Clemson University TigerPrints All Theses Theses 5-2016 The rP eservation of Tabby Ruins: Suggestions for the Future of Chocolate Plantation Rachel Walling Clemson University,
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/all_theses Recommended Citation Walling, Rachel, "The rP eservation of Tabby Ruins: Suggestions for the Future of Chocolate Plantation" (2016). All Theses. 2328. https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/all_theses/2328 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Theses at TigerPrints. It has been accepted for inclusion in All Theses by an authorized administrator of TigerPrints. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. THE PRESERVATION OF TABBY RUINS: SUGGESTIONS FOR THE FUTURE OF CHOCOLATE PLANTATION ______________________________________________________ A Thesis Presented to the Graduate Schools of Clemson University and the College of Charleston ______________________________________________________ In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Science Historic Preservation ______________________________________________________ by Rachel Walling May 2016 ______________________________________________________ Accepted by: Amalia Leifeste, Committee Chair Craig Bennett Kristopher King Richard Marks, III 1 ABSTRACT The preservation efforts undertaken at historic tabby sites have varied greatly from site to site with differing levels of success. A critical look at different preservation strategies enables the development of best practices for appropriate tabby preservation. These best practices may be applied to an array of sites but are tested in this thesis as they are applied to Chocolate Plantation. Chocolate Plantation is a historic site from the early nineteenth century composed primarily of tabby buildings on the Georgia barrier island of Sapelo. Constructed during the Spalding Era of tabby, between the years 1790 and 1875, Chocolate is representative of plantation design in the most active era of tabby construction.