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Again adding onto his original home, another wing was added to Robinson House. As Robinson's wealth and family continued to grow throughout the nineteenth century so too did his home.

With the 1926 renovation to their home the Robinsons built a new structure rather than adding to the original house. Creating a two story frame home with two rooms per floor the Robinsons also added improvements like indoor plumbing at this time.…

This bead was found at Nash House, the site of an African American church which the Robinsons may have attended. Beads like this were used as a part of traditional African “minsiki” spiritual bundles.

These pieces are used in a traditional Nigerian problem solving game called Mankala.

Homemade dishes, colonoware is a low fired unglazed dish which is thought to have African origins.

Not currently available online, this link provides an example of the kinds of student videos which will be on this site. These videos cover the causes of the Civil War, the outcomes of the first and second Battles of Manassas, the story of the…