Sometime around 1795, Jacob Shook built a three-story cabin now known as the Shook-Smathers House in Clyde. Many claim that it is the oldest standing frame-built house in Western North Carolina. The Shook House hosted regular worship services and singing and music lessons in the third-floor attic before a church was built nearby. The cabin hosted the traveling Methodist Bishop Francis Asbury, a major influence on the region and spreader of Methodism.
Saturday, December 4th, 2024 – 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
There will be singing in the Visitor Center at the Shook Smathers House, with free tours of the House provided. Cookies and cider, too!
From the Book: The Christian Harmony (‘Carolina book’, 1873 facsimile, 2015 Folk Heritage reprint)
For any questions, please contact June Smathers-Jolley at jjolley09@gmail.com.
Directions to Shook-Smathers House Museum, Clyde, NC:
From I-40 take exit 27 (US 74)
Go 1 mile on US 74 and take Exit 106 (19/23) to Clyde
Go 1/2 mile to the red light
Turn left onto Morgan Street.
The Shook-Smathers House is on the left
Parking is behind the house.
