Civil War Saber
Charles Wesley Gardner carried this saber while serving with Company B, 54th Regiment, Pelham’s Battery.
Metal
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Clip-On Ice Skate
Ice skate used for skating on frozen mill ponds including the one at the George Phlegar Mill.
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Cobbler’s Tools
Purchased and handmade tools for shoemaking including a repurposed Civil War Schenkel shell anvil.
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Doll’s Dresser
Miniature dresser created by Dock Hylton to delight his daughter Virginia.
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Found Object Bells
Pair of bells fabricated from repurposed metal objects.
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Four-Harness Loom
Asa Bishop built this loom for his wife Julia Dodd Bishop prior to the Civil War.
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Hay Fork
This fork was designed for use in building stacks of hay twelve feet tall.
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Jacksonville Presbyterian Church Fence Post
Iron post once embedded in a section of sidewalk next to the 1850 church building.
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Painted Saw Blade
Selma Keith’s farm landscape is teeming with creatures wild and domesticated.
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Peoples Bank Vault Door
People’s Bank of Floyd County was one of several county banks established in the early 1900s.
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Salesman Sample Cookstove
Model of an Enterprise cookstove manufactured by the Phillips & Buttorff Corporation of Nashville, Tennessee.
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Taxi Stand
Gentry Harter’s taxi service was a fixture in Floyd from the 1930s to the 1960s.
