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Elevations - Kingsley Plantation, Slave Quarters, 11676 Palmetto Avenue, Jacksonville, Duval County, FL
Photographer
Davidson, Paul A., creator
Title
Elevations - Kingsley Plantation, Slave Quarters, 11676 Palmetto Avenue, Jacksonville, Duval County, FL
Depicted place Florida; Duval County; Jacksonville
Date 2005
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HABS FL-478-A (sheet 2 of 2)
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  • Significance: Among the most notable of the surviving structures at Kingsley Plantation are the ruins of 25 (of 32) tabby slave houses. Most likely erected by Zephaniah Kingsley ca. 1822-30 the quarters were inhabited by slaves until the end of the Civil War and subsequently by freedpeople. By the late 1870s, however, most had fallen into disrepair and several were dismantled by John Rollins in order to build a dock and boathouse from tabby slabs. Nonetheless, the quarters designated as E1 still retained most of its roof framing when it was documented by HABS in 1934. Quarters E1 was restored by the state of Florida after its acquisition in 1966. A subsequent restoration of the building was undertaken by the National Park Service in 2004.

The Quarters are perhaps most notable for their siting and spatial organization. The 32 houses were arrayed in a vast semicircular arc (approximate 350 radius) which was bisected by Palmetto Avenue, the entrance road to the plantation. The two houses adjacent to the road (E1 and W1) and the two houses at the ends (E16 and W16) were built larger than the others. In plan each of the quarters consisted of one or two rooms with a fireplace at one end. The walls of the quarters were constructed of tabby poured into molds that extended the full height of the building, and then plastered. Wood framing supported the shingled roof. Remnants of tabby floors survive in several of the quarters. At an unknown date, the fireplaces in several of the quarters were rebuilt in clay brick.

  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1017
  • Survey number: HABS FL-478-A
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Schara, Mark, project manager
Price, Virginia B, transmitter
Davidson, Paul A, field team
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Object location30° 19′ 54.98″ N, 81° 39′ 20.98″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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