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William Simmons House

WILLIAM SIMMONS HOUSE  This house, built in 1930, is  typical in materials and methods of  construction of those built on the  S.C. Sea Islands from the end of the  Civil War to the mid-20th...

WILLIAM SIMMONS HOUSE 

This house, built in 1930, is 
typical in materials and methods of 
construction of those built on the 
S.C. Sea Islands from the end of the 
Civil War to the mid-20th century 
It was built on land bought after 
1865 by William Simmons (ca. 1835 
1922). Simmons, born a slave, had 
served in the US. Army during the 
war, enlisting in the 21st US. 
Colored Infantry as Ira Sherman. 
 
William Simmons's granddaughter
Georgianna Jones Bryan (1900-
1989) built this house in 1930 for
her brother, William "Duey" Simmons
(1901-1966). It illustrates everyday
life and the persistence of Gullah
culture in an African-American farm
community until after a bridge was
built from the mainland in 1956. It
was renovated in 2010-11 as the
Gullah Museum of Hilton Head Island.

ERECTED BY THE GULLAH MUSEUM OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND. 2011

 

Submitted by @imageryan.

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