National Register of Historic Places

Vardell Family Cottages Historic District

Blowing Rock, Watauga County, North Carolina
Listed
March 12, 2001
Type
District
Period
Listed
Ref No.
01000254

About this property

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

Location

222 Grandfather Ave, 137, 187, 209 Chestnut Circle
Blowing Rock, Watauga County, North Carolina
36.12671, -81.67804

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Nearby Battles

Stoneman's Raid — Boone NC
1865Civil War
6.2 mi

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When was Vardell Family Cottages Historic District listed on the National Register?

Vardell Family Cottages Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 12, 2001.

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Vardell Family Cottages Historic District is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

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