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At Rackliffe Plantation, the milk house was a one-room dairy structure built two to three feet below grade for coolness, with brick or stone floors, plastered or whitewashed ceilings and interior walls, and long louvered openings set high under wide eaves to create cross-ventilation for passive cooling; wires or shutters could open or close these openings as the sun moved during the day, and linen, cheesecloth, or gauze screens kept out insects. Female servants or slaves made butter and soft cheese for the plantation in this outbuilding, which dates to about 1800.
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