along hwy 27 in east tn

System

coming back from work yesterday along us hwy 27-
antique shop-



george

System

old chapel-

Dee

What is this place?

gefillmore wrote:

coming back from work yesterday along us hwy 27-



george

Whatever it is, it's so nicely kept up and presented..

System

dee-

supposed to be an antique shop-

stopped at the house next to it and asked permission to take some photos-
lady said it was their antique shop but just did not have time to deal with it-

george

Stormdancing

I love it! Doesn't it just make you want to go inside and poke around? I can feel tons of photo ops in that one building. I could spend some time in there and probably drop a few bucks on some neat old things. Nice shot.

USAIR

George Awesome photos good job
I live right off Hwy 27 in Ky
Hey were neighbors

Thanks
Fred

Fred W

Hi George,
Good post. I like pic#1 the best, plenty of character. The store owner should get hooked up with eBay. Those advertisement posters would go like crazy.
Fred

System

dana-

thanks and good point-- next time I'm by there I'll try to take the time and do that (if they'll let me)-

kentucky fred-

howdy neighbor!-

thanks for the comments-

fred w-

you're right re ebay-

thanks for the comments-

george

Dixie

George,

Very nice photos. I especially like the old antique shop.

Take the antique shop owners some prints and maybe they will let you poke around a little more and maybe even open the shop for some indoor work. I once did some shots of a privately owned covered bridge with permission reluctantly given by the owners. The next time I was through the area I personally delivered an 8x10 print of the bridge to them. Now they let me shoot there anytime I wish.

If you do go back I recommend isolating some of the items either singularly or in some small groupings which look good together. A couple of suggestions are the saw blades, maybe some close-ups on different sections of the old stove (or at least what appears to be an old stove) showing elements of the stove's design, etc.

Whereabouts on RT 27 did you find the antique shop? If it's close enough to the end of 27 that joins I-40, maybe we can get over to it while I'm in Townsend the last weekend in April. My reservation dates have me checking in April 25th and checking out May 2nd.

System

Dixie-

great idea re the pic--I do believe I'll give it a go-

it's near the morgan/scott county line, north of wartburg-

pretty far, I believe, from where it hits I40-

thanks for the comments-

looking forward to seeing you-

george

Dixie

Wartburg is 70 miles from Tremont Campgrounds if one cuts crosscountry through Oak Ridge. I may try it as a day trip earlier in the week before we get together that weekend. I may be able to find some other interesting shots like some old barns, etc. by cutting crosscountry using Hwy 162 and Hwy 62 so it would probably be worth the effort.

How does a town get the name Wartburg? That could be an interesting story in itself.

System

re wartburg-
http://wchs.k12tn.net/community/wartburghistory/wartburghistory.html

several miles north of wartburg is a town called sunbright- my wife's paternal grandparents are from there (neil)- supposed to be some neils in the cemetary there- they used to have a 'hotel' in the late 1800's and early 1900's-we still have one of the registries from back then-

us 27 was a heavily traveled road before the interstate, I believe--mostly those out of michigan-I thought I had read at one time that the area was somewhat of a tourist attraction--been trying to find something on it-

if it would help you have an 'in' with the owner of the antique shop, I'll email you the pic and you can print it off and use it-

george

System

also nearby is a little town called rugby-supposed to a replica of an english town--built in the 1800's-- I guess probably victorian style houses--
http://www.historicrugby.org/

at wartburg is frozen head state park-
http://www.state.tn.us/environment/parks/parks/FrozenHead/

a friend of mine and I are probably going to big south fork at the end of the month for pics--it's a us park between ky and tn--
http://bigsouthforkpark.com/

george

ps oak ridge is where I work-
http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=29727

Dixie

gefillmore wrote:

re wartburg-
http://wchs.k12tn.net/community/wartburghistory/wartburghistory.html

several miles north of wartburg is a town called sunbright- my wife's paternal grandparents are from there (neil)- supposed to be some neils in the cemetary there- they used to have a 'hotel' in the late 1800's and early 1900's-we still have one of the registries from back then-

us 27 was a heavily traveled road before the interstate, I believe--mostly those out of michigan-I thought I had read at one time that the area was somewhat of a tourist attraction--been trying to find something on it-

if it would help you have an 'in' with the owner of the antique shop, I'll email you the pic and you can print it off and use it-

george

You found the location so I will let you give the print to him. Maybe I'll do a drive-by to see what can be seen from the road. The links in your other post all look good and give me some really good possibilities for a day trip. Once I've seen some of the locations I may plan a trip just to that area to work it.

System

the lady that owned the little shop was pretty nice, so, what the heck, ask her---seems like she was used to people stopping by-

Highlander

What a wonderful place. Really full of character. :

marlof

I can see what made you stop to take pictures. It's a colorful shop. And indeed, it would be nice to be able to focus in on some details.

evil eggplant

Wow, great place. Funky.

Nice shot.

Cheers

gefillmore wrote:

coming back from work yesterday along us hwy 27-
antique shop-



george

System

highlander, marlof, evilman-

thank you very much-

george