Hair Conrad Cabin | |
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| Nearest city | Cleveland, Tennessee |
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| Coordinates | 35°9′47″N84°54′37″W / 35.16306°N 84.91028°W |
| Area | 4 acres (1.6 ha) |
| Built | 1804 |
| NRHP reference No. | 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]
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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]
