Heyward-Washington House

Description:

Photograph showing the enclosed staircase leading to the third floor of the kitchen/laundry building at 87 Church Street where enslaved people once lived and labored. Bayless shot the image during the archaeological dig conducted by Museum archaeologist, Elaine Herold.
Photographer's handwritten notation on reverse, "Heyward Washington House, Kitchen, Third Floor, Detail - rake of Dormer Window Wall, East Bed Room toward Wall."

• Title: Heyward-Washington House
• Photographer: Bayless, Charles Nield, 1914-1991
• Date: c. 1974

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• Collection: Photograph Collection
• Object Name: Museum Excavations
• Object Id: 2011.8.95
• Address: 87 Church Street

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  • Historic buildings
  • Kitchens
  • Laundries (Rooms & spaces)
  • Slave quarters
  • Stairways