Ballsdam Plantation

Description:

Black and white photograph of the two-story house at Ballsdam Plantation. The porch is almost completely gone but the right side is still intact. There are stairs leading to a central door with sidelights. The door has two windows on either side with shutters closed. The house is built on a high basement and two brick chimneys are visible at the roofline. Handwritten at bottom, front: "Ruins of Ballsdam // built by Dr. John Sanders Palmer // about 1844. Accidentally burned."

• Title: Ballsdam Plantation
• Photographer: Unattributed
• Date: Undated

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• Collection: Photograph Collection
• Object Name: Plantations
• Object Id: MK 20520

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• Search Terms
  • Destruction of property
  • Fire
  • Plantations