Vardell Family Cottages Historic District

Vardell Family Cottages Historic District
Location 222 Grandfather Ave, 137, 187, 209 Chestnut Circle, Blowing Rock, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°7′36″N 81°40′42″W / 36.12667°N 81.67833°W / 36.12667; -81.67833Coordinates: 36°7′36″N 81°40′42″W / 36.12667°N 81.67833°W / 36.12667; -81.67833
Area 3.7 acres (1.5 ha)
Built 1899 (1899)-1900, c. 1903, 1933
Built by Hartley, Roe; White, Joseph N.
Architectural style Bungalow/craftsman
NRHP Reference # 01000254[1]
Added to NRHP March 12, 2001

Vardell Family Cottages Historic District are three historic summer homes and national historic district located at Blowing Rock, Watauga County, North Carolina. They are Opicherhoka (1899-1900), Hemlock Cottage (c. 1903, 1950s), and The Shoe (1933). Opicherhoka is a picturesque two-story, weatherboarded frame Arts and Crafts-style dwelling. Hemlock Cottage is a small rectangular, plainly-finished, weatherboarded, frame cottage. It consists of a two-story, two-room main block, a one-story shed roof front porch, and a gable roof ell. The Shoe is a small rectangular Arts and Crafts style one-story-with-loft frame cottage.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Davyd Foard Hood (January 2000). "Vardell Family Cottages Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-07-01.


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