Facts About the Storehouse
This workshop was reconstructed in 2014. Like many structures along Mulberry Row, its function changed over time. (Pictured: Digital recreation of the Storehouse for Iron by Rendersphere, LLC)
It was once a tin shop, where workers snipped and soldered sheets of tin to make cups, graters, and other household items. (Pictured: Tinsmithing tools and materials on display in the reconstructed Storehouse for Iron)
Later, blacksmiths stored their iron here. At other times, the building served as a nailery and slave dwelling. (Pictured: tinsmithing anvil, forge, and bellows in the recreated Storehouse for Iron)
People to Know: Isaac Granger Jefferson
As a boy, Granger crisscrossed the mountaintop doing chores. He carted wood to his mother in the kitchen and opened gates for visitors. (Pictured: "Young Isaac" by Nathaniel Gibbs)
He became a blacksmith. Around age 50, he became free and went on to make a living forging iron. (Pictured: Partial horseshoe uncovered on Mulberry Row)
At age 72, Granger dictated his story to a white man who described him as “tall, of strong frame . . . sensible, intelligent, pleasant.” (Pictured: Isaac Granger Jefferson, ca. 1845, about age 70, University of Virginia Special Collections Library)
Archaeology at Storehouse for Iron
Fraser Neiman, Director of Archaeology at Monticello, discusses the archaeological research behind the recreation of the Storehouse for Iron. (Running time: 2:23)