Kitchen and main residence at Kingsley Plantation State Historic Site - Fort George Island, Florida

Title

• Kitchen and main residence at Kingsley Plantation State Historic Site - Fort George Island, Florida

Image Number

• PR14329

Year

• 1982

Date Note

• Photographed in July 1982.

Series Title

• General: Print collections

General Note

• The kitchen was often called the John "Don Juan" McQueen house, after the person who first built Kingsley Plantation. It was later called the Anna Jai (Anna Kingsley) house, after Kingsley's wife. The kitchen building's foundation was made of tabby.



General Note

• Kingsley Plantation was a state park from the 1950s until 1989. Tours of the house, furnished with antiques purchased in the 1950s and 1960s, were offered by park staff. In 1989, U.S. Representative Charles Bennett negotiated the creation of the Timucuan Ecological and Historical Preserve, which would include national, state, and city properties and parks. As part of the negotiation, the State of Florida purchased Fort George Island to be used as a state park, but transferred Kingsley Plantation to the National Park Service.

Source

• Mary Lou Norwood Gift.

Photographer/Personal Author

• Norwood, Mary Lou, 1925-2007.

Physical Description

• 1 slide - col. - 1 x 1 in.

Subject Term

• Tabby construction
• Craft
• Houses--Florida--Duval County--Fort George Island
• Architecture--Florida--Duval County--Fort George Island
• Material culture--Florida--Duval County--Fort George Island
• Kitchens
• Dwellings--Florida--Duval County--Fort George Island
• Plantations--Florida--Duval County--Fort George Island
• Historic sites--Florida--Duval County--Fort George Island
• Parks--Florida--Duval County--Fort George Island

Geographic Term

• Kingsley Plantation State Historical Site (Fort George Island, Fla.)
• Fort George Island (Fla.)
• Jacksonville (Fla.)
• Duval County (Fla.)
• Kingsley Plantation (Fort George Island, Fla.)

Personal Subject

• Kingsley, Z. (Zephaniah), 1765-1843--Homes and haunts.
• Kingsley, Anna, 1793-1870--Homes and haunts.
• McQueen, Juan, Don, 1751-1807--Homes and haunts.

Subject Corporate

• Florida Park Service.

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