Vardell Family Cottages Historic District | |
Nrhp Type: | hd |
Nocat: | yes |
Location: | 222 Grandfather Ave, 137, 187, 209 Chestnut Circle, Blowing Rock, North Carolina |
Coordinates: | 36.1267°N -81.6783°W |
Built: | -1900, c. 1903, 1933 |
Builder: | Hartley, Roe; White, Joseph N. |
Architecture: | Bungalow/craftsman |
Added: | March 12, 2001 |
Refnum: | 01000254 |
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.[1]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.