PhD Student Graham Callaway & Audrey Horning Assist Community Group in Preserving Historic Cabin
PhD student Graham Callaway and faculty member Audrey Horning have been privileged to work as Advisors for Literacy InterActives, a non-profit community group who have been working hard to restore a historic log house in Mecklenburg County. The group has been working to preserve, restore, and develop the Parker-Sydnor Cabin, with the goal of creating a community center and museum.
Built in the 1880s on former plantation land purchased by a newly emancipated family in the first decades of freedom, the cabin was still occupied by descendants until the 1970s. Graham and Audrey have been contributing to these efforts by attending community workdays and events, writing portions of grant applications, and leading a Phase I archaeological survey of the property along with William & Mary undergraduate students.
Read more about the Parker-Sydnor Cabin and Literacy InterActives by following these links:
Literacy InterActives website:
https://literacyinteractives.org/
Newsletter featuring Graham & Audrey’s work at the site:
https://literacyinteractives.org/2023-lia-newsletter-vol-3
