It is said that the old Seward kitchen was one of the most popular stations of the Underground Railroad, and that many a poor slave who fled by this route to Canada carried to his grave the remembrance of its warmth and cheer.
William Henry Seward's Bust
c. 1930
Bronzed over white plaster bust of William. Henry Seward as Secretary of State. Sculpted by Daniel Chester French. French was an American sculptor of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, best known for his design of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. The plaster cast of the original bronze bust resides in Florida, NY, the birthplace of William H. Seward.