Object Details
- Caption
- The cabin was originally a two room, hall-and-parlor cabin with a loft accessible by ladder. The cabin had one door and three windows. A back door and an extra room were added after emancipation.
- The Point of Pines Plantation Slave Cabin was one of two remaining slave dwellings on Edisto Island in 2013. The cabin was built on Charles Bailey's Point of Pines plantation in 1853 along with approximately nine other cabins of identical type. The lumber used to build the cabin was machine cut and shipped to the island. At this point, the cabins were assembled most likely by enslaved carpenters. The cabin is a one-story, rectangular, weatherboard clad building with a side gable roof which also acts as the overhanging porch roof. There is a single, exterior brick chimney on the west elevation.It was listed in the National Register November 28, 1986.
- Description
- The cabin is a one-story, two-room, rectangular, weatherboard clad building with an extended side gable roof which acts as the overhanging porch roof and a brick /masonry fireplace on the west elevation. The structure is a timber frame, meaning a heavy timber mortise and tenon, structure. It is composed of 6”x 6” sills of Southern Yellow Pine, 3” x 4” studs with 4” x 6” braces, topped with 4” x 6” plates and 3” x 4” rafters all of Southern Yellow Pine. Rafters are covered with lath and the structure originally had a cypress shingle roof; some pieces of shingles survive in the roof frame. The exterior was covered by Southern Yellow pine lap siding and painted with whitewash.
- Date
- 1853
- Created by
- Point of Pines Plantation, American
- Place collected
- Edisto Island, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Topic
- African American
- American South
- Architecture
- Building Arts
- Communities
- Domestic life
- Emancipation
- Housing
- Reconstruction, U.S. History, 1865-1877
- Slavery
- U.S. History, 1815-1861
- U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Buildings and Structures
- Exhibition
- Slavery and Freedom
- On View
- NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 3, C3 053
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of The Edisto Island Historic Preservation Society
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2013.57
- Type
- cabins (houses)
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- Medium
- yellow pine, lath, and cypress shingles
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 73 x 246 x 186 in. (185.4 x 624.8 x 472.4 cm)
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2013.57
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