Historic Structures Report, Part I, Architectural Data: Rehabilitation of Stables No. 1 and 2
Souder NM. 1963. Historic Structures Report, Part I, Architectural Data: Rehabilitation of Stables No. 1 and 2. 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 and Stable No. 2 at the Hampton estate. This brief report gives architectural descriptions of the two historic stables. Stable No. 1, the southernmost of the two, is the nearest to the Mansion. It is believed to have been built in the latter part of the eighteenth century and is the earlier of the two structures, located side by side on what is known as Stable Road. Stable No. 2 is located directly north of Stable No. 1 and is 32' 2-1/2" wide by 38' 2-1/2" long. It was built some time in the mid-nineteenth century of ashlar limestone with large corner quoins and flat arches at the door and window openings.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Souder, Norman
- Date of Issue
- 1963-10
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
- Units
- HAMP , NER
- Keywords
- carriage, racehorse, rehabilitation, restoration, Ridgely, stable