Stafford Slave Settlement (Chimneys) Masonry Materials Analysis and Testing, Cumberland Island National Seashore, Georgia
BUILDING CONSERVATION ASSOCIATES INC.. 2020. Stafford Slave Settlement (Chimneys) Masonry Materials Analysis and Testing, Cumberland Island National Seashore, Georgia. National Park Service. Atlanta, Georgia
At the request of Joseph K. Oppermann – Architect, P.A., Building Conservation Associates, Inc. (BCA) performed testing and analysis of multiple historic masonry materials removed from the Stafford Slave Settlement on Cumberland Island National Seashore in Georgia. The materials tested were removed from the remaining chimneys that are present at the ruins of the Stafford Slave Settlement. The chimneys are constructed of four primary masonry materials: tabby brick, red clay brick, mortar, and stucco/parging. The testing and analysis performed by BCA was limited to the tabby brick, red clay brick and mortar. The materials testing is being performed as part of a larger project involving the structural stabilization of select chimneys that remain at the site. The work performed by BCA and presented in this report involved both physical testing and evaluation in the laboratory, as well as in situ visual assessment. The goal of the testing and evaluation was to document the physical properties of the historic masonry to guide certain aspects of the chimney stabilization project. The following report summarizes the findings of both the field observations and laboratory testing.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- BUILDING CONSERVATION ASSOCIATES INC.
- Date of Issue
- 2020-01
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- CUIS
- Keywords
- Analysis, Chimneys, Clay Analysis of Tabby Brick, Conservation, Materials, Mortar, Mortar Compositional Analysis, Petrography of Red Clay Brick, Physical Properties of Tabby Brick, Red Clay Brick, Salt Analysis of Tabby Brick, Settlement, Slave, Stafford Plantation, Tabby Brick, Tabby Brick Compositional Analysis, Testing, Visual Observations