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Hewn Timber Cabins

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Coordinates (WGS-84 datum)
N 34° 11.766' W 079° 38.978'

Florence, South Carolina 29501
United States Near By Caches

Hidden On: 30 Dec 2006
Waypoint (Landmark): N02433
Open Cache:  Unrestricted
Cache type:  Virtual
Cache size:   Virtual

Difficulty: (easy)
Terrain: (easy)

Misc: No drinking water! No restrooms (water closets) available No pets are allowed. Parking is available No fees!

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This is part of the South Carolina Historical Marker series.

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Marker Text:

HEWN TIMBER CABINS The African Americans who built the two hewn~timber cabins that stand 200 yds. S. on Wallace Woods Road were brought to Mars Bluff as slaves in 1836. They lived in these cabins on the cotton plantation of J. Eli Gregg, in what was then Marion District. These cabins are the last two of eight that originally stood in a cotton field at what is now the center of the university campus.

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The cabins built of 4" x 9" hand~hewn timbers, feature precise full~dovetail joints and pine plank floors. They were enlarged after the Civil War. Freedmen and and later tenant farmers lived in these houses until the 1950s. Relocated several times, one cabin was moved to this site in 1980, the other in 1990. They were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

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Hewn Timber Cabins

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