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“Autumn’s Splendor
at the Tipton Place”
in Cades Cove
by Steve Norris
This painting of the Tipton Place in
Cades Cove shows the house as it looked a few years ago before
the red-wheeled carriage was removed and the carriage shed
boarded in. The Smoky Mountain tree colors are accurate and show
autumn’s glory at the height of October’s grand leaf changes.
The walnut tree to the right of the house is still there, but
the tree is shown here in its “healthier” days when the big limb
hanging over the roof was still there. Please don’t overlook the
little bluebird resting on the fence. Steve actually saw a
bluebird like this one almost exactly where it is shown here.
As to the house’s history, “Col. Hamp” Tipton had this house
built in the early 1870s, a few years after the Civil War. In
1878, James McCaulley, a blacksmith, lived here until he built
his own house elsewhere. Others who lived in the house included
Tipton’s daughters, “Miss Lucy” and “Miss Lizzie,” who taught
school in the cove.
Available
in 24”x36” and smaller
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