Gatlinburg in Sevier County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Martha Jane Ogle Cabin

Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, March 14, 2009

1. Martha Jane Ogle Cabin Marker

Inscription. This cabin is the first house built in what is now Gatlinburg. About 1802, William Ogle selected a building site near here, in what he called "The Land of Paradise." Ogle cut and hewed the logs for the house then returned to South Carolina to bring his family of five sons, two daughters and his wife, Martha Jane. Unfortunately, he fell ill and died in 1803. In 1807, Martha Jane returned with her family and brother, Peter Huskey and his family, and built the cabin you now see. The farm was sold to Pi Beta Phi as the settlement school expanded, in 1921. The cabin was utilized as a hospital and then as a museum of mountain artifacts gathered by the school staff. As the Arrowmont School expanded again in 1969, the cabin was moved and then later moved to its present site (originally the site of the first church building in the community). The cabin has been listed on the National Register of Historic Sites since 1986.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Education • Fraternal or Sororal Organizations • Settlements & Settlers • Women. A significant historical year for this entry is 1802.

Location. 35° 42.777′ N, 83° 30.773′ W. Marker is in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, in Sevier County. It is on The Great Smoky Mountains Pkwy. (U.S. 441) near Cherokee Orchard Rd.

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. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Gatlinburg TN 37738, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in East Tennessee

and in the Great Smoky Mountains.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the original Cherokee Nation,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

the State of Franklin,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Pi Beta Phi Fraternity Centennial Plaza / Pi Beta Phi Fraternity Settlement School (a few steps from this marker); E.E. Ogle Store (within shouting distance of this marker); The Greystone Hotel (within shouting distance of this marker); Village Gate (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Baskins Creek (approx. 0.2 miles away); First Methodist Church – Gatlinburg (approx. ¼ mile away); Rocky Top (approx. 0.3 miles away); Tsali Monument (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Gatlinburg.

Martha Jane Ogle Cabin image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, March 14, 2009

2. Martha Jane Ogle Cabin

Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, March 14, 2009

3. Martha Jane Ogle Cabin Marker

Ogle Cabin Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, March 14, 2009

4. Ogle Cabin Marker

Ogle Log Cabin Plaque Donated By Descendants Of Thomas-Hercules_William-Issac & John Ogle who built the cabin for their Mother Martha Jane Huskey Ogle Among First Settlers of Gatlinburg and Great Smokies Chapter Daughters of American Revolution Smoky Mountain Historical Society Pi Beta PHI Fraternity March 6, 1970

Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, March 14, 2009

5. Martha Jane Ogle Cabin

Credits. This page was last revised on December 17, 2019. It was originally submitted on May 26, 2009, by Stanley and Terrie Howard of Greer, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 8,316 times since then and 337 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on May 26, 2009, by Stanley and Terrie Howard of Greer, South Carolina. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.