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Title Root cellar and gear loft on original site
Title Note Built by John C. Clark, 1881
Date September 1952
Description This image shows the detail of one corner of a log structure, which is part of the west elevation. The bottom portion of the wall is constructed of stone packed into a log frame, while the top half is constructed of logs. There are large gaps between the logs. The roof on the structure has a slight pitch, and it is made of wooden shingles. A note with the photograph indicates that the log superstructure was built first, and that the first round of logs was supported at one end by posts, and at the other end by earth. The same procedure was followed when the building was reconstructed near the Humpback Rocks Visitors Center. The image was taken near milepost 36.4 in Section 1E of the Blue Ridge Parkway, at the original site of the structure. Taken by C.S. Grossman in September 1952.
Location Location Name: Milepost 36
Parkway Milepost: 36.0
Latitude: 37.795853
Longitude: -79.212238
Creator Individual C.S. Grossman
Tags Cellars, Root
Farm buildings and land
Interpretive development
Photographs
Rockbridge County (Va.)
Stonemasonry
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway