Historic Structures Report, Part I: Stable No. 1
Bienvenu LJ. 1963. Historic Structures Report, Part I: Stable No. 1. Historic Structure Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
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 Historic Structures Report concerns Stable No. 1 (Bldg. 20) at the Hampton estate. When restoration is possible, Stable No. 1 is to be furnished and interpreted as a race horse stable of the 1816-1819 period. Race horses were owned and bred by the Ridgely family from the early years of the 18th Century. All generations owned racers; some trotters, and all kept carriage horses. The names of famous horses are known. Their furnishings and those for the stable are available, as are the coaches to be exhibited temporarily.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Bienvenu, Lionel
- Date of Issue
- 1963-03-08
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
- Units
- HAMP , NER
- Keywords
- racehorse, restoration, Ridgely, stabilization, stable