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Italian villa built by the Frank family. Dr. Augustus Frank commissioned the design
for this home. He was an early member of the Warsaw Antislavery Society and a
delegate to the conventions forming the American Anti-Slavery in Philadelphia
in 1833 and the New York Anti-Slavery Society in Utica in 1835. He died before
the house was built. His older son, the Honorable Augustus Frank, lived in the
house. Also a consistent supporter of the abolition of slavery, Augustus, Jr.,
served in the U. S. House of Representatives from 1858 to 1865. While in Congress
he introduced and was one of two floor-managers of the Thirteenth Amendment. The
New York Tribune credits him with ensuring its passage. In
1865 Rep. Augustus Frank of Warsaw helped introduce the XIII Amendment to the
Constitution abolishing slavery in the United States, and served as its floor
manager. The New York Tribune credited him and an Ohio congressman for the success
of its passage, which had been doubtful. It was Frank's last public act as a Congressman.
identified as "station-masters" and "conductors" for the Underground Railroadx | 
