This photograph shows the summer residence of Dr. Carl A. Schenck in the Pink Beds, the Wicker Sharp House. Some outbuildings are also shown in the photograph.
Dr. Carl Alwin Schenck's summer residence in the Pink Beds of Pisgah National Forest. He resided here in the summers from 1896 to 1909. Frequent guests included the Vanderbilt family and lecturers from the Biltmore Forest School.
A view of a vegetable garden with mountains and trees in the background. The garden belonged to Adele Schenck (née Bopp) and, according to her husband, Dr. Carl Alwin Schenck, it was "famous for its potato bugs." The garden was at their summer…
A view of a two-story house with mountains and trees in the background. The house was Dr. Carl Alwin Schenck's summer residence in Pink Beds of Pisgah Forest, the Wicker Sharp House.
Three Black camp cooks, working for the Vanderbilt family, stand in front of a wooden fence and beside a porch. They accompanied the Vanderbilts on a trip to Pink Beds in Pisgah Forest.
A view of the porch connected to Dr. Carl Alwin Schenck's summer home in Pink Beds, the Wicker Sharp House. A leaf-covered arbor connects two wooden fences while a path leads to an entrance to the home. Planters in front of the porch contain…
A view from the porch of Dr. Carl Alwin Schenck's summer home in Pink Beds, the Wicker Sharp House. The name "Cornelia" is painted on a wooden sign above the door. Plants can be seen hanging from the the roof and columns of the porch while a wooden…
An image of Dr. Carl Alwin Schenck mounted on his horse, Monte, near his summer residence in Pink Beds, the Wicker Sharp House. Behind him is a meat gallows.