Hayden Hensley and Bonnie Logan Hensley homestead paid for by woodcarving

Hayden Hensley and Bonnie Logan Hensley homestead paid for by woodcarving

Brasstown Carvers

Farmhouses

John C. Campbell Folk School

Hayden Hensley and wife, Bonnie Logan Hensley, early students and carvers at the John C. Campbell Folk School, were able to purchase this house solely from the funds they earned from woodcarving. Many carvers were farmers who carved as a means of supplementing income. The house, located in Murphy, North Carolina, was referred to by the couple as "the house that carving built."

Unknown

Historical Photograph Collection

Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

1940

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photographs

StillImage

14892

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2008-02-12

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Cherokee County (N.C.)

Appalachian Region, Southern

3" x 5"(dimension)

Craft Revival