Pest House at Avalon
People exposed to smallpox were confined to "pest" houses to help control spread of the disease. The houses were roped off to warn passers-by to stay away. Photo is of the pest house used at Avalon. Rope can be seen in the lower right of the picture.
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- Image Source: Unknown, Avalon Pest House (1900-1911), Location, Avalon, NC, Image [from Avalon: A North Carolina Town of Joy and Tragedy (Chapel Hill, NC: Books, 1977), 40].