Bounded by Penn Central RR. tracks, Van Buren St., and the Muskingum River, Zanesville, Ohio. County/parish: Muskingum.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places June 30, 1975. NRIS 75001511.
13 contributing buildings.
Putnam Historic District, located in Zanesville, Ohio, was an important center of Underground Railroad traffic and home to a number of abolitionists. The district, with private residences and other key buildings important in the fight against slavery, lies between the Pennsylvania Central Railroad, Van Buren Street, and Muskingum River. It became a historic district of the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990739