Historic Structure Report: The Swedish House

Jones TH. 2005. Historic Structure Report: The Swedish House. Historic Structure Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Southeast Regional Office. Atlanta, Georgia

Carl Sandburg purchased Connemara in 1946. In addition to the residence, but were also numerous outbuildings and dependencies, one of which was the Swedish House. The Swedish House was a remarkable cottage originally built to house enslaved house servants, but used primarily as a sort of overflow library for storage of the Sandburgs’ enormous collection of books and magazines. This report contains historical and architectural data for the Swedish House as well as recommendations for the treatment of the site.

Type
Published Report
Authors
Jones, Tommy
Date of Issue
2005-09
Publisher
U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Southeast Regional Office
Units
CARL , HIST , SER
Keywords
Architecture, Carl Sandburg, Christopher Memminger, Connemara, Construction, Cultural Resources, ehistory, Ellison Smyth, Gothic Revival, guest house, History, library, poetry, Preservation, Resource Management, Rock Hill, servant's dwelling, servants quarters, Swedish, William Gregg
Subjects
CRIS-HS: 005148: Swedish House

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