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Mystery Mine cookhouse, Monte Cristo, Washington, ca. 1894

A cookhouse is a small building where cooking takes place. Often found at remote work camps, they complemented the

loggers in a logging camp
. Prior to the 20th century, cookhouses were a feature of some private residences where the kitchen was a separate building so the heat and smoke from cooking was kept away from the main residential building.

Types of cookhouses

In North America, cookhouses were a standard feature of remote work sites, as the working men (e.g.

tool shed.[4]

The use of a cookhouse was not limited to resource extraction industries.

Allison Ranger Station was expanded with two ranger residences, a fire warehouse, a gas house, a garage, a generator shed, and a cookhouse.[6] Large institutions, like Ireland's Sligo Gaol, also had a cookhouse to serve the needs of the institution.[7]

A wannigan was a kitchen built on a raft which followed the log drivers down the river,[8] both serving meals[9] and providing tents and blankets for the night if no better accommodations were available.[8]

Residential usage

In the

Sion Hill estate, had a cookhouse separate from the main house[10] to keep the main house from overheating. An example is the Condit Family house in New Jersey which had an unattached cookhouse.[11]

In Iran, a common feature in homes prior to the 20th century was to have a cookhouse separate from the residence. With time and newer technologies this has changed with the kitchen being brought into the house.[12]

Military usage

A military version of the cookhouse is the

Cookhouse may have gotten its name from a small stone house used for shelter and cooking by troops camping on the bank of the Great Fish River.[14]

See also

References

  1. ^ Kanes, Candace. "Cooks and Cookees: Lumber Camp Legends". mainememory.net. Archived from the original on May 22, 2020. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
  2. ^ "Old Pitchfork Cook House to Be Restored at National Ranching Heritage Center". KCBD. September 4, 2007. Archived from the original on February 13, 2021. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
  3. ^ "Logging Camps: The Early Years". Minnesota DNR. Archived from the original on September 27, 2020. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
  4. ^ "Kromona Mine". ghosttownsofwashington.com. 2015. Archived from the original on July 17, 2020. Retrieved October 16, 2015.
  5. ^ Thayer, Stuart. William L. Slout (ed.). "The First Cookhouse". American Circus Anthology, Essays of the Early Years. Archived from the original on July 24, 2020. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
  6. ^ "Value Analysis presentation – Allison Ranger Station". Ochoco National Forest. Prineville, Oregon: United States Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture. November 2001. Archived from the original on June 1, 2017. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
  7. ^ Ridley, Chris. "Sligo Gaol (Prison)". sligotown.net. Archived from the original on November 25, 2020. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
  8. ^
    ISBN 0-910417-00-8
    .
  9. ^ "Log Drives (and River Pigs)". Forest History Center. Minnesota Historical Society. Retrieved April 7, 2012.
  10. ^ "Archibald Smith Plantation Home". MuseumsUSA. Archived from the original on August 20, 2016. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
  11. ^ "Livingston's Force Homestead and Condit Family Cookhouse Open Sunday, Oct. 13". Livingston. tapinto.net. October 12, 2019.
  12. doi:10.7456/1060JSE/027. Archived
    from the original on September 28, 2020. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
  13. ^ "Galley". ussslater.org. Archived from the original on March 3, 2020. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  14. ISBN 978-0-947464-04-2 – via Internet Archive
    .

Further reading
  • The dictionary definition of cookhouse at Wiktionary
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