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 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.
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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