The Burkle Estate is a historic home at 826 North Second Street in Memphis, Tennessee. It is also known as the Slave Haven Underground Railroad Museum. The house was constructed in 1849 by a German immigrant by the name of Jacob Burkle. The house is believed to have served as a way station on the Underground Railroad for runaway slaves. For other uses, see Memphis (disambiguation). ... 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... This does not cite any references or sources. ...
Publicly, Mr. Burkle was a livestock trader and a baker. However, privately he was apparently a conductor on the Underground Railroad. A baker prepares fresh rolls A baker is someone who primarily bakes and sells bread. ...
Tours of the one-story, white clapboard house are available. The house included a small cellar where slaves apparently waited to escape. The facility includes secret tunnels and trap doors. The cellar connected to a tunnel, which in turn led to the Mississippi River. Slaves would then get on boats that would take them up to other way stations in the free states north of the Ohio River. The house also had 19th-century furnishings and artifacts. Cincinnati, Ohio is a well known city along the Ohio River, historically known for its riverboats. ...
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