1850s Carpenter Workshop at Hunter’s Home
September 14, 10 a.m.–2 p.m.
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A workshop on Saturday, September 14, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Hunter’s Home will teach people how someone would begin as a carpenter in the 1850s.
Skilled carpenters, both free and enslaved individuals, originally built Hunter’s Home. They built the house entirely by hand, and their work remains 175 years later.
A carpenter’s skill was not developed overnight. They spent years learning their trade, usually by becoming apprentices to a more experienced carpenter.
The workshop is free, and no admission is required. It will cover basic use and maintenance of hand tools, how to properly “season” wood for a carpentry project and where to find more information on historic carpentry.
For more information, call 918-456-2751. Hunter’s Home is located at 19479 E. Murrell Home Rd. in Park Hill. It is Oklahoma’s only remaining pre-Civil War plantation home. Visit www.okhistory.org/huntershome to view admission prices.
