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Title Brinegar Cabin Bldg #96
Title Note Bldg. #96
Date July 17, 1940
Description View of the side of Brinegar Cabin. Brinegar Cabin is located on milepost 238.5 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" on July 17, 1940.
Commentary Brinegar Cabin was the home of Martin and Caroline Brinegar. The Brinegar Cabin is a weather boarded log cabin with a frame shed addition, all covered by a hand-split wood shake roof.
Location Location Name: Brinegar Cabin
Parkway Milepost: 238.0
Latitude: 36.4187411
Longitude: -81.1456417
Creator Individual Kenneth McCarter
Tags Alleghany County (N.C.)
Brinegar Cabin (N.C.)
Brinegar, Martin and Caroline
Cabins
Chimneys
Doughton Park (N.C.)
Photographs
Rustic cabins
Stone carving
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway