Stabilization Report: Slave Quarters Number One
Engle RL. 1986. Stabilization Report: Slave Quarters Number One. Historic Structure Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Denver, Colorado
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 Stabilization Report concerns Slave Quarters Number One at Hampton National Historic Site. The National Park Service took title to the Ridgely farm in 1980 after years of neglect, alteration, and the occasional demolition of buildings that were constructed during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. With Service acquisition came the need for rapid and extensive stabilization of many of the buildings. This report documents the research undertaken before and during stabilization of the Slave Quarters Number One.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Engle, Reed
- Date of Issue
- 1986-10
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
- Units
- HAMP , NER
- Keywords
- farm, plantation, Ridgely, slave quarters, stabilization