In late November 2012, the Edisto Island Historic Preservation
Society contacted the museum about a cabin located at the Point
of Pines Plantation. The cabin was donated to the Preservation
Society by the Burnet Maybank family, owners of the Point of
Pines Plantation. NMAAHC officially acquired the cabin in April
2013. On Monday, May 13, a museum contractor will begin to
dismantle the cabin from its current site on Edisto Island. The
dismantling is estimated to take 8–10 days. Preliminary
Dismantle Schedule Monday 5/13/13: Marking, tagging and removing
non-period material Tuesday 5/14/13: Removing siding and roofing
material Wednesday 5/15/13: Taking the roof framing down and
removing flooring Thursday 5/16/13: Dismantling the frame of the
building Friday 5/17/13: Packing the pieces of the building
Saturday 5/18/13: Packing finished and heading to the Washington
area Point of Pines Plantation, Edisto Island, St. John’s
Colleton Parish, Charleston County (located off Route 174 on
Point of Pines Road). The foll