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Moses H. Cone Memorial Park preserves the country estate of Moses Cone, a prosperous textile entrepreneur, conservationist, and philanthropist of the Gilded Age. Its centerpiece is Flat Top Manor, a gleaming white 23-room mansion of almost 14,000 …
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Originally constructed as one of several cottages located on the Watauga Hotel property, the building contained two small rental units. This structure is the last remaining example of the group of cottages. Acquired in 1939 by the town, the hotel …
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Flat Top Manor, once the home of textile magnate Moses H. Cone and his family, presides over the former Cone Estate—3,600 acres of forests, meadows and rolling farmlands.
Moses Cone, whose hobbies included road-building and cultivating ap…
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On a raid across western N.C. Gen. A. C. Gillem led part of Stoneman's U.S. cavalry through this vicinity, March 28, 1865.
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Donated to the Town of Blowing Rock in loving memory of two brothers and Blowing Rock's sons, Paul and Glenn Coffey by the Coffey Family This monument was erected two blocks north of this site on September 1, 1927. Mr. Thomas H. Coffey was chairm…
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This 250 million year old cliff formation is North Carolina's oldest travel attraction.Located at 4,000 feet above sea level, The Blowing Rock is the town's namesake.The phenomenon is so called becausethe rocky walls of the gorge form a flumethrou…
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Artist, teacher, author. His paintings hang in the National Gallery, Metropolitan Museum, and other galleries. His home is here.
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On a Raid through WesternNorth Carolina Gen.Stoneman's U.S. CavalryPassed through BlowingRock March 28, 1865
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Flat Top Manor, once the home of textile magnate Moses H. Cone and his family, presides over the former Cone Estate— 3,600 acres of forests, meadows and rolling farmlands.Moses Cone, whose hobbies included road-building and cultivating apple…