Women's Rights National Historic Park - Wesleyan Chapel

In October 2019 CyArk traveled to Seneca Falls, New York to document three buildings associated with the Women's Rights National Historic Park. Each site bore witness to important events that were central to the first women????????s rights convention. In collaboration with the National Park Service, CyArk created LiDAR scans with a Faro S350 to document the Wesleyan Chapel, the Elizabeth Cady Stanton House, and the Hunt House, helping preserve these important places and the stories that they tell. On July 19, 1848, hundreds of people crowded into the Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls, New York to participate in a public discussion about the rights of women that challenged all social conventions of the time. The following two-day convention included the presentation and signing of the Declaration of Sentiments, a document modeled after the Declaration of Independence, outlining the many ways in which women were denied equal status to men. At a time when it was unacceptable for women to have a public life outside the home, let alone speak at a public forum, the events that took place at the Wesleyan Chapel marked a major milestone in the ongoing fight for women???s equality. External Project Link: \N Additional Info Link: N/A