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2. Window shutter - Wikipedia

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   Plantation shutters, typical of hot lower latitude climates like Florida, South Africa, the Mediterranean or Australia, typically have only two shutters per window and wide louver blades. [2] Other interior shutters use stationary louvers that do not rotate (fixed louvers); solid raised or flat panels; fabric inserts; or tinted glass.

3. Antebellum architecture - Wikipedia

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   Barrington Hall is one classic example of an antebellum home.. Antebellum architecture (from Antebellum South, Latin for "pre-war") is the neoclassical architectural style characteristic of the 19th-century Southern United States, especially the Deep South, from after the birth of the United States with the American Revolution, to the start of the American Civil War. [1]

4. Slave quarters in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Plantation slavery had regional variations dependent on which cash crop was grown, most commonly cotton, hemp, indigo, rice, sugar, or tobacco. [3] Sugar work was exceptionally dangerous—the sugar district of Louisiana was the only region of the United States that saw consistent population declines, despite constant imports of new slaves.

5. Plantation complexes in the Southern United States - Wikipedia

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   Stratford Hall is a classic example of Southern plantation architecture, built on an H-plan and completed in 1738 near Lerty, Virginia. The Seward Plantation is a historic Southern plantation-turned-ranch in Independence, Texas. Plantation complexes were common on agricultural plantations in the Southern United States from the 17th into the ...

6. Polmer Store - Wikipedia

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   A rolling ladder is used to reach the merchandise on the high shelves. On the exterior of the green building there is a large porch in the front and wide white wooden trims that accent the plantation-style building. Big wooden shutters protected the windows from the weather. Gravity gas pumps were added around the 1920s - 1930s.

7. Cedar Grove (Edgefield, South Carolina) - Wikipedia

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   Cedar Grove is a historic plantation house located near Edgefield, Edgefield County, South Carolina. It was built between 1790 and 1805, and is a large two-story, Federal style house with a white clapboard exterior and high gable roof. It features a double-tiered portico with delicate Adamesque detail. This home has many unusual architectural ...