Tuesday Morning at Tuckahoe Plantation

Let's meet at Tuckahoe Plantation to photograph the gardens while they're in bloom along with any animals that might be out. It's always a great place to photograph with the building dating from the first half of the 18th Century. Tuckahoe was the boyhood home of Thomas Jefferson.

A collection of outbuildings were located on Plantation Street of Tuckahoe. The buildings are arranged west of the mansion in a quadrangle. Food management and processing were performed in a storehouse, a smokehouse, and a brick kitchen, which had a swinging crane and a dutch oven. Slave quarters, an office, a toolhouse, and a barn are there. There used to be an ice house and weaving room. There were around 100 domestic workers, field hands, and skilled craftsmen who worked at Tuckahoe in the late 1740s. In 1779, there was a stable built specifically for one horse named Shakespeare who was well-fed and pampered. A niche for a bed was constructed so that a black boy could sleep there through the night and ensure the health and comfort of the horse.

Cemeteries of the Randolph, Wight, and current Ball/Thompson families are also on the grounds.