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 Meat Curing Barn in Mint Hill, NC
N 35° 10.666 W 080° 39.137
17S E 531661 N 3892812
A Meat Curing Barn @ the Mint Hill Country Doctor's Museum
Waymark Code: WMEEAZ
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 05/15/2012
Views: 3
Welcome Visitors
A 'For Sale' sign hammered into the front lawn of the old country doctor's building was all the motivation needed to begin the Mint Hill Historical Society. Twenty-one citizens signed the charter in 1985 with the purpose of preserving the history of the area. The Mint Hill Country Doctor's Museum was the first restoration project. Now, twenty five years later, everyone is invited to take a step into history at the Carl J. McEwen Historic Village. Visitors can walk through the restored Country Doctor’s Office, the Ashcraft one room schoolhouse, the Ira V. Ferguson Country Store and the soon-to-be completed Gold Assay office where miners brought their ore to see if they had struck it rich!! Other outbuildings in the village like the blacksmith shop, hen house, and meat curing building reflect the rural nature of early Mint Hill. Join the children and adults alike who find excitement and enchantment as they step back in time in the village.
The Ashcraft Meat Curing Log Barn has a sign that says this: Until the rise of refrigeration, people cured meats with salt or smoke. The salf used to cure meat draws prohibits the growth of bacteria, allowing the meat to stay edible without refrigeration. Mr. Ashcraft made two boxes for curing his meat. In one box was a salt brine for soaking meat and in the other a course salt for coating the meat for preservation.
This log building was constructed by the Ashcraft family c. 1860 and donated by the william A. Linker family in 2002.
You will enjoy your visit to the Mint Hill Country Doctor's Museum in Mint Hill, NC.
Construction: Wood
Is this a 'working' barn?: Other (describe below)
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The Ashcraft Meat Curing Log Building has a sign that says this: Until the rise of refrigeration, people cured meats with salt or smoke. The salf used to cure meat draws prohibits the growth of bacteria, allowing the meat to stay edible without refrigeration. Mr. Ashcraft made two boxes for curing his meat. In one box was a salt brine for soaking meat and in the other a course salt for coating the meat for preservation.
Distinctive Features: Distinctive Shape (round, octagon, gambrel roof, cupola, multi-level)
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Coming here during open house 10-2, M-S will allow you to relieve the past and learn some history you can not learn from books.
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