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Hamlet hopes to save its history

SHERWOOD - Patricia White did a double take as she drove by Slocum Howland's former home. The last time she passed it, she recalled, she hadn't noticed the broken front window.

Yet such deterioration is nothing new for this 19th-century structure, which was the residence of a prominent Quaker abolitionist and an important stop on the Underground Railroad. The green shingled roof has several holes, a back portion of the house is caving in and the red paint that once coated the exterior is almost completely scraped off.

Less than a mile away, the former home of Howland's son, William, isn't doing much better. Surrounding shrubbery has overtaken the property, a porch has bent under the weight of debris and broken windows allow snowflakes inside the once prestigious dwelling.

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