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Title | Root Cellar and Gear Loft on original site |
Title Note | Built by John C. Clark |
Date | August 1952 |
Description | This image shows the south elevation of a root cellar and gear loft that was built by John C. Clark in 1881. The structure is made of logs. There is a window on this side of the structure. Another building is visible to the left of this structure, and there are mountain peaks visible in the distance. The image was taken at the original site of the root cellar, near milepost 36.4 in Section 1E of the Blue Ridge Parkway. The structure was disassembled and reconstructed near the Humpback Rocks Visitors Center, near milepost 5.8 in Section 1B of the Blue Ridge Parkway. This image was taken by Warren D. Lewis in August 1952. |
Location |
Location Name: Milepost 36 Parkway Milepost: 36.0
Latitude: 37.795853
Longitude: -79.212238 |
Creator Individual | Warren D. Lewis |
Tags |
Cellars, Root
Farm buildings and land Interpretive development Photographs Rockbridge County (Va.) |
Credit | Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway |