Blue Ridge Parkway, Between Shenandoah National Park & Great Smoky Mou, Asheville vicinity, Buncombe County, NC

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Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey

28 drawings
243 b&w photos
345 data pages
40 photo caption pages
26 color transparencies

TITLE:
Blue Ridge Parkway, Between Shenandoah National Park & Great Smoky Mou, Asheville vicinity, Buncombe County, NC

CALL NUMBER:
HAER NC,11-ASHV.V,2-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Measured Drawing(s): 28 (24 x 36 in.)
Photo(s): 243 (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 344 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 40
Color Transparencies: 26

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HAER NC-42

Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (N517).

Building/structure dates: 1935 initial construction

Part of building/structure is in Cherokee, Swain County, NC.

Significance: Blue Ridge Parkway was the first long-distance rural parkway developed by the National Park Service. Its designers adapted parkway development strategies originating in suburban commuter routes and metropolitan park systems and expanded them to a regional scale, creating a scenic motorway linking two of the most prominent eastern national parks. The parkway was conceived as a multiple-purpose corridor that would fulfill a variety of social, recreational, environmental and pragmatic functions. In addition to preserving and showcasing attractive natural scenery, the parkway was designed to display the traditional cultural landscapes of the southern Appalachian highlands, providing visitors with an idealized vision of America's rural heritage. At frequent intervals the parkway borders expand to encompass smaller parks, recreational areas, and historic sites, many of which include picnic areas and/or overnight accommodations. Blue Ridge Parkway's attractive natural and cultural features, its diverse recreational attractions, and its relatively accessible East Coast location have long made it the most heavily visited unit of the National Park System.

SUBJECTS:
NORTH CAROLINA--Buncombe County--Asheville vicinity
agriculture
"Mission 66" program
recreation

OTHER TITLE:
Blue Ridge Parkway

COLLECTION:
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)

REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.nc0478

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
Far North in the Ridge District along the first 100 miles
Axial parkway alignment along ridge top. Note the open vistas to either side of the roadway and the wood guide rail. View is to the Northeast. Milepost 99.5.
U.S. Route 460 Grade Separation Structure, Milepost 105.8
Bluffs area of Highlands District, far north of North Carolina Parkway segment, from approximately Milepost 220 to Milepost 250
Bluffs area of Highlands District, far north of North Carolina Parkway segment, from approximately Milepost 220 to Milepost 250
Chestoa View Overlook at Milepost 320.
Ferrin Knob Tunnel No. 2, south of Asheville, Milepost 400 to 460.
South of Roanoke
Natural view

CONTROL #:
NC0478

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