THE POWER OF PLACE
“The Susan B. Anthony house is more than history...This wonderfully preserved site...is also an inspiration for the future — a symbol of what the truly committed can accomplish in any era and any country.”
The Current Campus
The National Historic Landmark home at 17 Madison Street, Rochester, New York, is the focus of the Anthony Museum’s campus. Home to the Anthony family from 1866–1906, it earns its prominence as a national treasure due to the history made there. Susan B. Anthony was arrested for voting in 1872 in the front parlor.
The third floor was added when this house was the headquarters of the National American Woman Suffrage Association while Anthony was its president.
National and international leaders such as Ida B. Wells, Mary Church Terrell, and Martha Coffin Wright made pilgrimages to meet Anthony here. The world turned its attention here in 1906 when this great leader breathed her last.
In addition to the Susan B. Anthony House at 17 Madison Street, the Anthony Museum campus also includes: 19 Madison Street, where her sister Hannah Anthony Mosher lived; 16 Madison Street, the Ruth Miller Brody Administrative Building, across the street; and the “Carriage House,” built in 1998 to serve as an education and meeting space (capacity 35–40 guests).