburn, NY, US, 13021

info@sewardhouse.org

(315) 252-1283

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County

Cayuga County

Business Type

Historic Site

Lake

Cayuga Lake
Eastern Lakes
Owasco Lake

Pass

Finger Lakes Heritage Pass

Region

Finger Lakes Region

Business Category

Culture & Heritage

Town

Auburn