Kingsley Plantation Kitchen Well - Jacksonville, FL - Draw Wells on Waymarking.com

The old kitchen well is one of two wells that have survived since Zephaniah Kingsley's ownership. The other is called the low stone well and was used to provide water to both humans and horses. (visit link)

The following information is from an audio tour transcript about the kitchen:

"Stop 6: Kitchen

Cooking for the plantation owner and this family was done in a separate building because of heat, noise, smells, and the danger of a fire.

The kitchen was a meeting point between African and European cultures. Slave cooks prepared foods traditionally, altering recipes passed down from African ancestors and mixing in local ingredients and new recipes from the owner's family.

After slave cooks prepared meals they carried them to the owner's house to be served. Water was brought from the well or the cistern near this building. The latticed walkway was added in the 1870s."

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