Hair Conrad Cabin

Hair Conrad Cabin
Nearest city Cleveland, Tennessee
Coordinates 35°9′47″N 84°54′37″W / 35.16306°N 84.91028°W / 35.16306; -84.91028Coordinates: 35°9′47″N 84°54′37″W / 35.16306°N 84.91028°W / 35.16306; -84.91028
Area 4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built 1804 (1804)
NRHP Reference # 76001765[1]
Added to NRHP September 13, 1976

The Hair Conrad Cabin is a historic log cabin in Bradley County, Tennessee, United States, and the oldest residential structure in the county.[2]

It is a single-pen cabin that was built in the early 1800s by a Cherokee known by the names Tekahskeh and Hair Conrad. Its construction followed the style of cabins built by white settlers of the era.[2][3]

Hair Conrad, who had a white father and a Cherokee mother, farmed the land near the cabin, growing apples, peaches, and other produce. A leader in the Cherokee community and a "man of means", he was the founder of a school for the education of Cherokee children. He participated in writing the Cherokee Constitution in 1827, and prior to 1836 he was a representative of the Cherokee Nation in Washington, D.C.[4] He was later (in 1838) to lead the first detachment of Cherokees from Rattlesnake Springs on the Trail of Tears and died soon after reaching Oklahoma in 1839.[2][4][5]

After Hair Conrad's departure, a succession of white families owned and lived in the cabin. It is now on the property of Blythewood Farms.[4]

The cabin was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 3 "National Register of Historic Places". Cleveland/Bradley Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved January 26, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Your Passport to Explore Cherokee Heritage". VisitClevelandTN.com. Retrieved January 26, 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 "A closer look at the Hair Conrad cabin". Cleveland Daily Banner. August 24, 2011.
  5. ↑ "A Brief History of the Trail of Tears". Cherokee Nation History and Culture. Cherokee Nation. Retrieved January 26, 2014.
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