Stewardship and the Efforts to Preserve the Carroll Cabin

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Public Lands, Public Sites: Research, Engagement, and Collaboration" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

The Carroll Cabin is a late eighteenth-century hand-hewn log home with extant mid-nineteenth-century addition located on State property in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania within Forbes State Forest. Since the donation of the home and surrounding property, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) has partnered with several individuals and groups to further their understanding and stewardship of the historic resource. Work at the home has, thus far, included metal-detector survey, the speaker’s thesis research, and a training-based workshop weekend in preparation for the home’s short-term stabilization. A preservation plan has facilitated continued preservation progress and has so far resulted in a building clean-out, planned ground-penetrating radar (GPR) survey, and a fall 2022 archaeological survey ahead of long-term stabilization and rehabilitation efforts. The partnerships formed during these projects have been instrumental in continuing preservation efforts and championing the stewardship ethic. Both the preservation journey and final goals for the Carroll Cabin have and will continue to positively impact all who are involved and hopefully will exemplify a series of best practices transferrable to other historic state-owned properties.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Public Lands, Public Sites: Research, Engagement, and Collaboration   •
• Society for American Archaeology 88th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR (2023)

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Abstract Id(s): 36208.0