Knott House Museum
4 expert reviews
“This stately, white, columned 1843 house, affiliated with the history museum, is a quirky attraction”
– Lonely Planet
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"A grand home with a string of prominent residents and a storied past, the Knott House is named after its early-20th-century owners, William and Luella Knott, a politician and a poet, respectively." Full review
U.S. News & World Report
9.0
"The Knott House Museum has a historic distinction. On May 20, 1865, Brig. Gen. Edward McCook read the Emancipation Proclamation on the steps of this home (which served as the temporary..." Full review
Frommer's
"Adorned by a columned portico, this stately mansion was constructed in 1843, probably by a free black builder named George Proctor." Full review