in Cincinnati that Stowe traveled to Maysville, Kentucky, in 1833 and witnessed a slave auction. The distress she felt was one of several experiences that inspired her book Uncle Tom's Cabin years later. Harriet lived here for various periods of time from 1833 until her marriage to professor Calvin Ellis Stowe in 1836. Her first two children, twins Eliza and Harriet, were born in the house in 1836. Harriet's brother, Henry Ward Beecher, also resided in the Cincinnati Beecher House. Rev. Henry Ward Beecher was an early leader in the women's suffrage movement and a popular Protestant minister. Description The 5,000 square foot house was completed in 1833 and was constructed specifically to house the president of the Lane Seminary. The house was provided by the seminary to the Beechers. Harriet and most of her brothers and sisters (11 Beecher children lived to adulthood) lived with their father in this house. Museum today The Harriet Beecher Stowe House in Cincinnati is owned by the Ohio Historical Society. It is located in the Walnut Hills neighborhood (Martin Luther king exit from Interstate 71) at 2950 Gilbert Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45206 and is operated by volunteers with the Friends of the Harriet Beecher Stowe House, Inc. It is open to the public, located in small park, and operated as an historical and cultural site, focusing on Stowe and her family, the Lane Seminary, abolitionists, and the Underground Railroad. The site also presents African-American history. See also Harriet Beecher Stowe House (Brunswick, Maine) Harriet Beecher Stowe House (Hartford, Connecticut) List of Underground Railroad sites References External links Harriet Beecher Stowe House — official site Lane Theological Seminary at Ohio History Stowe House at "Aboard the Underground Railroad" "Writings of Harriet Beecher Stowe", broadcast from the Harriet Beecher Stowe House from C-SPAN's American Writers Museums in Cincinnati National Register of Historic Places in Cincinnati Houses in Cincinnati Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio Historic house museums in Ohio Ohio History Connection Houses on the Underground Railroad Biographical museums in Ohio Literary museums in the United States Women's museums in the United States Walnut Hills, Cincinnati Cincinnati Local Historic Landmarks Stowe, Harriet Beecher House Cincinnati Harriet Beecher Stowe