Heyward-Washington House

Description:

Photograph showing the ghosting of the original shelving where enslaved people once lived and labored on the second floor in the kitchen/laundry building at 87 Church Street. Bayless shot the image during the archaeological dig conducted by Museum archaeologist, Elaine Herold. Photographer's handwritten notation on reverse, "Heyward-Washington, 2nd Floor, Ghosting of Closet partitions & sharing between rooms on North Wall, from East Room."

• 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: 2011.8.96
• Address: 87 Church Street

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