Hamilton Plantation Slave Cabins


  • Address: 1205 Arthur J Moore Dr
  • Vicinity: Btw Hamilton Rd and Epworth by the Sea Dr
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Historic District


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1794/04/21 Joshua Humphreys Naval Architect Joshua Humphreys estimates the quantity of Timber Plank for a new warship. Timber harvested from 2,000 Southern live oak trees from Gascoigne Bluff will be used to build the USS CONSTITUTION and five other frigates.
1804/08/25 Pierce Butler Host Aaron Burr arrives at Pierce Butler's Hampton Plantation, St Simon's Island where he will sojourn for a month. Alexander Hamilton Duel
1804/08/25 Aaron Burr Jr Visitor Aaron Burr arrives at Pierce Butler's Hampton Plantation, St Simon's Island where he will sojourn for a month. Alexander Hamilton Duel
1824/00/00 Pierce Butler Home Butler's 10 room main house at Hamilton Plantation is destroyed by a hurricane.
1832/00/00 James Hamilton Couper Architect Before 1833, James H Couper, an architect and plantation owner, builds four slave cabins of tabby, a cement consisting of lime, water, and crushed oyster shells.
1874/00/00 Anson G Phelps Dodge Owner Anson Dodge and the Georgia Land and Lumber Company of New York buy the Hamilton Plantation and Gasciogne Bluff to build lumber mills.
1932/00/00 Cassina Garden Club began meeting at the Hamilton Plantation Slave Cabins.

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Particulars for Hamilton Plantation Slave Cabins:
Cultural Affiliation African American
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Cultural Affiliation Black American
Area of Significance Historic and non-aboriginal
Sight Category Historic District
Criteria Historic Event
Criteria Information Potential
Historic Use Multiple dwelling
Agriculture Plantation
Owner Private
Cultural Affiliation Sea Islanders
Crime Slavery



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 30th June 1988

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Hamilton Plantation Slave Cabins
Registry Address: Address Restricted
Registry Number: 88000968
Resource Type: District
Owner: Local, Private
Architect: Couper,James Hamilton
Architectural Style: No style listed
Area in Acres: 1
Contributing Buildings: 2
Contributing Sites: 1
Other Certification: Date received-pending nomination
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: State
Area of Significance: Historic and non-aboriginal, Black, Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering, Information Potential
Cultural Affiliation: Black slave
Period of Significance: 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Significant Year: 1832
Historic Function: Domestic
Historic Sub-Function: Multiple dwelling
Current Function: Social
Current Sub-Function: Clubhouse

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