Alan West Corson Homestead


Alan West Corson Homestead is a historic house located in Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It was built in three sections between 1734 and 1820. It is a -story, stuccoed stone dwelling, six bays wide and two bays deep. It has a -story rear ell. Also on the property is a contributing smoke house. The property was used for one of the earliest area nurseries and a boarding school.

Abolitionism

Grandson Alan Wright Corson and his family were Quakers and abolitionists. He was one of the founders of the Montgomery County Anti-Slavery Society, and turned the house into a station on the Underground Railroad. His brother George built nearby Abolition Hall as a meeting place for anti-slavery groups.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. It is located in the Cold Point Historic District.