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Title | Bass Lake |
Title Note | Negative 8909-728 |
Date | 1950s |
Description | View of Bass Lake, located in the Moses H. Cone Memorial Park near Blowing Rock, NC and milepost 293, section 2G off of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Image taken from the National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway Headquarters and taken by Abbie Rowe. |
Commentary | Moses H. Cone was a textile entrepreneur, who built the Flat Top Manor, with his wife Bertha Cone, on the Moses H. Cone estate in the early 1900s. The Moses H. Cone Estate Memorial Park is near Blowing Rock, NC and now houses the Blue Ridge Mountain Craft Center. |
Location |
Location Name: Bass Lake Parkway Milepost: 294.0
Latitude: 36.1409622
Longitude: -81.6817727 |
Creator Individual | Abbie Rowe |
Creator Organization | National Park Service—Blue Ridge Parkway |
Tags |
Bass Lake (N.C.)
Blowing Rock (N.C.) Bodies of water Moses H. Cone Memorial Park (N.C.) Photographs Scenery Watauga County (N.C.) |
Credit | Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway |