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Title | Bass Lake, Cone Park |
Date | 20th Century |
Description | View of Bass Lake and a stone bridge, located in the Moses H. Cone Estate, near Blowing Rock, N.C. and off of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Image taken from the National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway Headquarters. |
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 |
Tags |
Blowing Rock (N.C.)
Bodies of water Bridges Moses H. Cone Memorial Park (N.C.) Photographs Scenery Stone carving Trees Watauga County (N.C.) |
Credit | Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway |