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An Examination of an Ice House at Old Town Plantation

Abstract

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Old Town plantation has had a long and prosperous life. The property has been occupied historically for more than 200 hundred years. Christopher Fitzsimmons' purchased the property in 1809. Fitzsimmons' created a working plantation and an elaborate homestead at Old Town. It is his occupation that this research centers around. Excavations in 1994 revealed the foundation footings of his home, the associated springhouse and his ice house. This thesis is an in depth examination of ice houses around the world comparatively and how these structures relate to the ice house at Old Town.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Master of Arts in Social Sciences (M.A.)
Level thesis:degree_level
Thesis (open access)
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Year dc:date.available
2012

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Gillispie, Elizabeth A.
Contributors dc:contributor
  • H. Steven Hale
  • Peggy Hargis

Subjects

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Identifiers

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Repository record dc:identifier
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/etd/624
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu:etd-1624

Chain of custody

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2026-07-24
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citation

Gillispie, Elizabeth A.. An Examination of an Ice House at Old Town Plantation. Thesis (open access) thesis, 2012. https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/etd/624