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Title | View of Orchards & Bass Lake from Top of Flat Top Manor House |
Date | 20th Century |
Description | View of orchards and Bass Lake from top of Flat Top Manor House, located on what is now Moses H. Cone memorial park, off of Blue Ridge Parkway. Located at milepost 294, section 2G of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Picture taken from National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway. |
Commentary | Moses H. Cone was a textile industrialist who created his vacation home of Flat Top Manor house on 3,500 acres in Blowing Rock, NC. Today the Flat Top Manor (which includes 23 rooms) is open to the public and houses a Craft Shop and demonstration center. |
Location |
Location Name: Moses H. Cone Memorial Park Parkway Milepost: 294.0
Latitude: 36.15457
Longitude: -81.68761 |
Tags |
Bass Lake (N.C.)
Cone, Moses H. Flat Top Manor (Blowing Rock, N.C.) Moses H. Cone Memorial Park (N.C.) Photographs Watauga County (N.C.) |
Credit | Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway |