Last updated: September 16, 2024
Place
The Quarters Community
Christy Hoover
Quick Facts
Location:
Natchez, LA
Amenities
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Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits
Built as early as 1845, as many as twenty-four brick cabins stood here as housing for the enslaved workers, of which eight remain. Originally housing two enslaved families, each cabin was constructed with locally-made brick, dirt floors, chimneys, porches, and gutters to capture rainwater for household use.
Upon Emancipation, the cabins were converted to single-family homes for sharecroppers, tenant farmers and day laborers. They personalized their homes by adding rooms and windows, and fencing yards.
The Quarters was home to seven families in 1939 when a tornado damaged the cabins. Electricity was installed by the 1940s, though residents still had no running water when the last family moved away in the early 1970s.
Descendants of the John Vercher family were among the last to move out of the Quarters.
Children rode horses, played baseball, marbles, and other games.
Upon Emancipation, the cabins were converted to single-family homes for sharecroppers, tenant farmers and day laborers. They personalized their homes by adding rooms and windows, and fencing yards.
The Quarters was home to seven families in 1939 when a tornado damaged the cabins. Electricity was installed by the 1940s, though residents still had no running water when the last family moved away in the early 1970s.
Descendants of the John Vercher family were among the last to move out of the Quarters.
Children rode horses, played baseball, marbles, and other games.