Surveying University Slave Cabins (HABS AL-207)
In 1933, the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) began documenting architecture, engineering, and landscape design in the United States and its territories. HABS AL-207 documented the President’s Mansion and the surviving slave cabins. As part of the survey, the below detailed architectural drawings of the four slave cabins offer a glimpse into the design of the original slave dwellings.
Compiled by Katherine Floyd for the Alabama District HABS office, the accompanying data pages emphasize the craftsmanship performed by enslaved artisans in the campus building. This supplementary documentation also include a Lost Cause version of the April 4, 1865 events.
Compiled by Katherine Floyd for the Alabama District HABS office, the accompanying data pages emphasize the craftsmanship performed by enslaved artisans in the campus building. This supplementary documentation also include a Lost Cause version of the April 4, 1865 events.
Source: Historic American Buildings Survey, University of Alabama, President's House, University Boulevard, Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, AL: Drawings from Survey HABS AL-207, 1933, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
