Stiles builds on generations of culture at Foxfire

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Local students participate in the Foxfire Summer Leadership Program and help Foxfire Museum Director Barry Stiles hew logs to prepare building the miniature replica Blacksmith Shop that will be featured at The Children’s Village. Pictured are Stiles; Rabun County High School students Luke Thompson, Sam Flaherty, Celton Littrell, Sean Flaherty, Brinn Justice, and Gavin Sharpe; Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School student Lily Karplus; and home-schooled student Olivia Nixon.

Megan Broome/The Clayton Tribune. Foxfire Museum Director Barry Stiles carries on the traditions of historic construction techniques by hewing logs as those who lived in the Appalachian Mountains over 100 years ago did. His passion for historic buildings motivates his work in preserving Appalachian Culture.