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- Susquehanna Dairy - This dairy house stood on Susquehanna Plantation, near the main dwelling house. Here, enslaved African Americans had responsibility for the time consuming tasks of making butter and cheese, an important part of the planters' diet. Besides a dairy, plantation outbuildings typically included slave quarters, tobacco barn, corn house, stable, meat house, poultry house, blacksmith and carpentry shops.
- circa 1800
- Collections - Artifact
Susquehanna Dairy
This dairy house stood on Susquehanna Plantation, near the main dwelling house. Here, enslaved African Americans had responsibility for the time consuming tasks of making butter and cheese, an important part of the planters' diet. Besides a dairy, plantation outbuildings typically included slave quarters, tobacco barn, corn house, stable, meat house, poultry house, blacksmith and carpentry shops.
- Susquehanna Plantation during the Greenfield Village Restoration Project, May 2003 - By 2000, Greenfield Village began showing its age. Buildings and crumbling infrastructure desperately needed repair. Museum planners envisioned a revitalized village. They created themed "Historic Districts" by relocating and refurbishing the historic structures. Workers repaved streets and upgraded water, sewer, electric, and gas lines. In June 2003, nine months after restoration began, visitors passed through a new entrance into a reborn Greenfield Village.
- May 01, 2003
- Collections - Artifact
Susquehanna Plantation during the Greenfield Village Restoration Project, May 2003
By 2000, Greenfield Village began showing its age. Buildings and crumbling infrastructure desperately needed repair. Museum planners envisioned a revitalized village. They created themed "Historic Districts" by relocating and refurbishing the historic structures. Workers repaved streets and upgraded water, sewer, electric, and gas lines. In June 2003, nine months after restoration began, visitors passed through a new entrance into a reborn Greenfield Village.