Hart Square Village (NC)
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This simple map helped me navigate the 200-acre site. I have included numbers with the structures pictured in this album so they can be referenced here...
1. Log Outbuilding -- ca. 1800's
Moved to Hart Square/Restored: n/a Original Location: 2 miles N of Hart Square, Catawba County This standard four-wall log outbuilding was most likely a smokehouse but could have also been used as a feeding pen.
Moved to Hart Square/Restored: 2000 Original Location: 5 miles E of Hart Square, Catawba County Built by one George Pinkney Rhyne, this barn has a unique wrap-around covered area where farm equipment was stored.
3. Rhyne Barn (interior) -- ca. 1800's
Moved to Hart Square/Restored: 2000 Original Location: 5 miles E of Hart Square, Catawba County Built by one George Pinkney Rhyne, this barn has a unique wrap-around covered area where farm equipment was stored.
3. Rhyne Barn (interior) -- ca. 1800's
Moved to Hart Square/Restored: 2000 Original Location: 5 miles E of Hart Square, Catawba County Built by one George Pinkney Rhyne, this barn has a unique wrap-around covered area where farm equipment was stored.
4. Drum Cabin -- ca. Early 1800's
Moved to Hart Square/Restored: 1998 Original Location: Catawba County This particular building has quite the varied history. It is named for its first owner, John Drum. During its early years the home was a busy place as it served as both a stage coach stop and Post Office.
Moved to Hart Square/Restored: n/a Original Location: This is a replica
Moved to Hart Square/Restored: n/a Original Location: This is a replica
7. Ebenezer School -- ca. mid-1800's
Moved to Hart Square/Restored: 1989 Original Location: 6 miles from Hart Square, Catawba County According to info accompanying this building when Dr. Hart acquired this property it was being used simply as a barn. However, the owner at the time recalled it being referred to as 'the old schoolhouse' and upon researching old maps Dr. Hart discovered that a school by the name of Ebenezer did exist in the original location of the building.
7. Ebenezer School (interior) -- ca. mid-1800's
Moved to Hart Square/Restored: 1989 Original Location: 6 miles from Hart Square, Catawba County According to info accompanying this building when Dr. Hart acquired this property it was being used simply as a barn. However, the owner at the time recalled it being referred to as 'the old schoolhouse' and upon researching old maps Dr. Hart discovered that a school by the name of Ebenezer did exist in the original location of the building.
Moved to Hart Square/Restored: 1982 Original Location: 15 miles NW of Hart Square, Burke County Also known as the 'School Masters House', was built by a man named Awl Speagle. I couldn't determine if it was ever actually used as housing for local teachers but at Hart Square its located adjacent to the Ebenezer Schoolhouse (#7) thus its other name.
Moved to Hart Square/Restored: 1998/2000 Original Location: 3 miles NE of Hart Square, Catawba County
Moved to Hart Square/Restored: 1982 Original Location: 18 miles NNE of Hart Square, Catawba County
10. Smoke House (interior) -- ca. 1800's
Moved to Hart Square/Restored: 1982 Original Location: 18 miles NNE of Hart Square, Catawba County
In this shot looking towards the center of the village you can see the Drum Cabin (#4) to the right and Smoke House (#10) to the left.
11. Doctors Office -- ca. 1850
Moved to Hart Square/Restored: n/a Original Location: 7 miles SE of Hart Square, Lincoln County This structure recieved its name as the 'Doctor's Office' as it is believed that this structure served as an area medical building of some sort during the Civil War. You will see references to a 'Dr. Hart' upon entering this building but the Dr. Hart it refers to never actually lived here but rather was a physician in Knoxville, Tennessee.
12. Byerly Drying Barn -- ca. 1800's
Moved to Hart Square/Restored: 1983 Original Location: 35 miles E of Hart Square, Davie County
13. Robinson Smoke House -- ca. Early 1800's
Moved to Hart Square/Restored: 1983 Original Location: 7 miles NE of Hart Square, Catawba County
Moved to Hart Square/Restored: 1978 Original Location: 20 miles NE of Hart Square, Catawba County Buildings like this were typically built into hillsides or down into the ground like this one is. In a time before refrigeration these cellars were a way of keeping perishables fresh during the warm seasons and from freezing in the winter.
Moved to Hart Square/Restored: 1978 Original Location: 20 miles NE of Hart Square, Catawba County Buildings like this were typically built into hillsides or down into the ground like this one is. In a time before refrigeration these cellars were a way of keeping perishables fresh during the warm seasons and from freezing in the winter.
Moved to Hart Square/Restored: 1982 Original Location: 10 miles NE of Hart Square, Catawba County This fantastic old home is one of the oldest in Catawba County.
Moved to Hart Square/Restored: 1982 Original Location: 10 miles NE of Hart Square, Catawba County This fantastic old home is one of the oldest in Catawba County.
16. Day Fire House -- ca. 1850
Moved to Hart Square/Restored: 1998 Original Location: 8 miles SE of Hart Square, Catawba/Lincoln County Line This simple structure once served as a common outbuilding or barn but has been re-imagined as a country fire house. It's named for the individual who donated the antique fire equipment on display inside.
16. Day Fire House -- ca. 1850
Moved to Hart Square/Restored: 1998 Original Location: 8 miles SE of Hart Square, Catawba/Lincoln County Line This simple structure once served as a common outbuilding or barn but has been re-imagined as a country fire house. It's named for the individual who donated the antique fire equipment on display inside.