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Title Brinegar Cabin riving roof boards
Title Note Brinegar Cabin riving roof boards
Date January 1942
Description Man breaking or tearing apart roof boards for the construction or re-construction of Brinegar Cabin. Brinegar Cabin is located on milepost 238.5, section 2C, near or in Doughton Park, off of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Image taken from the National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway Headquarters and taken by "KCM" in January 1942.
Commentary Martin Brinegar settled this cabin in 1885 and it was lived in until the land and cabin were purchased by the Blue Ridge Parkway in 1935. The cabin is still standing today and is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Location Location Name: Brinegar Cabin
Parkway Milepost: 238.0
Latitude: 36.4187411
Longitude: -81.1456417
Creator Individual Kenneth McCarter
Tags Alleghany County (N.C.)
Bluff District (N.C.)
Bluff Park (N.C.)
Brinegar Cabin (N.C.)
Brinegar, Martin and Caroline
Cabins
Construction
Doughton Park (N.C.)
Logging
Photographs
Rustic cabins
Workers
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway