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1. Card, Index - Freedman's Cottage Architectural Survey

   A house-by-house survey of freedman's cottages undertaken by HCF staff in 2000. Architectural details were recorded and photos taken of each house. Architectural details surveyed include: walls/construction; porch; piazza screen; gable; windows; opening into main house; foundation; chimney; presence of additions; and other miscellaneous notes about condition, etc. Surveys were done on these houses: America Street: 107 Amherst Street: 3...

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2. Photograph - Freedman's Cottages - Photographs

   Black & white photographs of most of the houses surveyed by HCF in 2000. Exterior shots for all and interior shots for some; most are street elevation, although there are some photos of rear and side views. A sample of photographs appears in this record, for 553 Rutledge Avenue, 19 Strawberry Lane, 227 Nassau Street, and 6 Sutherland. Photo sleeves were organized by address range (in alpha-numeric order by street name/address). While the...

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3. Property File - 32 Ashton Street (Charles Magrath House)

   Constructed ca. 1878. The laterally arranged, two-story house at 32 Ashton was built on Lot 12 of the Bee Tract, property that had been owned by Mary Singleton Bee. The property was sold to Charles Magrath in 1878. By 1879, Magrath was listed as a resident of the house on Ashton Street then known as 12 Ashton but renumbered in 1885. File contains historical research report (Eberle, 2018). No photograph on file. Image in this record from doc...

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