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Title Arch. elevation typical gas station
Date 20th Century
Description The image shows a drawing of an exterior front view of a gas station. The building appears to have a wooden exterior in the log cabin style, and a stone fence in the front and wooden fences on the sides. Trees and shrubbery appear in the foreground, across a driveway in front of the gas station. A car is drawn on the right side of the image and two people appear on the left side. The artist and date of the image are unknown. The location is also unknown, although it is most likely associated with milepost 155 of the Blue Ridge Parkway, in Franklin County or Floyd County, Va.
Location Location Name: Milepost 155
Parkway Milepost: 155.0
Latitude: 36.923516
Longitude: -80.194919
Creator Individual Unknown
Tags Design drawings
Fences
Floyd County (Va.)
Franklin County (Va.)
Service stations
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway