Alfred Reagan House and Tub Mill: Historic Structures Report, Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Madden R and Jones TR. 1969. Alfred Reagan House and Tub Mill: Historic Structures Report, Great Smoky Mountains National Park. US National Park Service, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation
Family sources claim that Alfred Reagan constructed all parts of the house and mill, including the mill stones and the bolting machine. Family sources also indicate that the original paint used on the exterior of the house included all three colors offered by Sears Roebuck at that time. This, of course, is not true, since there are more than fifty different colors listed in the reprint of the 1908 Sears Roebuck Catalogue.Documentary evidence relative to the complex is restricted to the documents of acquisition prepared when the land was purchased for the park in the early 1930s. Much of the information was obtained from taped interviews made within the past few months. These interviews were with older family members and neighbors. Reliable information on structural changes was not contained in any available document or interview. The structure was originally a one-story hewn log cabin. The two attic rooms, the exterior and interior siding, and probably the kitchen addition were all added at a later date.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Madden, RR; Jones, T
- Date of Issue
- 1969
- Publisher
- US National Park Service, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation
- Units
- GRSM , HIST
- Keywords
- Archaeology, Cultural Resources, ehistory, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, History, man-made structures, NC, Organization, Preservation, Structure, TN, Tub Mill