Driving Through Time - The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway
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| Title | Employee Quarters #412 |
| Date | May 27, 1959 |
| Description | Photograph shows automobiles and housing buildings for employees of the National Park Service near Asheville, North Carolina. Taken by Donald H. Robinson on May 27, 1959. |
| Commentary | This picture shows the basic housing for Blue Ridge Parkway and National Park Service employees. The date of this picture is 1959, six years after the completion of Section 2Q of the Blue Ridge Parkway. These houses were possibly built to accommodate the employees who were working on the Blue Ridge Parkway at the time and ended up becoming permanent housing for the employees who remained to continue the upkeep. |
| Location |
Location Name: Asheville Parkway Milepost: None
Latitude: 35.60095
Longitude: -82.55402 |
| Creator Individual | Donald H. Robinson |
| Tags |
Automobiles
Building Employee housing Housing Photographs |
| Credit | Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway |
