View showing tabby slave cabin remains at Kingsley Plantation State Historic Site - Fort George Island, Florida.

Title

• View showing tabby slave cabin remains at Kingsley Plantation State Historic Site - Fort George Island, Florida.

Image Number

• COM00572

Year

• 1977

Series Title

• General: Department of Commerce collection.
• Specific: Department of Commerce collection Series/Collection number: S 1047, Publicity photographs, 1940-1996 ; Box 1, FF23

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.



General Note

• Tabby is a concrete-like substance made from sand, oyster shells, and lime, a technology transplanted from Africa. The use of tabby was prevalent in Florida and coastal Georgia in the 1700s and early 1800s.

Photographer/Personal Author

• Hackett.

Additional Corporate Creator

• Florida. - Division of Tourism.

Physical Description

• 1 slide - col.

Subject Term

• State parks and reserves--Florida--Duval County--Fort George Island
• Houses--Florida--Duval County--Fort George Island
• Tabby construction
• Tabby (Concrete)
• Recreation areas--Florida--Duval County--Fort George Island
• Parks--Florida--Duval County--Fort George Island
• Historic sites--Florida--Duval County--Fort George Island
• Material culture--Florida--Duval County--Fort George Island
• Architecture--Florida--Duval County--Fort George Island
• Dwellings--Florida--Duval County--Fort George Island
• Slaves--Homes and haunts
• Plantations--Florida--Duval County--Fort George Island

Geographic Term

• Kingsley Plantation State Historical Site (Fort George Island, Fla.)
• Fort George Island (Fla.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
• Duval County (Fla.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
• Kingsley Plantation (Fort George Island, Fla.)

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