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Title Chicken House, built by John C. Clark, 1881
Title Note Moved and Restored at Humpback Rocks by NPS, 1953
Date June 1953
Description Image shows rustic henhouse as built by John C. Clark in 1881, later moved and restored at Humpback Rocks by the National Park Service in 1953. The henhouse door is open, and there is a plank leading to an open hatch. Photographed by C. S. Grossman in June 1953 near milepost 5 of the Blue Ridge Parkway in Augusta County, Va.
Location Location Name: Humpback Rocks Visitor Center and Mountain Farm
Parkway Milepost: 5.8
Latitude: 37.970833
Longitude: -78.898333
Creator Individual C.S. Grossman
Tags Farm buildings and land
Humpback Rocks (Va.)
Virginia
Credit United States Department of the Interior