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Sheldon Peck Born: Aug. 26, 1797 Died: March 19, 1868 *Artist *1839 - Built first house in Lombard *Peck
House was used as part of
To find out more about Sheldon Peck and his house visit the website at http://www.tccafe.com/apeck6/peck0.html To find out more about the Underground Railroad visit http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/99/railroad
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Sheldon
Peck House
355 E. Parkside Avenue This
house is famous for two reasons. First, it is the oldest house in
Lombard. Also, it was the home of a famous artist, Sheldon Peck.
Sheldon Peck was an artist and a farmer. He was born in 1797 in Vermont,
and moved to Lombard in 1837. At that time, Lombard was called Babcock's
Grove. Peck and his family built
The
Sheldon Peck House was also part of the Underground Railroad. It
was a "station " or hiding place for escaped slaves on
Sheldon
Peck died in 1868. The Peck family owned the house until 1996. Then the
house was donated to the Lombard Historical Society. The Historical Society
has turned the house into a
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