Notes on Hampton Mansion: A Preliminary Report Compiling Data and Observations on the Physical History of the Plantation and Its Mansion, including Work Performed by the Federal Government beginning 1949
Peterson CE. 1970. Notes on Hampton Mansion: A Preliminary Report Compiling Data and Observations on the Physical History of the Plantation and Its Mansion, including Work Performed by the Federal Government beginning 1949. Historic Structure Report. National Park Service, Department of the Interior
Hampton National Historic Site preserves the Hampton Mansion, once possibly the largest private home in America and grand example of late-Georgian architecture in America. Hampton is also the story of its people, as the estate evolved through the actions of the Ridgely family, enslaved African Americans, European indentured servants, and paid laborers within a nation struggling to define its own concept of freedom. This study attempts, within the limited time available to the writer: (1) To assemble and arrange into some kind of order the Hampton data collected by the writer twenty plus years ago. (2) To describe the restoration measures taken in 1949-soon after the National Park Service assumed responsibility for Hampton. (3) To point out further work needed. Most of this report could thus be termed a research salvage project.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Peterson, Charles
- Date of Issue
- 1970-05-01
- Publisher
- National Park Service, Department of the Interior
- Units
- HAMP , HIST , NER
- Keywords
- Architecture, Cultural Resources, Development, ehistory, Hampton Mansion, History, late-Georgian style, mansion, plantation, Restoration, Ridgely