Oral History

Minister Robert Campbell - Ask your wife (clip)

Interviewed by George Barrett and Kathryn Wall on October 28, 2022

Minister Robert Campbell: “Well, it all depends on the function. A residential home uses smaller rocks, a commercial type you have bigger rocks. And you can actually see that the rocks at Hargraves are a little bigger than the rocks that you see on the rock houses on Graham and Moore Street. And so it all depends on what you’re building for. Most of your rock walls, the base of them might start with larger rocks, but then as you go up, they’re smaller. They say, don’t get one as big as your head, get one a little smaller than your head. That is the way my uncles, that’s the way it worked…that’s one of the things Handy would say. If you want to make sure that we get it right, what’s your wife’s opinion. You’re not just building this for you, what is your wife going to say about it? Nine times out of ten, you have to have some reflection of nature. A lot of input comes in. Think about, I haven’t seen your wife now, is she short, tall? Because you don’t want a twelve inch step down and she has short legs. Because you’re tall and you can manage that, but think about even with your children. A lot of thoughts go into building your house…custom.

Minister Robert Campbell - Ask your wife (clip)

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Oral history interview of Campbell, Robert conducted by Barrett, George on October 28, 2022 at RENA Community Center, Chapel Hill, NC.

Citation: Marian Cheek Jackson Center, “Minister Robert Campbell - Ask your wife (clip),” From the Rock Wall, accessed November 21, 2024, https://fromtherockwall.org/oral-histories/minister-robert-campbell-ask-your-wife-clip.

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