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  • 2. Mule Barn

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    What was the Mule Barn's original purpose?

    A small, white, two-story building with double doors. Pigeon nesting boxes were located inside on the second level.

    One of two Pigeonniers (pigeon houses) on Oakland Plantation. Pigeonniers were a symbol of the plantation owners wealth and the pigeons were raised for food.

    A small, white, log building with a porch shading the red front door.

    The Carpenter Shop is one of the oldest buildings at Oakland Plantation. Enslaved carpernters including Solomon Wilson were responsible for building and maintaining the plantation structures.

    Wooden stalls for mules inside the barn. Hanging near the stall doors is leather tack.

    Stalls and tack inside the Mule Barn.

    Minique Toussaint, an older man, stands with his hat in a raised hand.

    Carpenter and self-taught violinist Minique Toussaint was born enslaved at Oakland Plantation.

    The small log Carpenter Shop is surrounded by trees.

    Oakland Carpenter Shop in 1979.