Franklin and Armfield Office

Franklin and Armfield Office
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
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Franklin and Armfield Office is located in Alexandria, Virginia File:Red pog.svg
Location:	Alexandria, Virginia
Coordinates:	38°48′14″N 77°3′17″W
Built:	1828
Architect:	Robert Young
Architectural style(s):	Federal, Other
Governing body:	Private
Added to NRHP:	June 2, 1978
Designated NHL:	June 2, 1978
NRHP Reference#:	78003146

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The Franklin and Armfield house with its neighboring slave prison in 1836.

Now known as Freedom House, the Franklin and Armfield Office was started in 1828 by Isaac Franklin and John Armfield. The office was known to have been the largest slave trading firm in the antebellum south. At its height in the 1830s, the firm transported between 1,000 and 1,200 slaves from Alexandria to New Orleans each year. It then closed in 1836 and was sold several times to George Kephart, Price, Birch, and Company, and Solomon Stover. The property was used by the Union to imprison Confederate soldiers and was then a hospital from 1878-1885. The office can be found at 1315 Duke Street in Alexandria, Virginia.

References

• Freedom House (formerly known as the Franklin and Armfield Office) [1] - Virginia African Heritage Program

External links

• Information on the Freedom House/Franklin Armfield Office from Virginia African Heritage Program

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