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Title
Henry Whitehead Place In Cades Cove
Artist
Carol Montoya
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Henry Whitehead Place In Cades Cove
"The origin of the Henry Whitehead Place actually begins with something of a rarity in the very religious Cades Cove - the separation of a husband and wife. When Matilda Shields Gregory and her young son were deserted by her husband, her brothers responded quickly by building mother and son a cabin to stay in.
Unfortunately, the quick construction led to the cabin being one of the most poorly constructed in Cades Cove, featuring rough-hewn logs and a chimney made of rubble.
As years passed, Matilda fell in love with widower Henry Whitehead. After the two were married in 1898, Henry (perhaps out of-of sympathy for his new bride having had to live in her previous dwelling) constructed the couple one of the nicest homes in Cades Cove. For starters, the home featured a brick chimney, a real rarity in Cades Cove at the time, since making bricks was a fairly complicated process in those days.
The home was constructed of square-sawed logs, finely finished inside to make them smooth and attractive. Square-log construction was naturally well-insulated by approximately four-inch thick walls and virtually no space between logs, so the cabin was especially warm by Cades Cove standards.
The Henry Whitehead Place is not only the only square-log home remaining in Cades Cove, it is also the only one left in the entire Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It is considered a transition home between the early Cades Cove cabins and the more modern frame homes which would arrive in later years. The home is located near Chestnut Flats."
https://www.smokiesadventure.com/smokymountains/cadescove/henry_whitehead_place.htm
The Henry Whitehead Place is located on Forge Creek Road, a dirt road which is the first right after passing the Cable Mill Historic Area. The road eventually becomes one-way once it turns into Parsons Branch Road, but it is a two-way road to the Whitehead homestead, so you can turn around and rejoin the Cades Cove Loop Road after a visit to the site.
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October 24th, 2017
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Asheville, NC - United States
Thank you, Dora Sofia Caputo Photographic Design and Fine Art for a featured in in your group "Glimpses Of Autumn"!
Corpus Christi, TX - United States
Beautifully captured with the cabin highlighted by the autumn colored trees!
Asheville, NC - United States
Thank you, JW Hanley for the featured in your group Southern Photographers!
Wheaton, IL - United States
Nicely captured and composed, Carol. Got some color in there - assuming a recent capture, no small feat. Was in Tennessee and NC last couple of weeks and really sad at the lack of color. Interesting back story on the cabin!
Carol Montoya replied:
Joni, the colors are now coming in as the cold air is too. Today. the reds are finally coming out in my town. Thank you.
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