Henry Whitehead Place, Smokehouse, Townsend, Blount County, TN
Summary
Significance: Typical example of one of the most frequently built outbuildings of a mountain homestead. // c. 1898. Henry Whitehead, Builder. Oak logs. Square. Logs hewn on vertical faces and joints dovetailed. Split log shelf on the northeast wall. There is no permanent hearth in the smokehouse suggesting that meat was salted rather than smoked here. In case it was to be smoked, a portable hearth such as a tub with a fire of wood chips would be brought in.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-12
Survey number: HABS TN-162
Tags
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Location
Townsend, 35.67537, -83.75573
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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