Claim: The Home for the Aged in the Harriet Tubman National Historical Park came about when Harriet Tubman moved herself and her parents to Auburn, NY and bought 180 and 182 South Street.
Evidence: It comprises three properties: the Harriet Tubman Home for the Aged, in Auburn; the nearby Harriet Tubman Residence (just across the city/town line in Fleming); and the Thompson A.M.E. Zion Church in Auburn. Harriet Tubman moved herself and her parents from St.Catherines, Ontario to Auburn, NY in 1857. In 1896, Tubman purchased a 25-acre parcel from a property next door, 182 South Street, for $1,450, this land would later become the Home for the Aged. They relocated into a brick home on the outskirts of Auburn located at 180 South Street she had purchased from an acquaintance William H. Seward, which then was an illegal transaction.