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  2. Servants' quarters - Wikipedia

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    The upper servants in large households often withdrew from the servants' hall to eat their dessert courses in the privacy of a steward's room in much the same way the owners of the house had withdrawn to a solar from the Great Hall in the previous era. Strict orders of precedence and deference evolved which became sacrosanct.

  3. Slave quarters in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Encyclopedia of Louisville (2014) described slave quarters in the border-state city: "Generally, urban slaves' quarters were connected to their owners' property, usually in 'servant's rooms.' A typical newspaper ad from this period described a brick house for sale as having eleven rooms, two passages, a large kitchen, three servants' rooms ...

  4. West Virginia Governor's Mansion - Wikipedia

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    In 1926, servant's quarters were added atop a garage, along with private gardens. Since its completion, the mansion has had several redecorations, including one in 1937 and one in 1958. The original building plans for the mansion included a third story, but one was not added until much later, in 1946.

  5. Solar (room) - Wikipedia

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    The solar was a room in many English and French medieval manor houses, great houses and castles, mostly on an upper storey, designed as the family's private living and sleeping quarters. [1] Within castles they are often called the "Lords' and Ladies' Chamber" or the "Great Chamber".

  6. List of slave cabins and quarters - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of slave cabins and other notable slave quarters. A number of slave quarters in the United States are individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places . Many more are included as contributing buildings within listings having more substantial plantation houses or other structures as the main contributing resources ...

  7. Our 21 Best 30-Minute Soups That Are Creamy & Comforting - AOL

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    In this creamy radish soup recipe, radishes are sautéed and pureed with potato, creating a velvety, healthy soup. Cooking radishes also tones down any bitterness while leaving plenty of sweet ...

  8. The making of the 12-team playoff: Inside the historic ... - AOL

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    The concept has taken its share of criticism for a seeding process that disadvantages teams actually ranked higher. For instance, if the playoff was today, No. 12 Clemson and No. 13 Alabama would ...

  9. Plantation complexes in the Southern United States - Wikipedia

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    Still other arrangements had the kitchen in one room, a laundry in the other, and a second story for servant quarters. [ 8 ] [ 17 ] The pantry could be in its own structure or in a cool part of the cookhouse or a storehouse and would have secured items such as barrels of salt , sugar , flour , cornmeal and the like.