Carter Collection Blacksmith Shop at Carter Boyhood Home

Creator

Center for Digital Heritage and Geospatial Information

Files

Publication Date

2022

Abstract

This small, reconstructed blacksmith shop was made to replicate the small workshop at the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site (Boyhood Home). According to President Carter, the shop had a dirt floor, and tools included a forge and anvil, drill press, and Emory wheel that were utilized in daily tool upkeep and repair. The President is a notable woodworker. He credits his time with his father in the Blacksmith shop with learning to work with tools that he would use in furniture making and, later, extensive philanthropy work in building and repairing homes with Habitat for Humanity. The blacksmith shop was also where the farm's mules and horses were shod, and the plows were sharpened.

Extent

1 3-D Model

Keywords

Architecture, Cultural property, National Park Service, African Americans history, Terrestrial laser scanning, 39th President, Presidential history, Jimmy Carter National Historical Park (Plains, Ga.), Jimmy Carter

Alt Text

A three-dimensional model of two small, wooden buildings situated on what appears to be a grassy stretch of farmland. The smaller building has a single room and a metal chimney emerging from one of its exterior walls. A plot of fenced-in, tilled dirt is seen behind the smaller building which is likely used for gardening. Due to the large and complex nature of the objects being depicted, the model has a slightly fuzzy appearance. Six annotations have been added to the model, which the viewer can click on to provide additional information. The model can be rotated, moved, and zoomed in and out to allow for viewing of additional details at multiple angles.

Type

MovingImage

Recommended Citation

Center for Digital Heritage and Geospatial Information, "Carter Collection Blacksmith Shop at Carter Boyhood Home" (2022). Carter Collection - 3D Models. 29.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/cdhgi_carter_3d/29

Note

This model is part of the Jimmy Carter National Historical Park 3D Architecture Collection.