File:MORTONSON-SCHORN LOG CABIN; SWEDESBORO, GLOUCESTER COUNTY.jpg
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English: THIS LOG CABIN WAS BUILT BY MORTON MORTONSON, THE GRANDFATHER OF JOHN MORTON, WHO SIGNED THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. OF SWEDISH-TYPE CONSTRUCTION, THE STRUCTURE CONSISTS OF ONE SMALL ROOM WITH NO WINDOWS AND A SINGLE DOOR. MORTON MORTONSON, ARRIVED IN THE DELAWARE VALLEY IN MAY, 1654. PRIOR TO AND DURING THE CIVIL WAR, THE MORTONSON-SCHORN CABIN WAS USED AS A STATION FOR THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD AND HAS BEEN OFTEN REFERRED TO SINCE AS THE SLAVE HOUSE, IT IS ONE OF THE OLDEST ORIGINAL LOG CABINS OF EARLY SWEDISH-FINNISH ARCHITECTURE IN THE UNITED STATES. |
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| Author | Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD |
THIS SITE IS NOT ON THE NATIONAL REGISTRY BUT IT HAS BEEN MOVED TO THE GROUNDS OF TRINITY CHURCH IN SWEDESBORO WHICH IS ON THE REGISTRY. ITS HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE IS OBVIOUS IN LIGHT OF THE DESCRIPTION ABOVE
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