Driving Through Time - The Digital Blue Ridge Parkway
About this Item
| Title | Tea Room & Motor Service Station, Blue Ridge Parkway at Smart View Park, ca 1930s |
| Title Note | Drawing No. PKY-BR SV-2053 |
| Description | This map shows a grounds and building plan for a Tea Room and Motor Service Station at Smart View Park on the Blue Ridge Parkway. The design was created by Robert G. Hall and Gilbert Thurlow. The drawing shows trees, roads, fences, cow pastures, a wood shed, a spring house, and a tea room and motor service station. A more detailed building plan for the tea room and motor service station appears in the top right corner, with a legend labeling each room in the building layout. The building design includes a dining room, cash desk, cloak room, kitchen, serving room, storage, motor service room, motor storage, and segregated restrooms labeled for "white ladies" and "white men" and for "colored women" and "colored men." The approximate cost for the plan, written below the map title at the bottom of the page, is estimated to be $17,500. |
| Location |
Location Name: Section 1Q Parkway Milepost: 149.0
Latitude: 36.985058
Longitude: -80.145729 |
| Creator Individual | Gilbert Thurlow |
| Tags | Virginia |
| Credit | Courtesy of Gilbert Thurlow |
