Bulow Ville Plantation House

Bulow Ville Plantation House. . The Bulow Ville plantation house was built in the early 1820s and believed to have resembled the mansion shown. The two and a half story building faced Bulow Creek and had a veranda on all sides. The first floor walls were coquina covered with stucco, the rest of the house was wooden. The two kitchens were in separate buildings. , James Ormond III said of the meals during his stay, "they had plenty of milk, eggs, butter and supply of hogs: venison, turkeys, wild honey and coontic bread provided by Seminole hunters". , Ormond wrote of John Bulow as "being graduated in all devilment to be learned in Paris" "well educated, but very wild", Ormand said that there was an extensive library of mostly fictional works in the house. , Bulow Ville was abandoned January 23, 1836 due to growing tensions in the area between the US troops and the Seminole nation. A great rosy glow was observed on January 31, 1836 in St. Augustine. The house was never rebuilt. , Captions , Lower Middle: The view across the creek would have been of slaves working in a rice field. The view to the west offered green open fields and of over forty slave cabins encircling the house. , Upper Right: Feather edge dishes found here were commonly used in the plantation era. , Right Middle: Glass bottles and fragments evidence the use of ale, wine, olive oil and bitters. , Lower Right: It was customary for nearby plantation owners to socialize, this would include the Dummett, McRae, Ormond and Anderson families., , Reverse Side of Marker , Bulow Ville Boat Slips, Captions , Upper Left: John Audubon stayed at Bulowville in January 1832 in search of birds for his work. From these boat slips he explored the salt marshes of the Tomoka Basin and the Halifax River., Lower Left: Flatboats were used to transport hogsheads of sugar and molasses from Bulow Creek to the Halifax River south to Mosquito Inlet. The waterways were shallow and marred with sand bars. , Flatboats had no keel, were oared and offered a small space for crew which included slaves. Traveling on these waterways meant waiting on high tides and fighting off mosquitoes in summer. , Upper Right: Records show that Bulow purchased a barge for $75. A barge was a longboat used for travel in narrow waterways. , Bulow's barge was outfitted with a tent, nets, and guns for overnight trips. , Lower Right: Hogshead is a cask that held 64 gallons. Hogsheads were used to store and ship sugar and molasses. Slaves used wagons to move the hogsheads to the boat slips from the mill.