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title: Cedar Hill: Last Home of Frederick Douglass
author: Walter Smalling
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20867/cedar-hill/
format: machine-readable-alternate
updated: 2025-08-28
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# Cedar Hill: Last Home of Frederick Douglass
_Authored by Walter Smalling_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/20867.jpeg)
## Image Caption
Cedar Hill, photograph by Walter Smalling in the Historic American Buildings Survey, October 1977.
[Frederick Douglass](https://www.worldhistory.org/Frederick_Douglass/) moved to this house in the late 1870s and lived there until his [death](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Death/) in 1895. In 1988, the site was added to the list of National Historic Sites and now operates as a museum and educational center. This image was taken in 1977 for the Historic American Buildings Survey, which is a US government program that oversees the preservation of historic sites and reports on them.
Library of Congress, Washington D.C.
## Cite This Work
### APA
Smalling, W. (2025, August 28). Cedar Hill: Last Home of Frederick Douglass. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
Smalling, Walter. "Cedar Hill: Last Home of Frederick Douglass." *World History Encyclopedia*, August 28, 2025. .
### MLA
Smalling, Walter. "Cedar Hill: Last Home of Frederick Douglass." *World History Encyclopedia*, 28 Aug 2025, .
## License & Copyright
[Original image](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frederick_Douglass_House.jpg) by [**Walter Smalling**](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frederick_Douglass_House.jpg). Submitted by [Joshua J. Mark](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/JPryst/ "User Page: Joshua J. Mark"), published on 28 August 2025. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Public Domain](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain). This item is in the public domain, and can be used, copied, and modified without any restrictions. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.