Elizabeth Cady Stanton Home
Elizabeth Cady Stanton Home
Elizabeth Cady Stanton Home
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DougJ25
New York City, NY1,113 contributions
Oct 2021 • Couples
It’s really difficult to discern on any website how to experience the house.
Here’s the scoop: You can hear about Stanton’s wife from a NPS ranger, outside her home on the lawn. No reservations needed: just show up at the appointed hour as indicated on the nps.gov website. On Sunday, when I was in Seneca Falls, tours were at 10am, 12pm and 2pm.
A ranger gives a 25 minute talk on Stanton’s life, how and why she moved to Seneca Falls and most importantly, her role in the 1848 convention. The talk brings her life to the present and it’s delivered with a storytelling cadence that makes you really wish it was longer. She and Susan B. Anthony were friends and agents for each other; Stanton wrote most of the speeches for Anthony, according to the ranger.
The home itself is closed to the public, but that’s OK because you can peak in the windows. You’re not missing much because it’s unfurnished.
Definitely worth the ranger talk and then hurry back to the Women’s Rights National Historic Park for another ranger talk (we caught the 3pm one).
Finally, you’re steps from locks 2 and 3 of the Cayuga-Seneca Canal, so walk there after the talk.
Here’s the scoop: You can hear about Stanton’s wife from a NPS ranger, outside her home on the lawn. No reservations needed: just show up at the appointed hour as indicated on the nps.gov website. On Sunday, when I was in Seneca Falls, tours were at 10am, 12pm and 2pm.
A ranger gives a 25 minute talk on Stanton’s life, how and why she moved to Seneca Falls and most importantly, her role in the 1848 convention. The talk brings her life to the present and it’s delivered with a storytelling cadence that makes you really wish it was longer. She and Susan B. Anthony were friends and agents for each other; Stanton wrote most of the speeches for Anthony, according to the ranger.
The home itself is closed to the public, but that’s OK because you can peak in the windows. You’re not missing much because it’s unfurnished.
Definitely worth the ranger talk and then hurry back to the Women’s Rights National Historic Park for another ranger talk (we caught the 3pm one).
Finally, you’re steps from locks 2 and 3 of the Cayuga-Seneca Canal, so walk there after the talk.
Written 4 October 2021
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Linda B
Raleigh, NC2,205 contributions
Oct 2021
Even though it was closed when I visited, I'm glad I did. There were two like minded women there visiting when I arrived and we had lively conversation. It's the home of a very important person who does not get the publicity that Susan B. Anthony does. That is unfortunate.
Written 11 October 2021
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Twinmom048
Los Angeles, CA53 contributions
Jul 2019 • Family
Really wonderful and powerful place to visit. We loved our extremely knowledgable park ranger, Rebecca, who gave us such an in-depth talk about Stanton's life, times and legacy. This really is a beautiful place - a must see if you are interested in the history of women's rights.
Written 7 July 2019
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jeross1313
Burke, VA157 contributions
Jul 2021 • Friends
House is closed- National Park staff was outside and gave us overview of Elizabeth and the house. Home is being rebuilt in the inside. Two canal locks are 1/4 mile away
Written 8 July 2021
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kinnakeeto
Manlius, NY98 contributions
Sept 2018 • Couples
Amid ongoing national struggles over race and gender in America, it is useful to understand the roots of those struggles and the individuals who have helped shape them. The Central New York region is rich with histories of such people and many of their homes survive.
Stanton’s, where she raised her children and which remains in a still-rural setting, is quietly tucked away near an active Erie Canal lock. A well-informed Parks Service guide gives orientation, after which the visitor is free to roam this simple, solid dwelling and imagine life there. I recommend visiting this site as part of a Rights Tour which would include the Abolition Hall of Fame in Peterboro, where Stanton was deeply influenced; the Women’s Rights Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls; the Harriet Tubman Home in Auburn; and the Susan B. Anthony home in Rochester. The Matilda Joslyn Gage home in Fayetteville is also relevant. The Elizabeth Cady Stanton Home is a small but mighty presence, much like its former occupant. Well worth a visit.
Stanton’s, where she raised her children and which remains in a still-rural setting, is quietly tucked away near an active Erie Canal lock. A well-informed Parks Service guide gives orientation, after which the visitor is free to roam this simple, solid dwelling and imagine life there. I recommend visiting this site as part of a Rights Tour which would include the Abolition Hall of Fame in Peterboro, where Stanton was deeply influenced; the Women’s Rights Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls; the Harriet Tubman Home in Auburn; and the Susan B. Anthony home in Rochester. The Matilda Joslyn Gage home in Fayetteville is also relevant. The Elizabeth Cady Stanton Home is a small but mighty presence, much like its former occupant. Well worth a visit.
Written 29 October 2018
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Llamma2
Rockford, IL370 contributions
Oct 2019 • Friends
The ranger talk was excellent. The home was interesting, but the history you learned from listening to the ranger is what set this apart from other historical houses of similar age. It was well worth the visit.
Written 29 October 2019
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IronRangeMNGirl
Minneapolis, MN679 contributions
Jul 2019 • Family
Important that we still have places like this to visit. It didn't take long to go through but still glad we stopped
Written 29 July 2019
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biztravelerChicago
Chicago531 contributions
Sept 2018 • Solo
Officially part of the National Women's Rights Historical Park, the home of Elizabeth Cady Stanton is easy to miss because it's about a mile away from the museum and the turn for the house isn't marked. But this is a wonderful home given to Ms Stanton by her father shortly after New York passed the law making it legal for a woman to own property. The story of how she transformed a dark, overgrown property into a delightful sunny home is well told by tour guides. And, of course, her home became the incubator for the beginning of the women's suffrage movement.
Written 11 September 2018
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r2croak
Albany, NY161 contributions
Sept 2016 • Family
My family and I were terribly disappointed by a recent tour of the Elizabeth Cady Stanton House in Seneca Falls. The U.S. Park Ranger repeatedly invited questions from the crowd -- but mostly responded with, "I have no idea." She let us know her specialty is the Civil War not women's rights, but, this was the assignment she was stuck with. The house is in disrepair, so much so that the item of potentially greatest interest -- the desk at which Stanton wrote the books and documents for which she is famed -- is locked away in storage. Supposedly because of a leak in the roof over the spot where it was shown. I asked why it couldn't be moved to another spot or another room or some other place where it could be seen. The ranger had no idea why not. A little research on Stanton could help the tour and the selection of special exhibits. I also wondered why the house could not be repaired -- perhaps charging a small fee of visitors might assist? You get what you pay for, as the free tour of this house proved. The one exhibit in the nearly empty upstairs bedrooms was about domestic life in Stanton's time. But this mother of 7 changed what women could do -- so why not displays on women's rights, or abolition which she worked for with her husband, or on the clash between women's rights and black civil rights, all of which have resonance today. Much time has been put into matching the wallpaper with the stuff Stanton had installed in the house; that same attention needs to go into her work and contributions. Stanton was an important and amazing woman. You would not know that from this house.
Written 5 September 2016
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Susan
Virginia41 contributions
Aug 2023 • Couples
This is the house that Elizabeth Stanton lived. Nothing much is original. The NPS talk provided a few cute stories about the Stanton kids and some information about Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
Written 20 August 2023
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