Theron Trowbridge was a deacon in the Congregational Church at Denmark and very active in the Underground Railroad. This home was built by Trowbridge in 1838 with a small secret room for hiding escaping slaves behind a bookcase in an upstairs bedroom. A favorite story told about Trowbridge in Denmark relates that a woman once arrived at his home crying, as she had had to leave her baby behind in Missouri. Trowbridge left and returned with the infant two days later.

Trowbridge home in Denmark, circa 1995 ~Courtesy of the Denmark Historical Society