Hunt House (Waterloo, New York)

Hunt House is a historic home located at Waterloo in Seneca County, New York. It was built about 1830 and is a two-story brick dwelling with a distinctive pedimented portico supported by four Doric order columns. The home was renovated to its current appearance in the 1920s. The home is notable as the residence of Mrs. Jane C. Hunt who, on July 13, 1848, invited Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Martha Coffin Wright, and Mary Ann M'Clintock to it to plan the First Women's Rights Convention in the United States.[2]

Hunt House
Location401 E. Main St., Waterloo, New York
Coordinates42°54′9″N 76°50′40″W
Area1.9 acres (0.77 ha)
Built1848
MPSWomen's Rights Historic Sites TR
NRHP reference No.80000358[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 29, 1980

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2015-07-01. Retrieved 2016-08-01. Note: This includes Anne Ackerson (August 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Hunt House" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-08-01.



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