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Title Polly Woods Ordinary
Date March 16, 1964
Description Image shows a wooden cabin set on a stone foundation. There is a door visible on one side of the cabin, and there is a fairly large gap between the bottom of the door and the ground below it. The home has a stone chimney at one side. Behind the home there is a small wooden structure. The image was taken in the Peaks of Otter area of the Blue Ridge Parkway, at the original site of the Polly Woods Ordinary. Taken by David C. Ochsner on March 16, 1964.
Location Location Name: Peaks of Otter
Parkway Milepost: 86.0
Latitude: 37.433333
Longitude: -79.604722
Creator Individual David Ochsner
Tags Cabins
Peaks of Otter (Va.)
Photographs
Stonemasonry
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway