The Quietdale mansion was designed and built over 160 years ago by my great great great grandparents, William and Caroline Robinson. The plantation house and slave quarters survived the Civil War and beyond, although time has taken its toll on this historic treasure. Many cherished structures of the Civil War era survived the because Huntsville capitulated so early to Union forces.
William Robinson died of a stroke at age 43, just days before construction was to begin. Caroline persevered (with 5 children!) and the house was completed in 1854. Most of the skilled laborers and craftsmen on the job were the slaves themselves, for William taught them well. Hopefully, he treated them well, too. Caroline never remarried and continued to live at Quietdale until her death in 1885.
The slave quarters are positioned at a right angle just behind the main house. During the space race of the 1960's, housing was so tight from large numbers of NASA personnel moving to Huntsville, the slave quarters were converted into apartments for a time.
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