Putnam Historic District, located in Zanesville, Ohio, was an important center of Underground Railroad traffic and home to a number of abolitionists.

The district, with private residences and other key buildings important in the fight against slavery, lies between the Pennsylvania Central Railroad, Van Buren Street, and Muskingum River.

Putnam was its own town then, across the Muskingum River from Zanesville, which also built a state capital building.

[2] George Guthrie's Greek Revival home served several times as an Underground Railroad station.

William Harris, a black man, hid a woman and four children in his home until slave hunters were diverted to an abandoned mine, which provided the needed time to move them to a safer location.

[2] The Stone Academy is now a museum operated by the Pioneer and Historical Society of Muskingum County.