Vardell Family Cottages Historic District
Vardell Family Cottages Historic District | |
 Opicherhoka | |
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| Location | 222 Grandfather Ave, 137, 187, 209 Chestnut Circle, Blowing Rock, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 36°7′36″N 81°40′42″W / 36.12667°N 81.67833°W |
| Area | 3.7 acres (1.5 ha) |
| Built | 1899-1900, c. 1903, 1933 |
| Built by | Hartley, Roe; White, Joseph N. |
| Architectural style | Bungalow/craftsman |
| NRHP reference No. | 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
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ 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 July 1, 2015.
Categories:
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
- Houses in Watauga County, North Carolina
- National Register of Historic Places in Watauga County, North Carolina
- Western North Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs