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TN Historic Resource Survey· HO-15
METCALF AND RAUCHER KILN
Houston County Built 1870
HWY 49 WEST OF THE COURTHOUSE
LOCATION AND REMAINS OF NO.1 KILN OF FORMER RAUCHER LIME CO. AND SOUTHLAND LIME COMPANY. ONE OF FIVE REMAINING KILNS OUT OF ELEVEN THAT ONCE OPERATED. KILN WAS OPERATED CONTINOUSLY FROM 1870'S UNTIL YEAR OF CRASH, 1929. LIME BUSINESS WAS STARTED UP
- Survey ID
- HO-15
- Common name
- RAUCHER KILN
- Original use
- Industrial/Manufacturing Structure
- Ethnic / cultural affiliation
- White, Not Hispanic
- Type
- building
- County
- Houston County
Sourced from the Tennessee Historic Resource Survey and the National Register of Historic Places. Some survey records carry limited detail.