An outdoor workshop from the past at Hart Square (A village preserved in its entirety. A ghost town from the 1800s, right here in the hills of Hickory, North Carolina.)
A Workshop from the Past
A Workshop from the Past
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A Living Room from the Past
An interior depicting the living place of an old home Hart Square (A village preserved in its entirety. A ghost town from the 1800s, right here in the hills of Hickory, North Carolina.)
A Living Room from the Past
A Porch for the Wagon
A covered porch to store the wagon at Hart Square (A village preserved in its entirety. A ghost town from the 1800s, right here in the hills of Hickory, North Carolina.)
A Porch for the Wagon
Inside an Old-fashioned Country Store
A view from inside a country store from the past at Hart Square (A village preserved in its entirety. A ghost town from the 1800s, right here in the hills of Hickory, North Carolina.)
Inside an Old-fashioned Country Store
A Country Store
Memories of an old-fashioned grocery store from the past at Hart Square (A village preserved in its entirety. A ghost town from the 1800s, right here in the hills of Hickory, North Carolina.)
A Country Store
A Home with a Porch
A rustic home from the past at Hart Square (A village preserved in its entirety. A ghost town from the 1800s, right here in the hills of Hickory, North Carolina.)
A Home with a Porch
Old Grinding Wheels
Old grinding wheels decorate the wall of a shed at Hart Square (A village preserved in its entirety. A ghost town from the 1800s, right here in the hills of Hickory, North Carolina.)
Old Grinding Wheels
Inside the Chapel
Inside the Chapel of Peace at Hart Square (A village preserved in its entirety. A ghost town from the 1800s, right here in the hills of Hickory, North Carolina.)
Inside the Chapel
A Chapel of Peace by the Lake
A chapel at Hart Square (A village preserved in its entirety. A ghost town from the 1800s, right here in the hills of Hickory, North Carolina.)
A Chapel of Peace by the Lake
A Water Mill at Hart Square
An old water mill at Hart Square (A village preserved in its entirety. A ghost town from the 1800s, right here in the hills of Hickory, North Carolina.)
A Water Mill at Hart Square
A Rustic Cottage at Hart Square
Hart Square – there are no people here. Only cabins. Rows and lines of them zigzagging across the land like an Etch A Sketch drawing. Scores of logs stacked on top of each other. There’s a tavern. Tobacco barn. Water well. Doctor’s office. Post office. School. Teeter-totters. Moonshine still. Cotton gin. Church. General store. Print shop.
A village preserved in its entirety. A ghost town from the 1800s, right here in the hills of Hickory, North Carolina.
Bob Hart, a doctor, has been going and going for 40 years now on this land. He’s gathered these 100 buildings from the surrounding counties and moved them to this 200-acre haven. He’s stuffed the cabins with beds, chairs, food, dresses, shoes, brooms, medicine. Each structure represents a part of this village he calls Hart Square.
I have captured some images and portrayed them in a historical tone. Here is a cottage from the past ….
A Rustic Cottage