Pine Mountain Settlement School
Series 10: BUILT ENVIRONMENT (Physical Plant)
GIRL’S INDUSTRIAL BUILDING, 1925 – present
Girl’s Industrial. Facade view from across Isaac’s Creek.
Also known as the Ellwood J. Carr Plant Center, the Girl’s Industrial Building has served many functions over its lifespan. The long list of activities in the building includes:
1924-1925 Fireside Industries & Home Economics classes
1940s Cooperative Store
1953 or 1954 Primary building in grade school
1972? Office of Environmental Education Department
1976 Classroom for Special Education
198? E.J. Carr Plant Center
Cost: $4,701.00.
Built in 1925.
Building and equipment valued at $4982.00
Construction: Two-story wooden frame building. The first floor, or basement, is stone.
Description: Three rooms, a fairly large kitchen with two coal stoves, a laundry with one coal stove, and a very large sewing room heated with a coal stove.
Comments: “The building is very poorly constructed. The joists and rafters are too small and are buckling badly.”
GIRL’S INDUSTRIAL BUILDING Gallery
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- Girl’s Industrial. Handwritten description by Mary Rogers.
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- Girl’s Industrial. Interior view of weaving room.
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- Girl’s Industrial. Interior view of weaving room with looms.
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- Girl’s Industrial. Interior view of Co-op Store, c. 1940s.
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- Girl’s Industrial. Interior view of Co-op Store, c. 1940s.
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- Girl’s Industrial. Facade, raking view from below.
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- Girl’s Industrial. Facade view.
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- Girl’s Industrial. Facade, close view.
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- Girl’s Industrial. Facade, raking view.
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- Girl’s Industrial. Facade view with Uncle William Creech Fountain in front.
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- Girl’s Industrial. Facade view in color.
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- Girl’s Industrial. Facade view from across Isaac’s Creek.
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- Girl’s Industrial. View with school bus in front, 1950s.
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- Girl’s Industrial. Facade, raking view from the east.
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- Girl’s Industrial. Distant view of building in deep snow.
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- Girl’s Industrial. Distant view with Boy’s House behind and to right after snowfall.
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- Girl’s Industrial. Distant view of building to left and Boy’s House and Playground in distance.
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- Girl’s Industrial. Distant view.
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- Girl’s Industrial. Distant view from Laurel House.
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- Girl’s Industrial. Facade seen through trees from across Isaac’s Creek.
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- Girl’s Industrial. Distant view across field in Autumn.
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Title |
Girl’s Industrial Building |
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Alt. Title |
Ellwood J. Carr Plant Center |
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Identifier |
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Creator |
Pine Mountain Settlement School, Pine Mountain, KY |
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Alt. Creator |
Ann Angel Eberhardt ; Helen Hayes Wykle ; |
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Subject Keyword |
Girl’s Industrial Building ; Pine Mountain Settlement School ; Pine Mountain, KY ; Harlan County, KY ; Ellwood J. Carr Plant Center ; Fireside Industries ; Home Economics classes ; Cooperative Store ; Environmental Education ; Special Education ; basements ; wood frame buildings ; kitchens ; coal stoves ; laundries ; sewing rooms ; joists ; rafters ; Mary Rogers ; weaving rooms ; Uncle William Creech Fountain ; Isaac’s Creek ; snow ; Boy’s House ; Playground ; Laurel House ; |
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Subject LCSH |
Girl’s Industrial Building– Pine Mountain Settlement School (Pine Mountain, Ky.) — History. |
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Date |
2013-09-21 |
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Publisher |
Pine Mountain Settlement School, Pine Mountain, KY |
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Contributor |
n/a |
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Type |
Collections ; text ; image ; |
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Format |
Original and copies of images, documents, and correspondence in file folders in filing cabinet |
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Source |
Series 10: Built Environment (Physical Plant) |
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Language |
English |
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Relation |
Is related to: Pine Mountain Settlement School Collections, Series 10: Built Environment (Physical Plant) ; Kentucky Virtual Library collections <http://www.kyvl.org/> [searchable] |
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Coverage Temporal |
1925 – present |
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Coverage Spatial |
Pine Mountain, KY ; Harlan County, KY ; |
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Rights |
Any display, publication, or public use must credit the Pine Mountain Settlement School. Copyright retained by the creators of certain items in the collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law. |
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Donor |
n/a |
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Description |
Core documents, correspondence, writings, and administrative papers about Girl’s Industrial Building ; clippings, photographs, books about Girl’s Industrial Building ; |
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Acquisition |
Constructed 1925 |
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Citation |
Pine Mountain Settlement School Institutional Papers, Pine Mountain Settlement School, Pine Mountain, KY |
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Processed By |
Helen Hayes Wykle ; Ann Angel Eberhardt ; |
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Last Updated |
2013-09-21hhw ; 2014-05-15 aae ; |
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Bibliography |
Source Pine Mountain Settlement School Institutional Papers. Pine Mountain Settlement School, Pine Mountain, KY. Archival material. |