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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION .
Calendar No. 541
117TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session SENATE 117-190
JOHN P. PARKER HOUSE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
STUDY
OCTOBER 18, 2022.-Ordered to be printed
Filed, under authority of the order of the Senate on October 14, 2022
Mr. MANCHIN, from the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources, submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany S. 3685]
The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to which was
referred the bill (S. 3685), to direct the Secretary of the Interior to
conduct a special resource study to determine the suitability and
feasibility of establishing the John P. Parker House in Ripley,
Ohio, as a unit of the National Park System, having considered the
same, reports favorably thereon without amendment and rec-
ommends that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE
The purpose of S. 3685 is to direct the Secretary of the Interior
to conduct a special resource study to determine the suitability and
feasibility of establishing the John P. Parker House in Ripley,
Ohio, as a unit of the National Park System.
BACKGROUND AND NEED
John P. Parker was born into slavery in 1827. Initially living in
Norfolk, Virginia, Parker was bought and sold multiple times be-
fore securing his freedom in 1845. Following his liberation, Parker
moved to Cincinnati and ultimately settled in the Village of Ripley,
Ohio, located in Brown County. Parker went on to own and operate
a successful metal foundry, becoming one of the first African-Amer-
icans to receive patents for his inventions.
In addition to his successful business, Parker became an active
member of the Underground Railroad. Historical records attribute
Parker with helping secure the freedom of hundreds of enslaved Af-
rican-Americans through the Underground Railroad. Parker
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