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A. P. Carter Homeplace is a historic home located at
Maces Spring Maces Spring is a small unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Scott County, Virginia, Scott County, Virginia, United States, along State Route 614, in an area known as Poor Valley. The settlement consists of a small number of houses. The ...
,
Scott County, Virginia Scott County is a county located in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 21,576. Its county seat is Gate City. Scott County was formed by an act of the General Assembly on November 24, ...
. It is a small, one-story, half-dovetailed log cabin, with a single room on the first floor and loft above. The house is most notable for its association with a traditional American folk music group that recorded between 1927 and 1956. It is the birthplace of Alvin Pleasant "A.P." Delaney Carter (1891–1960) of the
Carter Family Carter Family was a traditional American folk music group that recorded between 1927 and 1956. Their music had a profound impact on bluegrass, country, Southern Gospel, pop and rock musicians as well as on the U.S. folk revival of the 1960s. ...
. It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
in 1976.


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File:Birthplace log cabin of A.P. Carter at the Carter Fold at Maces Springs, Virginia now Hiltons, Virginia.jpg, birthplace in 2016 File:Birthplace cabin of A.P. Carter at the Carter Fold at Maces Springs, Virginia now Hiltons, Virginia.jpg, birthplace in 2016 Cash–Carter family residences Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Houses in Scott County, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Scott County, Virginia Log buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia 1891 establishments in Virginia {{ScottCountyVA-NRHP-stub