GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS
Walker Sisters Home
Historic Structures Report, Part II & Furnishing Study
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ILLUSTRATIONS
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PLATE XXV. Coats, water buckets, and the like
may have hung from the pegs set into the wall logs and the hooks fashioned
from branches.
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PLATE XXVI. The Walker Sisters Spring House, or Can House as
it is sometimes called, was the storage place for perishable items as milk, butter, etc.
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PLATE XXVII. Rear (south) elevation of the
Spring House.
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PLATE XXVIII. The original roof has been replaced
with modern wood sheathing covered with composition roll roofing.
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PLATE XXIX. The ingenious way the Smoky Mountain pioneers
used wood to replace metal hardware is well illustrated by the gudgeon and pingle hinge
used on the Spring House door.
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PLATE XXX. Note rot in the rib poles
supporting the roof overhang.
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PLATE XXXI. This rear view of the Spring House shows
the condition of the rib poles and the wall logs.
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PLATE XXXII. Storage shelves at rear of Spring House.
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PLATE XXXIII. Remains of hen nest to left of the door.
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Last Updated: 30-Sep-2009
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