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To contact East Carolina Village of Yesteryear: E-mail the President Joanne Honeycutt E-mail the Secretary: Rosemary Toumey E-mail regarding web site: Karen Nethercutt The postal mailing address: East Carolina Village of Yesteryear Post Office Box 2740 Greenville, NC 27836-0740 |
East Carolina Village of Yesteryear Board members Joanne Honeycutt, Rosemary Toumey, and Jack Taft gather at the new County Home Road site with Phil Dickerson. |
Our Future Site on County Home Road
In the near future the East Carolina Village of Yesteryear, on its new site on County Home Road, will be a museum, a
park, a community venue. It will open early 2010.
On one corner of the property by the road is a grove of trees where the 1850's Savage house sits surrounded by a
milk house, a water tower, an outhouse, a pigeon house, and a stable. Behind it is a barn, which will be the
transportation museum after rehabilitation. In the center of the property sits the one-room school, the country store,
and later two other original buildings. The museum structures for the artifacts are located on the far side along with
an original tobacco barn and shed. A future exhibition hall will abut the road. The field on the back side will be used
for festivals and other community activities.
park, a community venue. It will open early 2010.
On one corner of the property by the road is a grove of trees where the 1850's Savage house sits surrounded by a
milk house, a water tower, an outhouse, a pigeon house, and a stable. Behind it is a barn, which will be the
transportation museum after rehabilitation. In the center of the property sits the one-room school, the country store,
and later two other original buildings. The museum structures for the artifacts are located on the far side along with
an original tobacco barn and shed. A future exhibition hall will abut the road. The field on the back side will be used
for festivals and other community activities.
The visitor base will expand to include
tourists from other states and
countries. The vast collection of farm
artifacts will be a big drawing card.
The museum plans a strong
relationship with the local schools that
can use the Village as a classroom.
Families can have reunions and
weddings on the Village grounds. It
will have a gift shop and later a theater.
The future of the Village will be very
different from its past, but its reason
for being remains the same: to remind
people of a time when agriculture was
the basis for everything.
tourists from other states and
countries. The vast collection of farm
artifacts will be a big drawing card.
The museum plans a strong
relationship with the local schools that
can use the Village as a classroom.
Families can have reunions and
weddings on the Village grounds. It
will have a gift shop and later a theater.
The future of the Village will be very
different from its past, but its reason
for being remains the same: to remind
people of a time when agriculture was
the basis for everything.
The physical address of the new site is 4570 County Home Road Greenville, North Carolina |
| This water tower came from the boyhood home of Les Turnage, one of the founders. A gasoline engine pumped water into this water tank to give gravity fed running water into the house. Other local farmers used windmills to pump water on their farms. |
Farm Water Tower
Satterthwaite Store and Post Office
The House tobacco barn was built in 1903. |
The Satterthwaite Store was owned and operated by Cecil and Winnie Satterthwaite and was located in the Pitt County community of Pactolus, NC. In 1932, Pactolus appointed Cecil Satterthwaite postmaster, who set up the post office in the back corner of the store and boasted the only telephone in the township. The store and post office closed in 1973. |
The House Log Tobacco Barn
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| This fine example of a large steam engine provided energy to operate numerous functions of a large operation. A huge belt came off the wheel of the engine which turned other machinery in the sawmill plant. |
1915 Hamilton Steam Engine