Bulloch Hall
Roswell, Georgia
The childhood home of President Teddy Roosevelt's mother, Mittie, Bulloch Hall is today part of a living museum in Roswell, Georgia. Using archaeology, archival research, and oral histories, Brockington and Associates guided the reconstruction of a dog-trot slave cabin on the site of the original. Today, one half of the cabin serves as a re-created recreated living space, while the other half houses the exhibit Slave Life in the Piedmont.
Consisting of eight interpretive panels and four artifact cases, the exhibit focuses on the often-overlooked contributions of enslaved African Americans to the building of Georgia's antebellum cities. Supported by an audio presentation featuring Negro spirituals and African-American voices, the exhibit realistically portrays the hardships and suffering, the everyday lives and the accomplishments of Roswell's forgotten citizens.