Historic Structures in Cades Cove

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Cades Cove features several historic buildings, including three churches, log homes, a working grist mill, and other restored structures. In this week’s blog, Cades Cove Heritage Tours would like to tell you all about the historic structures you will see along our public and private tours. Grab the family, grab your camera, and let’s go for a ride!

John Oliver Cabin

The first historic structure you will see along the tour is the John Oliver Cabin. This cabin is named after one of the first pioneers to settle in Cades Cove. The home has no nails or pegs, the notched corners use gravity to hold it together. The John Oliver Cabin stayed in the Oliver family for over 100 years before the National Park Service eventually took it over.

Churches

You will enjoy the site of three church buildings along the route. First is the Primitive Baptist Church, then the Methodist Church and lastly the Missionary Baptist Church. These structures are very intriguing and hold lots of history.

Elijah Oliver Place

Elijah was the son of John Oliver, whose place we passed first. Elijah did leave Cades Cove before the Civil War started. When the war was over, he moved back to the Cove and into this cabin. It was very common in these times to live close to your parents and that is just what Elijah Oliver did.

Cable Mill

Cable Mill is a functioning gristmill and the only one still functioning in the Smoky Mountains. You can tour the mill and there are several other historic buildings close by, including a barn, smokehouse, and a blacksmith building.

Henry Whitehead Place

This is one of the most unique structures in the Cove. It is a “transition home” meaning it used traditional log home architecture and new sawed lumber, framed house technology. At the time of its construction, it was only the third home in all the Smoky Mountains to use this technology. Out of those three, this is the only one still standing.

Dan Lawson Place

The Dan Lawson place has a unique feature, the brick chimney attached to the home. All the bricks that were used to build the chimney were made right here in Cades Cove.

Tipton Place

Colonel Hamp Tipton owned this cabin however he never lived there. His two daughters, Lucy and Lizzie lived here and were teachers at a school in Cades Cove. A little fun fact, the famous cantilever barn that sits across the road is a replica of the original.

Carter Shields Cabin

The last historic structure you will see along your tour is the Carter Shields Cabin. The cabin was home to Civil War veteran George Washington ‘Carter’ Shields. He was wounded in the battle of Shiloh and only lived in the cabin for 11 years after returning to Cades Cove after living in Kansas after the war.

Cades Cove Heritage Tours

Here at Cades Cove Heritage Tours, we seek to provide a superior visitor experience while protecting the natural cultural resource of Cades Cove. Come and experience the Cove with a relaxing guided tour and learn all about the natural resources and history in the Cove. Check out all our tours and dates on our website.


CADES COVE HERITAGE TOURS
865-448-8838
P.O. Box 268
Townsend, TN 37882-0268
info@cadescoveheritagetours.org

Location: Townsend, TN 37882, USA

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