The Kitchen Dependency
Circa 1840
TOLBERT FAMILY KITCHEN & DINING SPACE
As the name suggests, this was a building that families depended on to store, prepare, and serve their food.
One of the first things you'll notice is that the kitchen is not attached to the house. This was a common practice in the 1800s due to the risk and frequency of kitchen fires. Removing the kitchen from the house reduced the risk of a kitchen fire destroying the rest of the house.
The original kitchen dependency burned down in the early 1900s. At that time, this current building you are standing in was part of a logging camp in nearby Whiteside Cove. The Tolbert Family relocated it in the 1920s to replace the original Kitchen Dependency, and it has been standing here ever since.
Operational Hours
CHS Buildings are open Friday & Saturday, 11:00am – 3:00pm, Mid-May through Mid-October or by appointment.
Cashiers Historical Society’s campus encompasses five+ acres and four historic buildings that tell the history of Cashiers from the 19th century to the present. Our campus includes Colonel John’s Cabin, the oldest standing residential structure in Jackson County, the the Zachary-Tolbert House (1850), a National Register of Historic Places designated site, the Hampton Schoolhouse, and the Dependency, a structure moved from a 20th-century logging camp in Whiteside Cove.