Historic Structures Report: Gin Barn, Magnolia Plantation, Cane River Creole National Historical Park
Jones TH. 2004. Historic Structures Report: Gin Barn, Magnolia Plantation, Cane River Creole National Historical Park. Historic Structure Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Atlanta, Georgia
This historic structure report contains the developmental history of the Gin Barn at the Magnolia Plantation as well as treatments and recommendations for use. Dating to the third quarter of the nineteenth century, the Gin Barn at Magnolia Plantation is one of the most prominent buildings in this unit of Cane River Creole National Historical Park. The building itself represents a type of gin that is significantly different from gins built after the 1880s, and its ginning machinery and cotton presses are extremely important industrial artifacts. The present configuration of the building and its machinery represents the last stage of the building's evolution as a gin barn, when the Hertzogs upgraded their operation in the 1890s. The present machinery is at least the third generation in the building and is significant, but the wood-screw cotton press is one of the park's most-important artifacts. It is one of only six wood-screw presses still in existence, one of only two of its type, and the only wood-screw press that remains intact on its original site. The building itself is most significant for having been originally constructed to house both gin and cotton press under the same roof, an important advance in the operation of plantation gins in the third quarter of the nineteenth century. The report documents the development and condition of the structure and recommends preservation treatment to maximize its interpretive value.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Jones, Tommy
- Date of Issue
- 2004
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
- Units
- CARI , HIST , SER
- Keywords
- agriculture, Cane River Creole, Civil War, cotton, cotton press, Cultural Resources, ehistory, Gin Barn, HABS, HAER, industry, Matthew Hertzog, Preservation, Prud'homme, Resource Management, screw press, system gin, tornado
- Subjects
- CRIS-HS: 091561: Gin Barn, Magnolia Plantation , CRIS-HS: 1131652: Wood Cotton Screw Press, Magnolia Plantation