Henry Whitehead Place (1948 - 2012) - Cades Cove, TN
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vhasler
N 35° 34.695 W 083° 50.302
17S E 242795 N 3940880
Recreated roughly the October 1948 photograph by Ansel Adams titled "OLD HOUSES NEAR CADES COVE" of a double cabin in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Waymark Code: WME5EP
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 04/06/2012
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Found first for the "Ansel Adams Photo Hunt" category,
Waymark WME53E is of a 1948 image created by the famous environmental photographer as he traveled to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The Knoxville Museum of Art currently has an exhibit (
link) displaying on-line the 47 photographs created on that trip for educational purposes.
From the driving tour information on the yoursmokies website, we learn why there are two cabins built right next to each other. The small original 1880s cabin with the stone chimney was constructed by the brothers of Matilda Shields Gregory after her husband ran away leaving also a small son. The second cabin with the brick chimney was built when Matilda married widower Henry Whitehead who had three daughters.
The coordinates are where I took my present-day photograph, but later when comparing it to the original I believe Ansel Adams was standing a couple of steps to the right as more of the front cabin's roof is viewed. Maybe subsequent visitors can line up a closer reproduction. To reach this location, travel the loop around to the visitors' center. A gravel Forge Creek Road veers off right from the loop road. After traveling roughly half mile, the cabins are seen on left with a small four car pull-off.