National Register of Historic Places

McCarter, Tyson, Place

Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee
Listed
March 16, 1976
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
76000204

About this property

The Tyson McCarter Place was a homestead located in the Great Smoky Mountains of Sevier County, in the U.S. state of Tennessee. Before the establishment of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in the 1930s, the homestead belonged to mountain farmer Jacob Tyson McCarter (1878–1950), a descendant of some of the area's earliest European settlers. While McCarter's house is no longer standing, several outbuildings— including a barn, springhouse, corn crib, and smokehouse— have survived, and have been placed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Tyson McCarter Place— like the Noah Ogle Place a few miles to the west— was once characteristic of the hundreds of small farms that once dotted the isolated coves and valleys of the northern Smokies. McCarter's house and outbuildings were arranged in an unusual circular formation around an open barnyard, probably to allow the livestock maximum protection from wild animals. Another unique feature of the McCarter outbuildings is the adjoined barn and corn crib (these are usually two separate structures). Two chimney falls and the remnants of a foundation mark where McCarter's house once stood, and several well-built rock walls criss-cross the homestead.

Location

Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee
35.76010, -83.29974

Categories

AGRICULTUREARCHITECTURE
Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was McCarter, Tyson, Place listed on the National Register?

McCarter, Tyson, Place was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 16, 1976.

What type of historic resource is McCarter, Tyson, Place?

McCarter, Tyson, Place is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for McCarter, Tyson, Place is recorded as the industrial era.

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