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Preservation Commission backs Hackett House nomination to National Park Service 'Network to Freedom'
Summary
The Sacramento Preservation Commission voted unanimously April 15 to support a draft nomination to the National Park Service Network to Freedom program for the Hackett House (Archie Lee escape site), while commissioners raised concerns about the proposed tunnel location and a nearby mural's portrayal of local history.
The Sacramento Preservation Commission voted unanimously Wednesday to support a draft nomination to the National Park Service’s Network to Freedom program recognizing the Hackett House, also known as the Archie Lee escape site.
Sean DeCourcy, preservation director with the community development department, presented the nomination and said the nomination builds on the city’s African American Experience Project and a $14,000 National Park Service grant to prepare the nomination. "We are asking for your comments and recommendations and to consider a motion supporting the nomination," DeCourcy told the commission.
The nomination documents the site’s association with Archie Lee, an enslaved man brought to California in 1857 whose January 1858 arrest and the community response led…
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