Carter Collection Carter Family Homestead and Commissary

Creator

Center for Digital Heritage and Geospatial Information

Files

Publication Date

2022

Abstract

The Boyhood Farm includes the Carter family home, several outbuildings, and the commissary run by Jimmy's Dad, Earl Carter. Adjacent to the store is a gas pump that was sold to passing motorists, and behind the store is a windmill of the type that operated on the Carter homestead. Fields planted with crop vegetables are to one side of the commissary, and a clay tennis court lies between the home and the store. Jimmy would play his father in tennis on this clay court, and while the games were tough, he said he could never get the better of his father. The commissary store was simple by design and was not always open. If someone stopped in at the store, Jimmy was often charged with opening it up and making the sale.

Extent

1 3-D Model

Keywords

Supplies and stores, Windmills, Gardening, Gas lift pumps, National Park Service, Homesteads, Laser scanning, Architecture, 39th President, Jimmy Carter National Historical Park (Plains, Ga.), Jimmy Carter, Friends of Jimmy Carter National Historic Site, Commissaries, Terrestrial laser scanning

Alt Text

A three-dimensional model that depicts the childhood home of President Jimmy Carter. The model includes a rectangular, single-story house surrounded by tall trees; a central, fenced-in section of land that appears to have been used for farming; a second building with a covered entryway with a farm windmill situated behind it. Paved sidewalks connect most of these features. Through rotating and moving the model, the viewer can see this homestead from different angles, allowing for discovery of additional details.

Type

MovingImage

Recommended Citation

Center for Digital Heritage and Geospatial Information, "Carter Collection Carter Family Homestead and Commissary" (2022). Carter Collection - 3D Models. 1.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/cdhgi_carter_3d/1