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LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) - The Adirondack farmhouse where abolitionist John Brown was buried 150 years ago this month is getting some much-needed repairs.

The farmhouse located just outside Lake Placid is part of the John Brown Farm State Historic Site. State officials say the house built in the 1850s will get new siding, window restoration and other repairs this winter.

Brown and his family lived at the farmhouse at the time of his ill-fated raid on Harper's Ferry in what was then Virginia in October 1859. He was convicted of treason and executed on Dec. 2, 1859. His body was returned to upstate New York and buried next to his farmhouse eight days later.

The 150th anniversary of his burial was commemorated earlier this month with a symposium in Lake Placid and other events.

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