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Image: MORTONSON-SCHORN LOG CABIN; SWEDESBORO, GLOUCESTER COUNTY

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Description: 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.
Title: MORTONSON-SCHORN LOG CABIN; SWEDESBORO, GLOUCESTER COUNTY
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