Presbyterian Church

Presbyterian Church

Automobiles

Bicycles

Dwellings

Presbyterian church buildings

Looking across Everett Street is the Presbyterian Church and manse/parsonage as seen from north of the John Dorsey home. In the right foreground Toot Hollow Branch flows under sidewalk to the opposite side of the street. An automobile is parked in front of the church with a 1925 license plate. A boy rides a bicycle down the street. B 468 is written on the negative. The photographer, “Doc” Kelly Bennett (1890-1974), was a prominent pharmacist in Swain County, NC. Owner of the Bryson City Drug Company, Bennett served as alderman and mayor of Bryson City, on the Swain County Board of Education, as well as several terms as NC State Senator and NC State Representative. He participated in numerous other initiatives and organizations. Known as the “Apostle of the Smokies,” Bennett was an instrumental figure in the movement to create the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. He was also an avid photographer, skillfully documenting a wide variety of people, places, and events in Swain County and the surrounding area.

Bennett, Kelly, 1890-1974

Kelly Bennett Collection

1925

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negatives (photographs)

eng

StillImage

72266

https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/72266

Bryson City (N.C.)

Swain County (N.C.)

3.5" x 5.75"(dimension)

Picturing Appalachia