Noah Ogle Place, historic house in Tennessee, United States
The Noah Ogle Place is a farm in Sevier County with a saddlebag house made of two log cabins joined by a shared chimney, a barn with four sections, and a tub mill by the creek. The buildings date from the late 1800s and contain original furnishings and tools that show how mountain families lived and worked.
Noah Ogle built the farm in the 1880s, continuing a family settlement in the area that began decades earlier. The property remained with the family until 1913 and was later acquired by the government to become part of the national park.
The name refers to the family that lived and worked here for generations. The saddlebag house design and the communal use of the mill show how mountain families organized their homes and shared resources with neighbors.
The farm is reached on foot via a nature trail starting near Gatlinburg and easy to walk. The nearby Roaring Fork Motor Trail is a popular scenic drive with many stops along the way, though it closes from December to March.
The tub mill was the last working mill of its kind in the region and ran on water power from nearby LeConte Creek. Neighbors could use it for free or paid with ground grain, reflecting an early form of community exchange and barter.
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