Elbert Crouse Farmstead

Yesterday we visited the Elbert Crouse Homestead that had been place on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. The cabin, of uncertain age, has been beautifully restored by the present owner after decades of negelect. Well built of mortised logs, it is an impressive 2 and a half stories tall. The structure on the back is a modern addition that negates the need for a hasty visit to an outdoor privy of a frosty morning.


In addition to the cabin, the farmstead has a barn, a pig pin made of logs, and parts of what is described in the registration application as a shelter removed from the graveyard.


The top half of the structure, shown here sitting by the side of the old entry road, has latticed sides, and a tinned roof. This structure sat on a mortised log foundation of some height (as evidenced by the number of logs scatter around it). About 15 X 15 feet in size, it is by all appearances what is known in Appalachia as a grave house or shelter.

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