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Title D.C. Mangrum residence - razed front of house 4 years old
Date May 28, 1936
Description Image shows the front porch and fence of the D.C. Mangrum home. The house was built 4 years earlier, but it was razed for construction of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Inage taken by R.F.E. on May 28, 1936. Image taken near Rock Castle Gorge in the Rocky Knob area, near milepost 170 of the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Location Location Name: Milepost 170
Parkway Milepost: 170.0
Latitude: 36.804553
Longitude: -80.362041
Creator Individual R.F.E.
Tags Fences
Floyd County (Va.)
Photographs
Proposed sites
Razed structures
Residential building
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway