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Photographer: Mike Stroud
Taken: May 10, 2009
Caption:
Hamilton Plantation Slave Cabin, with cut away view of "tabby" walls | Additional Description: National Register Plaque can be seen at left of doorway. Information from the National Register includes:
Hamilton Plantation Slave Cabins ** (added 1988 - District - #88000968) •
Address Restricted, St. Simons Island •
Historic Significance: Information Potential, Event, Architecture/Engineering •
Architect, builder, or engineer: Couper, James Hamilton •
Architectural Style: No Style Listed •
Area of Significance: Architecture, Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Black •
Cultural Affiliation: Black slave •
Period of Significance: 1825-1849, 1850-1874 •
Owner: Private , Local Gov't •
Historic Function: Domestic •
Historic Sub-function: Multiple Dwelling •
Current Function: Social •
Current Sub-function: Clubhouse •
Submitted: May 17, 2009, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.
Database Locator Identification Number: p63711
File Size: 0.295 Megabytes
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