Editing Jericho, New York (section)

=== Underground Railroad ===
The building now known as One North was built in 1789<ref name="Gil de Rubio, Dave">{{cite news |author=Gil de Rubio, Dave |date=November 8, 2017 |title=One North Opens on Maine Maid Inn Site |work=Syosset Jericho Tribune |url=https://syossetjerichotribune.com/2017/11/08/one-north-opens-on-maine-maid-inn-site/}}</ref> as the home for the prominent Quaker and abolitionist Valentine Hicks, his wife Abigail, and their children. Hicks' father-in-law Elias Hicks "had been the spark that helped convince Quakers and other like-minded people after the Revolutionary War that all men were created equal—including people of color who were enslaved".<ref name="Rumsey, Spencer">{{cite news |author=Rumsey, Spencer |date=February 4, 2014 |title=Slavery and Salvation: Long Island's Underground Railroad |work=Long Island Press |url=https://www.longislandpress.com/2014/02/04/slavery-and-salvation-l-i-s-underground-railroad/}}</ref> Valentine Hicks was also an [[Underground Railroad]] station master; in his home—a key [[Underground Railroad#Terminology|way station]]—a removable panel behind an upstairs linen closet (that is still there today) concealed a staircase to the attic where Hicks hid runaways until the coast was clear.<ref name="Rumsey, Spencer" /><ref>{{cite book |author=Velsor, Kathleen G. |title=The Underground Railroad on Long Island: Friends in Freedom |date=February 12, 2013 |publisher=The History Press |isbn=978-1609497705 |edition=Paperback}}</ref>  The [[Oyster Bay (town), New York|Town of Oyster Bay]] designated the site as a historic town landmark in 2012.<ref name="Bleyer, Bill">{{cite news |author=Bleyer, Bill |date=May 15, 2012 |title=Jericho's Maine Maid Inn gets landmark status |work=Newsday |url=https://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/jericho-s-maine-maid-inn-gets-landmark-status-i70400}}</ref> In 2015 there was a lot of outrage over the preservation of this historic site. Partial demolition of the Maine Maid Inn took place without the approval of the Oyster Bay landmark commission, which outraged many preservationists. <!-- Valentine Hicks (1804) was the great-grandson of Jacob Hicks (1669–1755). He married Abigail Hicks, daughter of Elias Hicks. see Bliss Forbush, Elias Hicks, Quaker Liberal, p. 289. -->