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Title Comfort station, bldg# 101, built by CCC in 1942
Date March 10, 1976
Description Photograph of a comfort station built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1942. Located in the Doughton Park Woods picnic area, near mile post 241 and section 2C of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Taken by F.A. Ketterson, Jr. on March 10, 1976.
Location Location Name: Doughton Park
Parkway Milepost: 241.0
Latitude: 36.40596
Longitude: -81.17425
Creator Individual F.A. Ketterson, Jr.
Tags Alleghany County (N.C.)
Building
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.)
Comfort stations
Doughton Park (N.C.)
Photographs
Picnic grounds
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway