The Triplex

The Triplex was likely built in the 1820s or 1830s during construction of the mansion at The Hermitage, and its limestone foundation and brick walls echoed those of Jackson’s home. Its location, division of space, and uncovered artifacts suggest that it served as the living and work space for many of the enslaved people who worked in and around the mansion and served the Jacksons and their guests. Archaeologists believe that numerous sewing items recovered in the middle room belonged to Gracy Bradley, whom Andrew Jackson purchased with her family in Washington, D.C. during his presidency to be a skilled seamstress and personal servant to his daughter-in-law Sarah Yorke Jackson. At The Hermitage, Gracy married Alfred, who took the name Jackson after emancipation, while Gracy chose the surname Bradley and passed it on to her children. The history of The Hermitage is as much a Bradley story as it is a Jackson story.

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