Built in the 1780s, this unnamed log slave dwelling likely housed an enslaved family or kinship group. Not mentioned by Jefferson in his records, Monticello staff archaeologists found evidence of the building in the 1980s and called it Mulberry Row Structure 2 (MRS-2).
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Digital model of a wooden slave dwelling (MRS-2). Image by Rendersphere, LLC
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Excavation of the unnamed dwelling, MRS-2
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Site of MRS 2 site (outlined in red) superimposed on the 1796 Mutual Insurance Plat