BDC Author Book Talk: Colin Brooker about Tabby Structures in Beaufort District

"Historically Speaking" Season 5 opens with an Author Book Talk about a lowcountry building material, tabby. The Shell Builders: Tabby Architecture of Beaufort, South Carolina, and the Sea Islands by Colin Brooker (2020) is the master work of one of the world's foremost authorities on tabby construction - who just so happens to live here. Brooker is an international expert on form-built structures comprised of natural materials found on site.  His investigations have widened accepted scholarship about this subject.

Colin H. Brooker, of Brooker Architectural Design Consultants, Beaufort, South Carolina, heads a small consortium of specialists engaged in the excavation, recording, conservation, and publication of historic architectural and archaeological resources. Today, his practice is largely oriented towards historic structures of the southeastern United States and The Bahamas. He has helped preserve tabby-built plantation structures on Dataw, Spring, Daufuskie, Callawassie, and Hilton Head islands and at the c. 1780 Barnwell Gough House in Beaufort.

This program is co-sponsored by the Beaufort District Collection and the Beaufort County Historical Society. Space is limited. Registration will be required through the BCHS website. The registration link will be provided closer to the program date. -- Latest update 15 May 2023 - gmc

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