Cades Cove at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the most popular destination in the United States most visited national park. The isolated valley was the home to many early settlers and today several of those sites are well preserved. An 11-mile, one-way loop road circles the cove, offering motorists the opportunity to sight-see the wildlife, scenic beauty and historic district structures on the National Register of Historic Places at a leisurely pace.
Several historic structures from the cove have been relocated and are now near the Cable Mill. Leason Gregg purchased land from John Cable and built this house in 1879 with lumber from Cable Mill. It is believed to be the first all-frame house in the Cove. Originally located south of its present location on Forge Creek Road, it was used as a store and later as a residence and boarding house, known as Aunt Becky's House.
Rooms in the middle and on the right was original to the building when it was used as a store. Then, a room to the left, a kitchen, the upstairs and a porch were added when it became a residence. The house never had indoor plumbing and heat was generated from the fireplace.
Rebecca Cable, better known as 'Aunt Becky' to the Cove community, was born on Dec. 7, 1844 in Carter County, TN. One of nine children, she moved with her family to Cades Cove in 1868.
She bought this house in 1887 with her brother Dan and lived here until her death in 1940 at the age of 96. Never married, she owned over 600 acres in the Cove and kept busy spinning, weaving, knitting, farming, tending store, taking in family boarders, and caring for her brother's children after he became ill.
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