Interior View of Susquehanna House at its Original Site, St. Mary's County, Maryland, February 27, 1942

THF249697 / Interior View of Susquehanna House at its Original Site, St. Mary's County, Maryland, February 27, 1942

Artifact Overview

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

27 February 1942

Collection Title

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

EI.1929.2176

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8.188 in
Width: 10 in

Keywords	United States, Maryland, St. Mary's (county) United States, Maryland, Patuxent (river) Photographic prints Photographs Interior views Fireplaces Houses Plantation houses Rooms (Interior spaces) Original sites Susquehanna Plantation

Artifact
Susquehanna Plantation
Henry Carroll owned this Maryland house on the Patuxent River in the decades before and after the Civil War. Its form -- one room deep with porches -- invited cooling breezes in the warm, humid climate. In 1860, the Carrolls raised tobacco and wheat on their 700-acre plantation. Seventy-five enslaved African Americans provided the skill and labor that supported the Carroll family's comfortable life.