A small cabin built in 1850 by the Ownby family stands in the middle of the Great Smoky Mountains. In 1918, Frank Avett brought the property from the family for $200. Mayna Avett, the wife of Frank, remodeled the house into an art studio. Inside, she painted oil and watercolor paintings of the Appalachians and would exhibit them in South Carolina, Tennessee, and Massachusetts. She used the cabin as a studio for well over 20 years. The cabin itself is a simple one-room structure with a cobblestone chimney. The building…
