Susan B. Anthony House

For Susan B. Anthony's childhood home in Battenville, New York, see Susan B. Anthony Childhood House; for her birthplace, see Anthony House (Adams, Massachusetts).

Susan B. Anthony House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
A 2007 photograph of the Susan B Anthony House
Location	17 Madison Street, Rochester, New York
Coordinates
Built	1866
NRHP Reference #	66000528
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	October 15, 1966
Designated NHL	June 23, 1965

Susan B. Anthony House, in Rochester, New York, was the home of Susan B. Anthony for forty years, while she was a national figure in the women's rights movement.

She was arrested in the front parlor after attempting to vote in the 1872 Presidential Election. She resided here until her death.

The house was purchased for use as a memorial in 1945, and declared a National Historic Landmark in 1965. It has been documented in the Historic American Buildings Survey.

The Susan B. Anthony House is located at 17 Madison Street in Rochester. Access to the house is through the Susan B. Anthony Museum entrance at 19 Madison Street.

Today the Susan B. Anthony House is a learning center and museum open to the public for tours and programs from 11-5 Tuesday through Sunday, except major holidays. Its full name is the National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House. The Visitor Center and Museum Shop are located in the historic house next door, 19 Madison Street, which was owned by Hannah Anthony Mosher, sister of Susan and Mary Anthony. The mission of the Susan B. Anthony House is to keep Susan B. Anthony's vision alive and relevant.

The house hosts an annual celebration of Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which gave women the right to vote. In 2011, the New York Times reported that the museum at the house had sold a large quantity of "a $250 handbag made of fake alligator that was inspired by one of Anthony’s own club bags, similar to a doctor’s bag," noting that for Anthony, "a bag was not a fashion statement but a symbol of independence at a time when women were not allowed to enter into a contract or even open a bank account."

Papers and memorabilia about the suffrage movement were donated to the house at the request of Carrie Chapman Catt, Susan B. Anthony's successor as President of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. They are held by the River Campus Libraries of the University of Rochester.

• PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF NORTH AND WEST ELEVATIONS - Susan B. Anthony House, 17 Madison Street, Rochester, Monroe County, NY HABS NY,28-ROCH,37-2.tif

  Front

• EAST ELEVATION, VIEW TAKEN LOOKING TOWARDS REAR - Susan B. Anthony House, 17 Madison Street, Rochester, Monroe County, NY HABS NY,28-ROCH,37-3.tif

  South side

• FIRST FLOOR, MAIN PARLOR - Susan B. Anthony House, 17 Madison Street, Rochester, Monroe County, NY HABS NY,28-ROCH,37-4.tif

  Main parlor

• FIRST FLOOR, SITTING ROOM - Susan B. Anthony House, 17 Madison Street, Rochester, Monroe County, NY HABS NY,28-ROCH,37-5.tif

  Sitting room

• SECOND FLOOR, STUDY - Susan B. Anthony House, 17 Madison Street, Rochester, Monroe County, NY HABS NY,28-ROCH,37-7.tif

  Second-floor study

See also

• Votes For Women History Trail
• Timeline of women's suffrage
• Women's suffrage
• Women's suffrage in the United States

External links

• Official website
• Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. NY-6045, "Susan B. Anthony House, 17 Madison Street, Rochester, Monroe County, NY", 7 photos, 1 photo caption page