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Title Cone Estate Panorama
Date December 20, 1934
Description Panorama of Moses H. Cone Memorial Park land before creation of estate and proposed land for Blue Ridge Parkway. Located at milepost 294, section 2G. Picture taken December 20, 1934. Picture taken from the 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.
Location Location Name: Moses H. Cone Memorial Park
Parkway Milepost: 294.0
Latitude: 36.15457
Longitude: -81.68761
Tags Blueprints
Blue Ridge Parkway--Planning
Cone, Moses H.
Flat Top Manor (Blowing Rock, N.C.)
Moses H. Cone Memorial Park (N.C.)
Panoramic maps
Photographs
Watauga County (N.C.)
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway