Cabin from Point of Pines Plantation in Charleston County, South Carolina

Object Details

Created by

Point of Pines Plantation, American

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.

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of The Edisto Island Historic Preservation Society

1853

Object number

2013.57

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

Type

cabins (houses)

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)

Place collected

Edisto Island, Charleston County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America

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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

National Museum of African American History and Culture

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

Record ID

nmaahc_2013.57

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd549eeb381-fb49-44be-8743-e05c70cb74c2