Hibbs Root Cellar, Exterior Door, Portugal Cove, St. Phillips
Hibbs root cellar is owned by several family members who live on original family land on Jordan Place in Portugal Cove-St. Phillips. The cellar was built in 1920 by brothers Jake and Jordan Hibbs and was used until the 1960’s. The cellar has fallen into complete disrepair with the roof being removed...
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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:ich_nature/572 2023-12-31T10:18:40+01:00 Hibbs Root Cellar, Exterior Door, Portugal Cove, St. Phillips Pomeroy, Julie Canada—Newfoundland and Labrador—Portugal Cove-St. Phillips Canada—Newfoundland and Labrador—Portugal Cove-St. Phillips 2011-07-11 image/jpeg http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_nature/id/572 eng eng Intangible Cultural Heritage - Knowledge and Practices Concerning Nature and the Universe http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_nature/id/572 Intangible Cultural Heritage Inventory Migration/settlement Objects Architecture building and construction Buildings Outbuildings Root cellars Still Image Photograph 2011 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:23Z Hibbs root cellar is owned by several family members who live on original family land on Jordan Place in Portugal Cove-St. Phillips. The cellar was built in 1920 by brothers Jake and Jordan Hibbs and was used until the 1960’s. The cellar has fallen into complete disrepair with the roof being removed in the early 1980’s for fear that children would get hurt. Today there is a huge evergreen that has grown up over the front entrance. It was built up high into a hillside with three sides surrounded by earth. It has a concrete foundation, and originally had an exterior and interior entrance with a roof made out of wood and sod with steel beam supports. Cellar measures approximately 4.5m x 3m. It was used to store vegetables that the family grew on the land which fed multiple families. Still Image Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) |
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Hibbs root cellar is owned by several family members who live on original family land on Jordan Place in Portugal Cove-St. Phillips. The cellar was built in 1920 by brothers Jake and Jordan Hibbs and was used until the 1960’s. The cellar has fallen into complete disrepair with the roof being removed in the early 1980’s for fear that children would get hurt. Today there is a huge evergreen that has grown up over the front entrance. It was built up high into a hillside with three sides surrounded by earth. It has a concrete foundation, and originally had an exterior and interior entrance with a roof made out of wood and sod with steel beam supports. Cellar measures approximately 4.5m x 3m. It was used to store vegetables that the family grew on the land which fed multiple families. |
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Hibbs Root Cellar, Exterior Door, Portugal Cove, St. Phillips |
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Hibbs Root Cellar, Exterior Door, Portugal Cove, St. Phillips |
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Intangible Cultural Heritage - Knowledge and Practices Concerning Nature and the Universe http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_nature/id/572 |
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