Race, Reuse, and Reform: Preserving the Garrison House, Contesting Garrisonianism in Turn-of-the-Century Boston.

The article reports that on March 28, 1904 the Rock Ledge Improvement Association convened to vote on the future of William Lloyd Garrison's former home, known as "Rockledge," in the Roxbury Highlands. Topics include considered that after four years of ownership, they agreed to transfer it to another caretaker they knew would cherish and make appropriate use of the house the abolitionist had inhabited for fifteen years.