List of historical structures maintained by the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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The following is a comprehensive list of historical structures located within and maintained by the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Structures at Cades Cove, Roaring Fork, the Noah Ogle Place, and Elkmont are part of U.S. Registered Historic Districts. Nine individual structures in the park are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. All historic structures within the park are maintained under NRHP guidelines, whether they are listed or not.
Cades Cove
Elkmont
Structure | Image | Appx. date of construction | Access | Notes |
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Mayna Avent Cabin | 1850 | Jakes Creek Trail/side trail | Built by Ownby family, used as a studio by Mayna Avent in the 1920s | |
Appalachian Clubhouse | 1934 | Elkmont Road | Replaced earlier clubhouse at the site, which burned in 1932 | |
Sneed Cabin | 1910 | Elkmont Road | Log walls chinked with grout; kitchen added 1948 | |
Smith Cabin | 1910 | Elkmont Road | Porch added in the 1970s | |
Higdon Cabin | 1910 | Elkmont Road | Porch added in 1980 | |
Swan Cabin | 1910–1930 | Elkmont Road | Remodeled numerous times | |
Addicks Cabin | 1910 | Elkmont Road | Initially a "set house" used by Little River Lumber Company employees; rear wing added 1930s | |
Adamless Eden | 1921 | Elkmont Road | Children's playhouse on Addicks Cabin property; unhewn-log siding | |
Creekmore Cabin | 1910–1930 | Elkmont Road | Several additions in the 1970s and 1980s | |
Mayo Cabin | 1910 | Elkmont Road | Initially a "set house" used by Little River Lumber Company employees; rear wing added in the 1930s | |
Levi Trentham Cabin | 1830 | Elkmont Road | Originally located on upper Jakes Creek; moved to Mayo Cabin lot after Trentham's death in 1932 | |
Mayo Cabin – servants' quarters | 1920 | Elkmont Road | Board and batten siding | |
Cain Cabin | 1915 | Elkmont Road | Remodeled numerous times | |
Galyon Cabin | 1910–1919 | Elkmont Road | Kitchen added 1919; associated shed built in 1970 | |
Baumann Cabin | 1910 | Elkmont Road | Clerestory added in the 1920s; Rear wing added in 1936 | |
Scruggs-Brisco Cabin | 1910–1930 | Elkmont Road | Porch added in 1970 | |
Cook Cabin | 1912 | Elkmont Road | Several additions 1930–1950; porch added in 1970 | |
Hale Cabin | 1910–1930 | Elkmont Road | Porch added in 1970 | |
Byers Cabin | 1910–1930 | Elkmont Road ("Society Hill") | Given to Col. David Chapman by Tennessee Park Commission for his work in establishing the national park | |
Spence Cabin | 1910–1930 | Little River Trail | Also known as "River Lodge"; middle section built with unhewn logs, board-and-batten on east and west sections, weatherboarding on east section |
Cataloochee
Hazel Creek
Greenbrier
Tyson McCarter Place
The Sugarlands
Structure | Image | Appx. date of construction | Access | Notes |
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John Ownby Cabin | 1850s | Sugarlands Visitor Center nature trail |
Noah Ogle Place
Roaring Fork
Little Greenbrier
Structure | Image | Appx. date of construction | Access | Notes |
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Walker Cabin | 1859 | Little Greenbrier Trail | Sometimes called King-Walker Cabin | |
Walker Corncrib | Little Greenbrier Trail | Located adjacent to Walker Cabin | ||
Walker Springhouse | Little Greenbrier Trail | Located near Walker Cabin | ||
Little Greenbrier School | early 1880s | Little Greenbrier Trail | Constructed of hewn poplar logs |
Oconaluftee
Resources
- Davis, Hattie Caldwell. Cataloochee Valley: Vanished Settlements of the Great Smoky Mountains (Alexander, N.C.: Worldcomm, 1997).
- Dunn, Durwood. Cades Cove: The Life and Death of an Appalachian Community (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1988).
- Oliver, Duane. Hazel Creek From Then Till Now (Maryville, Tenn.: Stinnett Printing, 1989).
- Robbins, Tim. Mountain Farm Museum Self-Guided Tour (Gatlinburg: Great Smoky Mountains Association, date not given).
- Thomason, Phillip and Williams, Michael. National Register of Historic Places Registration Form for Elkmont Historic District. April–July 1993, pp. 8–19. PDF file.
- Trout, Ed. Historic Buildings of the Smokies (Gatlinburg: Great Smoky Mountains Association, 1995).
- Wear, Jerry. Greenbrier: Lost Communities of Sevier County, Tennessee (Sevierville, Tenn.: Sevierville Heritage Committee, 1985).
- Wear, Jerry. Sugarlands: A Lost Community in Sevier County, Tennessee (Sevierville, Tennessee: Sevierville Heritage Committee, 1986).
External links
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park
- Great Smoky Mountains Association – official nonprofit partner of the park, raises funds for restoration of historic structures and publishes all official guide information on the park
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