Morgan Hall Interior

Description

This photograph, taken by Bayard Wootten circa 1930, shows the interior of the living room in Morgan Hall, then a residence and dormitory for the Appalachian School near Penland, North Carolina. Of particular interest is the photograph of Adeline Willis hanging in the stairwell. Adeline Willis was the first local woman to learn weaving from Lucy Morgan in 1923. Also of note are the wrought iron fireplace implements and the handcrafted pewterware on the mantle and in the corner cupboard. Built in 1917, Morgan Hall was named after the Rev. Rufus Alfred Morgan, the missions school's headmaster from 1914 to 1918. During the 1920s and early 1930s the building was used by the summer weaving institutes. From 1923 to 1938 the Appalachian School (initially known as the Appalachian Industrial School) served as the umbrella institution under which the Penland Weavers and Potters were organized and the Penland School of Handicrafts (now Penland School of Crafts) was established.
Details
- Creator
  - Wootten, Bayard Morgan, 1875-1959
- Format
  - Photographs
- Type
  - StillImage
- Date
  - Date original: 1923/1931
  - Date digitized: 2008-01-16
- Extent
  - Dimension: 5" x 6.75"
- Subject - Topic
  - Appalachian School (Penland, N.C.)
- Location
  - Mitchell County (N.C.)
- Source institution
  - Western Carolina University
- Source Collection
  - Bayard Wootten Photograph Collection
- Identifier
  - PSC_RG6_CR100
- Repository
  - Penland School of Crafts

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