Picture courtesy of Jim Kuntz

Picture courtesy of Jim Kuntz

Built by Seth Millington between 1799 & 1808. Celia Ann French, Dr. Millington's niece married Elijah Lovejoy, first martyr of the free press in the United States. On October 1, 1837, Elijah Lovejoy, a Presbyterian minister and editor, was mobbed and almost lynched here; following his anti-slavery sermon at the local Presbyterian Church. He managed to escape to Alton, Illinois where five weeks later he was murdered because of his opinions expressed in his newspaper.

[The first floor was Lovejoy's newspaper, and is still a printing establishment.]

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