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Eden House Root Cellar

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North Carolina, Bertie County, Windsor
In the days before electricity and refrigerators, many people built a kind of half-basement under a home or shed called a “root cellar” to store food.

The natural insulation of the ground lets root cellars maintain a fairly constant cool temperature (c 50-55°F), which deters the spoiling of food. Long ago people learned that crops could be stored in root cellars after harvest season and stay fresh through winter.

The bricks in this floor were discovered in the 1990s during construction of a bridge across the Chowan River. They were part of a colonial homestead called “Eden House,” which was built in eastern Bertie County in the late 1600s-early 1700s.

Find out more about the history of the Eden House site in the building to your left.

(If the building is locked during operating hours Tuesday-Saturday, please ask for assistance inside the Roanoke/Cashie River Center.)

(Notable Buildings) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

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