Two story brick slave quarters like the
one before you were not typical, but they
could be found in wealthy towns like
Cahawba.

Stephen Barker built these quarters in
1860 on the northern edge of town.
As you can see in the photograph, this
structure originally had no columns and
sat behind Barker's large brick mansion.


After the Civil War, Confederate veteran
Samuel McCurdy Kirkpatrick and his
wife Sarah purchased Barker's large
home and all of its outlying structures.
As other residents started to abandon
Cahawba, the Kirkpatricks purchased
the vacated lots. They transformed
the dying town into a large farm. For
nearly seventy years, three generations of
Kirkpatricks managed a model farm here
called "Kirk-View."

The mansion burned in 1935. After the
fire, a grandson of Samuel and Sarah
Kirkpatrick created a home for his new
bride by adding columns and a back wing
to Barker's old slave quarters.

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The Duke of Cahaba
The Duke of Cahaba
Kirk-View Farm
Death in the Street
The Old Brick Store
Crocheron's Row
Who Lived Here?
The Hole That Was Once a Row
The Crocheron Columns
Cahaba Drug Store

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