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| Title | Frances Goodrich Exhibit |
| Title Note | Side angle |
| Date | 1952 |
| Description | Photograph shows an assortment of pieces from the Frances Goodrich Collection on display at the Parkway Craft Center in the Moses H. Cone Memorial Park in section G of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Taken by Sam P. Weems in 1952. |
| Commentary | The Moses H. Cone Estate, built around 1900 near Blowing Rock, North Carolina, included about 500 acres of farmland, Flat Top Mountain, nearby Rich Mountain, and a home called Flat Top Manor that had 23 rooms. The Cones retained their land while the National Park Service developed the Blue Ridge Parkway and the land was not transferred to the National Park Service until a few years after Bertha Cone’s death in 1949. Today the Flat Top Manor is open to the public and houses a craft shop and demonstration center. |
| Location |
Location Name: Flat Top Manor Parkway Milepost: 294.0
Latitude: 36.149047
Longitude: -81.692942 |
| Creator Individual | Sam P. Weems |
| Tags |
Arts and crafts
Flat Top Manor (Blowing Rock, N.C.) Moses H. Cone Memorial Park (N.C.) Parkway Craft Center (Flat Top Manor) Photographs Watauga County (N.C.) |
| Credit | Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway |
