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The Encyclopedia of Louisville (2014) described slave quarters in the border-state city: "Generally, urban slaves' quarters were connected to their owners' property, usually in 'servant's rooms.' A typical newspaper ad from this period described a brick house for sale as having eleven rooms, two passages, a large kitchen, three servants' rooms ...
Rosemount (Forkland, Alabama) Boxwood Plantation Slave Quarter, Courtland, AL, NRHP-listed. Dudley Snow House, Alabama. Faunsdale Plantation, Alabama. Glencairn (Greensboro, Alabama) Magnolia Grove (Greensboro, Alabama) First National Bank (Huntsville, Alabama) Boxwood Plantation Slave Quarter, Alabama.
The Seward Plantation is a historic Southern plantation-turned-ranch in Independence, Texas. Plantation complexes were common on agricultural plantations in the Southern United States from the 17th into the 20th century. The complex included everything from the main residence down to the pens for livestock. Until the abolition of slavery, such ...
Carriage house. A carriage house, also called a remise or coach house, is a term used in North America to describe an outbuilding that was originally built to house horse -drawn carriages and their related tack. [1] Carriage houses were often two stories, with related staff quarters above.
The America the Beautiful quarters (sometimes abbreviated ATB quarters) were a series of fifty-six 25-cent pieces issued by the United States Mint, which began in 2010 and lasted until 2021. [1] The obverse (front) of all the coins depicts George Washington in a modified version of the portrait used for the original 1932 Washington quarter . [ 2 ]
1976-D Clad Bicentennial Quarter Regular Strike: sold for $6,463 in 2017. 1976-S Clad Proof Bicentennial Quarter: sold for $6,038 in 2010. 1976-S Silver Proof Deep Cameo Bicentennial Quarter: sold ...
Servants' quarters, also known as staff's quarters, are those parts of a building, traditionally in a private house, which contain the domestic offices and staff accommodation. From the late 17th century until the early 20th century, they were a common feature in many large houses. Sometimes they are an integral part of a smaller house—in the ...
A billet is a living-quarters to which a soldier is assigned to sleep. Historically, a billet was a private dwelling that was required to accept the soldier. Soldiers are generally billeted in barracks or garrisons when not on combat duty, although in some armies soldiers with families are permitted to maintain a home off-post.