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Building brick from Spelman College's Upton Hall
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Used by
- Spelman College, American, founded 1881
- Medium
- building brick
- Dimensions
- 2 1/2 x 8 1/2 x 4 in. (6.4 x 21.6 x 10.2 cm)
- Place used
- Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
- Date
- ca. 1905
- Description
- A clay brick that was once part of the structure of Spelman College's Upton Hall. The brick is a standard solid style brick, with slight irregularity because of a loss at one of the corners. The brick is a deep red color, and all sides of the brick are worn. There is no mortar residue except for a very small area on one of the brick's short sides.
- Topic
- African American
- Architecture
- Education
- Segregation
- Women
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Spelman College
- Object number
- 2012.118
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Buildings and Structures
- Exhibition
- Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968
- On View
- NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 2, C 2053
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Building brick from Bethune-Cookman University's White Hall
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Used by
- Bethune-Cookman University, American, founded 1904
- Medium
- building brick and mortar
- Dimensions
- 3 x 8 x 4 in. (7.6 x 20.3 x 10.2 cm)
- Place used
- Daytona Beach, Volusia County, Florida, United States, North and Central America
- Date
- ca. 1916
- Description
- A clay brick that was once part of the structure of Bethune-Cookman University's White Hall. The brick is a standard solid style brick, with some irregularity in shape because of a chunk of mortar affixed to the top side. The brick is a faintly reddish color, with a gray tinge from mortar residue. All sides of the brick are weathered and worn. The bottom has the least amount of mortar residue.
- Topic
- African American
- Architecture
- Education
- Segregation
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Bethune-Cookman University
- Object number
- 2012.97
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Buildings and Structures
- Exhibition
- Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968
- On View
- NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 2, C 2053
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Building brick from the White House
- Created by
- Kale, Jeremiah, American, active late 18th century
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Used by
- The White House, founded 1792
- Owned by
- McCulloch, William Moore, American, 1901 - 1980
- Medium
- building brick and mortar
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 2 5/16 × 8 1/2 × 4 in. (5.9 × 21.6 × 10.2 cm)
- Place used
- The White House, Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Date
- 1793-1797; removed 1950
- Description
- A clay brick that was once part of the structure of the White House. The brick is a standard solid style brick, slightly uneven in shape. It is a reddish-brown color, and is covered with faint remnants of white-colored mortar on all sides. A chunk of mortar protrudes off the surface at the corner of one of the brick's long, narrow sides.
- Topic
- African American
- Architecture
- Building Arts
- Free communities of color
- Government
- Labor
- Local and regional
- Politics (Practical)
- Slave hire system
- Slavery
- United States--History--1783-1815
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of James F. Dicke, II
- Object number
- 2013.232.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Buildings and Structures
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Brick from Harriet Tubman Home
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Used by
- Davis, Nelson, American, died 1888
- Tubman, Harriet, American, 1822 - 1913
- Medium
- clay
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 2 1/8 × 7 11/16 × 3 3/4 in. (5.4 × 19.5 × 9.5 cm)
- Place used
- Auburn, Cayuga County, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Date
- 1880-1882
- Description
- A solid clay brick, a medium beige in color, with uneven edges and surfaces, taken from the brick house built built and kept by Nelson Davis and Harriet Tubman. Unven coloring throughout.
- Topic
- African American
- Building Arts
- Labor
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Harriet Tubman Home, Inc.
- Object number
- 2015.225
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Buildings and Structures
- Exhibition
- Cultural Expressions
- On View
- NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 050
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Brick from the chimney at Whitehead Plantation
- Created by
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Subject of
- Turner, Nat, American, 1800 - 1831
- Whitehead, Margaret, American, 1813 - 1831
- Medium
- clay brick
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 2 3/4 x 4 x 8 1/16 in. (7 x 10.2 x 20.5 cm)
- Place collected
- Southampton County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
- Date
- ca. 1800
- Description
- A reddish brown clay rectangular brick formerly used on the chimney of a house. The brick has several deep fissures and long cracks. There are large chunks missing, including at two different corners and in several places along one of the long side edges.
- Topic
- African American
- Architecture
- Building Arts
- Resistance
- Slavery
- United States--History--1815-1861
- Violence
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2012.81
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Buildings and Structures
- Exhibition
- Slavery and Freedom
- On View
- NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 3, C3 053
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Brick from a cistern found at Florida A&M University
- Created by
- Unidentified
- Medium
- building brick and mortar
- Dimensions
- Overall with Weight: 2 1/2 x 9 x 3 1/2 in., 4.5 lb. (6.4 x 22.9 x 8.9 cm, 2 kg)
- Place used
- Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida, United States, North and Central America
- Date
- ca. 1890
- Description
- A clay brick that was once part of a cistern found on the campus of Florida A&M University. The brick appears to have been a standard solid style brick previously, but now it has an irregular shape, perhaps cut into its current shape when it was removed from the cistern. The front of the brick is a rich, reddish brown color, with irregular cuts across the surface. The proper right and bottom sides are covered with gray-colored mortar. The top, proper left and back sides of the brick are flat and weathered, with the appearance of retaining their original shape from when the brick was fired. The top side has regular incisions cut into its surface. At the proper-right corner, there is a small segment of an adjoining brick still attached to the mortar. The mortar is 3/8 inch thick on the bottom side and 3/4 inch thick on the right side.
- Topic
- African American
- Architecture
- Building Arts
- Education
- Segregation
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Florida AandM University
- Object number
- 2013.179
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Buildings and Structures
- Exhibition
- Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation, 1876-1968
- On View
- NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 2, C 2053
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Block of Aquia Creek sandstone removed from the East Front of US Capitol
- Commissioned by
- Architect of the Capitol, American, founded 1793
- Medium
- sandstone
- Dimensions
- Overall with Weight: 15 3/4 × 21 1/4 × 14 1/2 in., 318 lb. (40 × 54 × 36.8 cm, 144.2 kg)
- Type
- blocks (shaped masses)
- structural elements and structural element components
- Place used
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Place collected
- Aquia Creek, Stafford County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
- Date
- 1824-1826
- Caption
- Enslaved African Americans, leased out by their slave owners, mined sandstone from local quarries and built the United States Capitol, the White House, and the Smithsonian Castle. Congress, the institution that guarded the peoples’ freedom, held sessions in a building constructed by forced labor, and the legislators would have witnessed lines of shackled slaves marching by daily en route to the Deep South. The block was quarried near Aquia Creek, Virginia, by free and enslaved workers and used in the construction of the Capitol building in 1824.
- Source: Nancy Bercaw, Curator, Slavery and Freedom
- Description
- A rectangular block of sandstone. One short side of the block has a smooth, finished surface. The other five sides are rough-hewn and pitted, showing evidence of quarry tool markings, softened by weathering. One of the long sides has mechanical tool markings across the surface, forming a cross-hatch pattern. The block predominantly is beige, with reddish-brown veins of color running lengthwise. The smooth side shows most clearly the variegation of reddish-brown strata. There is a loss at the lower-left corner of the smooth side.
- Topic
- African American
- Architecture
- Building Arts
- Free communities of color
- Government
- Labor
- Local and regional
- Politics (Practical)
- Slave hire system
- United States--History--1815-1861
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2013.182
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Buildings and Structures
- Exhibition
- Slavery and Freedom
- On View
- NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 3, C3 053
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Building brick from the White House
- Created by
- Kale, Jeremiah, American, active late 18th century
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Used by
- The White House, founded 1792
- Owned by
- McCulloch, William Moore, American, 1901 - 1980
- Medium
- building brick and mortar
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 2 5/16 × 8 3/16 × 4 in. (5.9 × 20.8 × 10.2 cm)
- Place used
- The White House, Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Date
- 1793-1797; removed 1950
- Description
- A red clay brick that was once part of the structure of the White House. The brick is a standard solid style brick, slightly uneven in shape. It is a reddish-brown color, and is covered with faint remnants of white-colored mortar on all sides. There are slight losses at two corners.
- Topic
- African American
- Architecture
- Building Arts
- Free communities of color
- Government
- Labor
- Local and regional
- Politics (Practical)
- Slave hire system
- Slavery
- United States--History--1783-1815
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of James F. Dicke, II
- Object number
- 2013.232.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Buildings and Structures
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Brick from Virginia-Cleveland Hall at Hampton University
- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Hampton University, American, founded 1868
- Hunt, Richard Morris, American, 1827 - 1895
- American Missionary Association, American, 1846 - 1999
- Hampton Singers, American, founded 1870
- Medium
- clay
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 2 1/2 × 8 5/8 × 4 1/8 in. (6.4 × 21.9 × 10.5 cm)
- Place used
- Hampton, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
- Date
- ca. 1874
- Caption
- Brick from Virginia-Cleveland Hall, Hampton University, 1874
- Hampton University is one of the first historically black universities. Located in Hampton, Virginia, it was founded in 1868 as the Hampton Agricultural and Industrial School by the American Missionary Association. By 1874, the college was successful enough to build Virginia-Cleveland Hall, an impressive structure that housed classrooms, a chapel, administration offices, and dormitories. Students help fund the Hall through ticket sales from the student choral group, the Hampton Singers.
- Source: Nancy Bercaw, Curator, Slavery and Freedom
- Description
- A brick from Virginia-Cleveland Hall at Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute. The brick is rectangular in shape and is tan in color with darker grey areas throughout. The brick is cracked in several places and is pitted.
- Topic
- African American
- Building Arts
- Education
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, a gift from Hampton University
- Object number
- 2015.228
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Buildings and Structures
- Exhibition
- Slavery and Freedom
- On View
- NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Concourse 3, C3 053
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture