Officials break ground on new Women's Hall of Fame headquarters

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SENECA FALLS — The Seneca Knitting Mill was established in 1844 by Charles Hoskins and Jacob Chamberlain, two ardent abolitionists and supporters of the women’s rights movement.

Four years later, they would be among the 30 or so men who attended the first women’s rights convention here in July 1848, signing the Declaration of Sentiments.

The knitting mill employed thousands of men and women before closing in 1999, leaving a very visible, empty limestone building along the canal.

Wednesday, the same building constructed by Hoskins and Chamberlain was celebrated as the new future home of the National Women’s Hall of Fame.

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