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Title Comfort Station, Upper Picnic Area
Date 20th Century
Description This photograph shows the comfort station at the upper picnic area at the Doughton Park.
Commentary According to Ian Firth's draft Parkway Historic Resource Study (2005), this comfort station was completed before World War II.
Location Location Name: Doughton Park
Parkway Milepost: 241.0
Latitude: 36.40596
Longitude: -81.17425
Creator Individual Unknown
Tags Building
Comfort stations
Doughton Park (N.C.)
Fences
Photographs
Picnic grounds
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway