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 2 drawings |  21 b&w photos |  28 data pages |  3 photo caption pages |  2 color transparencies |
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TITLE:
The Hermitage, Alfred's Cabin, 4580 Rachel's Lane, Hermitage, Davidson County, TN
CALL NUMBER:
HABS TENN,19-NASH.V,1C-
REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]
MEDIUM:
Measured Drawing(s): 2 (24 x 36 in.)
Photo(s): 21 (5 x 7 and 5 x 7 in.)
Data Page(s): 27 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 3
Color Transparencies: 2
DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1933.
CREATOR:
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
NOTE:
Survey number HABS TN-52-C
Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (N379).
Building/structure dates: 1843 initial construction
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000722
Significance: Alfred's Cabin is an important part of General Andrew Jackson's plantation, The Hermitage, because it is the only remaining dwelling on the property that can be directly linked to its slaves.Recent dendrochronology studies by Dr. Henri Griss Ino-Mayer, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, show the cabin to be built of eastern red cedar logs in 1843.
SUBJECTS:
TENNESSEE--Davidson County--Hermitage
COLLECTION:
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.tn0306
CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. General view of Alfred's cabin looking from the north porch of the mansion to the cabin (essentially south to north from a southwestern position)
2. West (front) elevation, with scale
3. Detail view of west elevation, center section, showing the ends of the logs from the interior partition wall and the joining of the north and south rooms (a series of three log joints, some using the half-dovetail notch) as well as the ends of the variable -sized ceiling joists
4. Close view of the logs joining of the north and south rooms, with scale (Note: hole with remains of peg SITU as seen in the east cabin)
5. South elevation, with scale
6. Detail view of the southeast corner of the cabin to illustrate corner notching
7. Detail view of the southeast corner of east elevation showing the corner notching, with scale
8. East elevation, with scale
9. Close view of east elevation, upper section, showing the roof before the shingles were attached
10. North elevation of Alfred's cabin with the mansion in the background, with scale
11. View of Alfred's cabin looking from the northwest to the southeast in the general direction of the garden & tomb
12. Interior north room, general view of south wall including the fireplace and brick hearth as well as the white washed log partition wall, looking from the north, with scale
13. Interior north room, close view of south wall fireplace, with scale
14. Interior north room, looking to southeast corner of the room; image taken with natural light from open door in west wall and window (not shown) in the east
15. Interior north room, close view of fireplace looking in a northwest to southeast direction
16. Interior north room, looking from the east at the west wall, with the door closed, with scale
17. Interior south room, which was the room Alfred lived in after the Ladies Hermitage Association assumed responsibility for the property., looking toward the southeast corner & the loom
18. Interior south room, looking from south to north at the log partition wall with its fireplace and log ladder stair to the loft above, with scale
19. Interior south room, duplicate view of the north wall, with scale
20. Interior south room, close view of stone fireplace and log ladder, with stair
21. Interior south room, detail view of door in west wall showing the hinged door catch
22. General view of Alfred's cabin looking from the north porch of the mansion to the cabin, essentially south to north from a southwestern position (duplicate of HABS no. TN-52-C-1)
23. View of Alfred's cabin looking from the northwest to the southeast in the general direction of the garden & tomb (duplicate of HABS no. TN-52-C-11)
CONTROL #:
TN0306
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