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Title Holloway Place
Title Note Chimney
Date February 14, 1936
Description Clay-mortar stone chimney, Holloway Place
Commentary Parkway buildings reflected the architecture of the region through which they passed, such as this house. Use of such local forms was considered a sort of preservation, and characteristic features of mountain buildings, such as the stone chimney seen here, were borrowed for modern parkway structures.
Location Location Name: Milepost 232
Parkway Milepost: 232.0
Creator Individual G.W.W.
Creator Organization National Park Service—Blue Ridge Parkway
Tags Architecture
Chimneys
Holloway home site (N.C.)
Photographs
Stone carving
Stonemasonry
Structures
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway