Birthplace of Andrew Johnson

This building has been moved to the Morticai Historic Park.  It was a kitchen out building, the bottom floor is a big room with an enormous fireplace to cook for a big house.  Andrew Johnson, 17th president of the United States was born above the kitchen.  The family lived in the one room above, probably because his mother worked in the kitchen below.  It might have been nice in the winter, but the summer heat must have been brutal.

Inside looking Out

This is the view looking out the front doors of the Visitor Center at the Morticai Historic Park.  The visitor center is a mansion built in the 1920's.  It  is much more elaborate and fancy than the actual historic Morticai house.