Historic Structure Report: Chicken House / Wash House
Oppermann JK. 2007. Historic Structure Report: Chicken House / Wash House. Historic Structure Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Atlanta, Georgia
Connemara, the North Carolina mountain property where Pulitzer Prize-winning author Carl Sandburg lived for the last twenty-two years of his life, was originally called Rock Hill by its builder C.G. Memminger. The estate contains the Greek Revival Main House in addition to several vernacular outbuildings, including the building called the Chicken House/Wash House by the Sandburgs. It was originally built by Memminger as a servants’ residence. This report contains historical and architectural data for the Chicken House/Wash House, as well as recommendations for the restoration and preservation of the site. A new General Management Plan was completed for the park in 2003. The selected alternative in the planning document calls for the park to become an international focal point for the study of Carl Sandburg and his work. It further called for "rehabilitating one or more historic structures near the main house or barn for interpretive program areas." Several historic structure reports were completed with documentation and recommendations for preservation.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Oppermann, Joseph
- Date of Issue
- 2007-09
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
- Units
- CARL , HIST , SER
- Keywords
- agriculture, Architecture, Carl Sandburg, Chicken, Christopher Memminger, Cultural Resources, ehistory, History, laundry house, Preservation, Rehabilitation, Restoration, servant's house, servant's quarters
- Subjects
- CRIS-HS: 005150: Chicken House (005150)