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Title Chicken House built by John C. Clark, 1881
Title Note South Elevation
Date August 1952
Description Image shows the south elevation of a chicken house built by John C. Clark in 1881. The structure is made of logs, and wood boards are used to fill the gaps between them. There is a small doorway on this face of the structure. The image was taken near milepost 36.4 in Section 1E of the Blue Ridge Parkway, at the original site of the structure. The building was disassembled, restored and reconstructed at the Humpback Rocks Visitor Center and Mountain Farm, near milepost 5.8 in Section 1B of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Image taken by Warren D. Lewis in August 1952.
Location Location Name: Milepost 36
Parkway Milepost: 36.0
Latitude: 37.795853
Longitude: -79.212238
Creator Individual Warren D. Lewis
Tags Farm buildings and land
Interpretive development
Photographs
Rockbridge County (Va.)
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway