Information Panel: House Ruins

House Ruins

NPS / Claire Hassler

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An island entrepreneur or owner likely resided in this two-and-one-half story house which once stood on this foundation. Owners and workers both resided on the island. Other dwellings included four large two-story structures, five two-story brick tenements, and five one-and-one-half story wooden cottages.

The 1850 census reveals about 200 people living on Virginius Island. Only ruins remain of their homes today.

Photo Caption: Virginius Island house and residents, circa 1865. A backyard view of this house is depicted in the lower, right-hand corner of the photograph below.

Photo Caption: An 1865 view of the many houses, dwellings, and cotton mill on the island.