The Barn Cat
by Marty Fancy
Title
The Barn Cat
Artist
Marty Fancy
Medium
Photograph
Description
This Tabby cat was sleeping in the sun on the barn floor at Middleton Plantation in Charleston, SC.
A National Historic Landmark, home to the oldest landscaped gardens in America and an enduring, vibrant, and essential part of the Charleston and American experience, Middleton Place is owned and operated by the Middleton Place Foundation.
Most of Middleton Place was burned just months before the end of the Civil War. Twenty-one years later, in 1886, the Great Earthquake struck, destroying the walls of the main family residence and the north flanker building. From the end of the war until the early 20th century, much of the property lay neglected and overgrown. In 1916, J. J. Pringle Smith, a descendant of Henry Middleton, inherited the plantation, but it was only after the death of his father, Henry Augustus Middleton Smith, in 1924 that funds were available to begin the restoration.
Pringle Smith and his wife Heningham moved into the surviving South Flanker, and, after gradual further restoration, they lived there for the rest of their lives, every year from October through April.
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December 18th, 2019
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