History:
The cottage
was originally a one room home ( the existing
bedroom area) from the 1880's. Additions were
made prior to 1930. Yes, it has air conditioning
now plus a ceiling fan. The bath built
in shelving sets over the original well
site. The first record of a tornado touching down
in Eureka was in the 1930's when it took the roof
off the cottage resulting in the irregular double
thick walls you see today. In the 1940's a
retired school teacher/artist, Abby O'Dell, rode
from Berryville into Eureka
on a bicycle, bought the cottage, then
wallpapered the walls with photos of movie stars
from that era. Her paintings occasionally show up
in local estate
auctions and antique shops.
Min Lindsey a well know folk artist/teacher
designed the flower cut outs for the porch
rails. A former resident told me that there used
to be a barn for their milk cow in the flat space
between the parking area and house.
In the
early 1980's, Glenn Wallis,
Eureka's eccentric gardener/artist, who
designed the rock gardens at historic Sweet
Springs, Harding Springs and 11 Singleton
House B&B,
resided in the cottage and put in the front
pathway, thus the name....
THE GARDENER'S COTTAGE.
Posted by a
guest in the guestbook
"On August 7, 1992 an 89 year old gentleman &
his equally elderly but spry cousin came by
to take pictures of the cottage. He had been
born here in 1906 when it belonged to his
grandfather (a Mr. Elmoore or L. Moore) and
he lived here several years as a child. There
used to be a barn down by the parking area.
(small - for a horse & buggy) and fruit trees
in the yard. Also, steps used to come up from
the road, not where they are now."
