Record #:

13565

Author(s):

Sharpe, Bill

Abstract:

The biggest log house ever built in the Smoky Mountains was 2 stories high, 90 feet long, and contained the first real bathrooms ever installed in the county. Constructed on Hooper's Bald, the house was completed in 1910 and contained an eight foot tall wire fence surrounding the property.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 20 Issue 17, Sept 1952, p3-5, 19, il

Subject(s):

Log cabins