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This line is from the bankruptcy and asset evaluation of Pierre Clidamon Becnel, then owner of Evergreen Plantation, from April 20, 1835. It shows that there were at the time twelve enslaved peoples' homes, which were valued at a total of $1,200.

These slats are above each door of every house in the Evergreen homes. They appear to be cypress, like the rest of the home most likely would have been, and one can see upon a closer inspection the knife lines that marked the width of the mortise…

This window shutter is constructed of pine boards running vertically with support boards nailed across a large amount of cut nails. The metal hinges are also nailed to the shutter, which still swings freely.

This photograph has in the foreground the door to one of the rooms of one of the Horton Grove homes in Stagville. Visible also is the pine flooring as well as the white-washed timber frame that is also brick-nogged as well as the white-washed…

This photo details a scarf joint and pegged tenon as well as some white-washed interior siding. The scarf joint is a technique applied when one does not have a timber quite long enough for the task at hand. The builder makes an intricate butt joint…