Name/Title
The Marx Cabin at Clasbey CenterEntry/Object ID
2023.ACM.44Description
The Marx Cabin was torn down in 2012 because it was beyond repair. At this point, it no longer qualified to be on the National Register of Historic Places. Since, it had lost most of it's original structure due to being moved and exposed to the elements. By 2012, many of the logs that made up the structure were not original to the cabin; neither was the roof or the foundation. The museum has several artifacts from the Marx Cabin.
This is a picture of the Marx Cabin once it had been moved to the Clasbey Center. It is sitting on wooden blocks to keep it off the ground. The roof fell in while it was moved, and the foundation was left, so the cabin had no bottom support. The sides of the cabin are reinforced with wire and pieces of wood. There are pieces of wood in the cabin that look like debris, and there are no pieces of glass in the windows and no door. The grass in the photo is dead and brown, and the sky is clear.Context
This is a picture of the Marx cabin after it was moved to the Clasbey Center. It shows how hard on the cabin it was to be moved. Especially because the roof fell in while it was being moved and does not have its foundation to support it.Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Photograph, ColorNomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsColor
Blue, Brown, Green, WhiteProvenance
Notes
This is a picture of the Marx cabin once it was moved to the Clasbey Center. On the way to the museum the roof fell in. The cabin was built in 1844 by John Starr. It eventually sold Mathias Marx by Adam Starr in 1866. The cabin was moved to the Clabey Center and was restored to its original state.Exhibitions
Exhibition
Andrew County Museum and Historical Society HistoryNotes
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