tan-house

“At a tan-house, eight shoemakers dressed leather and made shoes.”

Domestic Life in Virginia in the Seventeenth Century

“Alfred made his way to Potts 'shoe-shop, passing the old tan-house on the way.”

Watch Yourself Go By

“The white-washed fence opposite the window in the old tan-house had the appearance of a field covered with snow, with here and there a bit of cedar shrubbery growing on it.”

Watch Yourself Go By

“Independent of this [the proprietor] has built in his yard several machines that the same current of water puts in motion; they consist of a corn mill, a saw mill, another to separate the cotton seeds, a tan-house, a tan-mill, a distillery to make peach brandy, and a small forge where the inhabitants of the country go to have their horses shod.”

American Negro Slavery A Survey of the Supply, Employment and Control of Negro Labor as Determined by the Plantation Regime

“Each county was instructed to erect a tan-house and to employ tanners, carriers, and shoemakers.”

Inventory of Robert Carter's Estate, November [1733]

“I thank him for his politeness, and as little as himself care to visit the tan-house, which he calls his library. ”

Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3)