Title
Hackett House Network to Freedom Nomination (M26-008)
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FileID
File ID: 2026-00808
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Location
Location: Pedestrian tunnel on K Street between 2nd and 3rd Streets, District 4
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Recommendation
Recommendation: Pass a Motion supporting the draft National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom (NTF) nomination for the Hackett House (Archy Lee Escape Site).
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Contact
Contact: Sean de Courcy, Preservation Director, (916) 808-2796, sdecourcy@cityofsacramento.org, Community Development Department
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Presenter
Presenter: Henry Feuss, Associate Preservation Planner, (916) 808-5880, hfeuss@cityofsacramento.org, Community Development Department
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Attachments
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Draft Network to Freedom Nomination for the Hackett House
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Description/Analysis
IssueDetail
Issue/Detail: With support from Groundwork Preservation and a National Parks Service grant of $14,000, the City of Sacramento has prepared a draft nomination to the National Park Service's National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom (NTF) Program for the Hackett House (Archy Lee Escape Site), located at a segment of public right-of-way on K Street between 2nd and 3rd Streets. The nominated location is a commemorative site representing the former location of Hackett House, a Black-owned hotel that served as a place of refuge for freedom-seeking African Americans during the Antebellum Period.
Unlike a traditional National Register nomination, the NTF nomination does not designate an extant building or structure. Instead, it recognizes a site associated with documented events tied to the Underground Railroad and resistance to enslavement, even where the original resource no longer exists.
The Hackett House is significant as the location where Archy Lee, an enslaved man brought to California in 1857, sought refuge in January 1858 after escaping his enslaver. His arrest at this location led to a landmark legal case challenging the ap...
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