Mulberry Row - Revision history

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	[[Image:mulberry.jpg\|thumb\|right\|Mulberry Row during excavation]]		[[Image:mulberry.jpg\|thumb\|right\|Mulberry Row during excavation]]

-	Named for the mulberry trees planted along it, '''Mulberry Row''' was the center of plantation activity at Monticello from the 1770s to [[Thomas Jefferson\|Jefferson's]] death in 1826. Jefferson's original plan for the site was a 400-foot-long row of shops and yards joined structurally so as to look like a single building. There, iron and [[Joinery\|woodworking]] facilities and areas for raising [[poultry]] and slaughtering livestock would serve as a link between the plantation at large and the domestic operations, like kitchen, dairy, and smokehouse, that Jefferson planned for the dependency wings attached to the main house.	+	Named for the mulberry trees planted along it, '''Mulberry Row''' was the center of plantation activity at Monticello from the 1770s to [[Thomas Jefferson\|Jefferson's]] death in 1826. Jefferson's original plan for the site was a 400-foot-long row of shops and yards joined structurally so as to look like a single building. There, iron and [[Joinery\|woodworking]] facilities and areas for raising [[Poultry\|poultry]] and slaughtering livestock would serve as a link between the plantation at large and the domestic operations, like kitchen, dairy, and smokehouse, that Jefferson planned for the dependency wings attached to the main house.

	Thirty years, passed, however, before Jefferson was able to execute his wing plans for Monticello, so that Mulberry Row became the site of an assortment of mainly temporary structures serving both the 5,000-acre plantation and the house. In 1796, when Jefferson had temporarily retired from public office, there were seventeen structures along the 1,000-foot-long Row. These included dwellings for black and white workers, wood and ironworking (including the [[Nailmaking\|nailery]]) shops, a smokehouse and dairy, a [[Laundry\|wash house]], storehouses, and a stable.		Thirty years, passed, however, before Jefferson was able to execute his wing plans for Monticello, so that Mulberry Row became the site of an assortment of mainly temporary structures serving both the 5,000-acre plantation and the house. In 1796, when Jefferson had temporarily retired from public office, there were seventeen structures along the 1,000-foot-long Row. These included dwellings for black and white workers, wood and ironworking (including the [[Nailmaking\|nailery]]) shops, a smokehouse and dairy, a [[Laundry\|wash house]], storehouses, and a stable.

	==Further Sources==		==Further Sources==
-	*Dwelling descriptions at the [http://www.monticello.org/plantation/mulberry/index.html Monticello Website]	+	*Dwelling descriptions on the [http://www.monticello.org/plantation/mulberry/index.html Monticello Website]
	*[http://explorer.monticello.org/index.html?s1=1\|s3=88\|s4=\|mp=4\|tp=1 Monticello Explorer]		*[http://explorer.monticello.org/index.html?s1=1\|s3=88\|s4=\|mp=4\|tp=1 Monticello Explorer]
	*[http://www.monticello.org/archaeology/mulberryrow/index.html Monticello Archaeology Mulberry Row Reassessment]		*[http://www.monticello.org/archaeology/mulberryrow/index.html Monticello Archaeology Mulberry Row Reassessment]
-	*[[:Category:Slavery]]

	[[Category:Places]]		[[Category:Places]]

Bcraig at 16:50, 8 October 2008

2008-10-08T16:50:25Z

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	Named for the mulberry trees planted along it, '''Mulberry Row''' was the center of plantation activity at Monticello from the 1770s to [[Thomas Jefferson\|Jefferson's]] death in 1826. Jefferson's original plan for the site was a 400-foot-long row of shops and yards joined structurally so as to look like a single building. There, iron and [[Joinery\|woodworking]] facilities and areas for raising [[poultry]] and slaughtering livestock would serve as a link between the plantation at large and the domestic operations, like kitchen, dairy, and smokehouse, that Jefferson planned for the dependency wings attached to the main house.		Named for the mulberry trees planted along it, '''Mulberry Row''' was the center of plantation activity at Monticello from the 1770s to [[Thomas Jefferson\|Jefferson's]] death in 1826. Jefferson's original plan for the site was a 400-foot-long row of shops and yards joined structurally so as to look like a single building. There, iron and [[Joinery\|woodworking]] facilities and areas for raising [[poultry]] and slaughtering livestock would serve as a link between the plantation at large and the domestic operations, like kitchen, dairy, and smokehouse, that Jefferson planned for the dependency wings attached to the main house.

-	Thirty years, passed, however, before Jefferson was able to execute his wing plans for Monticello, so that Mulberry Row became the site of an assortment of mainly temporary structures serving both the 5,000-acre plantation and the house. In 1796, when Jefferson had temporarily retired from public office, there were seventeen structures along the 1,000-foot-long Row. These included dwellings for black and white workers, wood and ironworking (including the [[Nailmaking\|nailery]]) shops, a smokehouse and dairy, a wash house, storehouses, and a stable.	+	Thirty years, passed, however, before Jefferson was able to execute his wing plans for Monticello, so that Mulberry Row became the site of an assortment of mainly temporary structures serving both the 5,000-acre plantation and the house. In 1796, when Jefferson had temporarily retired from public office, there were seventeen structures along the 1,000-foot-long Row. These included dwellings for black and white workers, wood and ironworking (including the [[Nailmaking\|nailery]]) shops, a smokehouse and dairy, a [[Laundry\|wash house]], storehouses, and a stable.

	==Further Sources==		==Further Sources==

Bcraig at 16:47, 8 October 2008

2008-10-08T16:47:55Z

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	[[Image:mulberry.jpg\|thumb\|right\|Mulberry Row during excavation]]		[[Image:mulberry.jpg\|thumb\|right\|Mulberry Row during excavation]]

-	Named for the mulberry trees planted along it, '''Mulberry Row''' was the center of plantation activity at Monticello from the 1770s to [[Thomas Jefferson\|Jefferson's]] death in 1826. Jefferson's original plan for the site was a 400-foot-long row of shops and yards joined structurally so as to look like a single building. There, iron and woodworking facilities and areas for raising [[poultry]] and slaughtering livestock would serve as a link between the plantation at large and the domestic operations, like kitchen, dairy, and smokehouse, that Jefferson planned for the dependency wings attached to the main house.	+	Named for the mulberry trees planted along it, '''Mulberry Row''' was the center of plantation activity at Monticello from the 1770s to [[Thomas Jefferson\|Jefferson's]] death in 1826. Jefferson's original plan for the site was a 400-foot-long row of shops and yards joined structurally so as to look like a single building. There, iron and [[Joinery\|woodworking]] facilities and areas for raising [[poultry]] and slaughtering livestock would serve as a link between the plantation at large and the domestic operations, like kitchen, dairy, and smokehouse, that Jefferson planned for the dependency wings attached to the main house.

	Thirty years, passed, however, before Jefferson was able to execute his wing plans for Monticello, so that Mulberry Row became the site of an assortment of mainly temporary structures serving both the 5,000-acre plantation and the house. In 1796, when Jefferson had temporarily retired from public office, there were seventeen structures along the 1,000-foot-long Row. These included dwellings for black and white workers, wood and ironworking (including the [[Nailmaking\|nailery]]) shops, a smokehouse and dairy, a wash house, storehouses, and a stable.		Thirty years, passed, however, before Jefferson was able to execute his wing plans for Monticello, so that Mulberry Row became the site of an assortment of mainly temporary structures serving both the 5,000-acre plantation and the house. In 1796, when Jefferson had temporarily retired from public office, there were seventeen structures along the 1,000-foot-long Row. These included dwellings for black and white workers, wood and ironworking (including the [[Nailmaking\|nailery]]) shops, a smokehouse and dairy, a wash house, storehouses, and a stable.

Bcraig: New page: Mulberry Row during excavation Named for the mulberry trees planted along it, '''Mulberry Row''' was the center of plantation activity at Monticello fro...

2008-10-08T16:41:41Z

New page: Mulberry Row during excavation Named for the mulberry trees planted along it, '''Mulberry Row''' was the center of plantation activity at Monticello fro...

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[[Image:mulberry.jpg|thumb|right|Mulberry Row during excavation]]

Named for the mulberry trees planted along it, '''Mulberry Row''' was the center of plantation activity at Monticello from the 1770s to [[Thomas Jefferson|Jefferson's]] death in 1826. Jefferson's original plan for the site was a 400-foot-long row of shops and yards joined structurally so as to look like a single building. There, iron and woodworking facilities and areas for raising [[poultry]] and slaughtering livestock would serve as a link between the plantation at large and the domestic operations, like kitchen, dairy, and smokehouse, that Jefferson planned for the dependency wings attached to the main house.

Thirty years, passed, however, before Jefferson was able to execute his wing plans for Monticello, so that Mulberry Row became the site of an assortment of mainly temporary structures serving both the 5,000-acre plantation and the house. In 1796, when Jefferson had temporarily retired from public office, there were seventeen structures along the 1,000-foot-long Row. These included dwellings for black and white workers, wood and ironworking (including the [[Nailmaking|nailery]]) shops, a smokehouse and dairy, a wash house, storehouses, and a stable.

==Further Sources==
*Dwelling descriptions at the [http://www.monticello.org/plantation/mulberry/index.html Monticello Website]
*[http://explorer.monticello.org/index.html?s1=1|s3=88|s4=|mp=4|tp=1 Monticello Explorer]
*[http://www.monticello.org/archaeology/mulberryrow/index.html Monticello Archaeology Mulberry Row Reassessment]
*[[:Category:Slavery]]

[[Category:Places]]