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Title	Hatchett's Ferry Inn
Subject	Wooden buildings Taverns (Inns) Architecture
Description	Photograph of Hatchett's Ferry Inn, on the Angelina River at the boundary between Cherokee and Nacogdoches counties in Texas. The old road that passed through here serviced Atoy, Lowe's Chapel, Taylor's Chapel, and Smith County from Nacogdoches via Thompon's Bridge on West Mud Creek. David Rusk began ferry operation there, however he sold it to H. G. Hatchett in circa 1850, who continued the ferry service and also operated the inn to provide lodging for travelers. The Hatchett's Ferry Inn, demolished in 1983 before preservation efforts could be implemented, was a wooden two-story building constructed in the tidelands south tradition of vernacular architecture. The structure is an example of an extended I-house with a side gable tin roof, a full width one-story porch on the front, horizontal board siding, and divided pane double-hung windows (six-over-six on the second-floor, nine-over-six on the bottom floor). The building is clearly in poor repair.
Location	Cherokee County Texas
Owner	Heritage Center of Cherokee County
Website	https://www.facebook.com/heritagecenterofcherokeecountytexas/
Type	Photograph
Format	JPEG
Size	8 x 10
Rights	This item may be protected under Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Law. It is available for non-commercial research and education. For permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the East Texas Research Center at asketrc@sfasu.edu.

Hatchett's Ferry Inn

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