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Brinegar Cabin

Coordinates: 36°25′6″N 81°8′44″W / 36.41833°N 81.14556°W / 36.41833; -81.14556
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Brinegar Cabin
Brinegar Cabin in 2016
Brinegar Cabin is located in North Carolina
Brinegar Cabin
Brinegar Cabin is located in the United States
Brinegar Cabin
LocationAt miles 238.5, Blue Ridge Pkwy., near Whitehead, North Carolina
Coordinates36°25′6″N 81°8′44″W / 36.41833°N 81.14556°W / 36.41833; -81.14556
Area0 acres (0 ha)
Built1880 (1880)
Built byBrinegar, Martin
Architectural styleLog construction
NRHP reference No.72000922[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 20, 1972

Brinegar Cabin is a historic home located near Whitehead, Alleghany County, North Carolina. It was built about 1880, and is a one-story log house covered with lapped siding and resting on an uncoursed fieldstone foundation. Also on the property is a contributing frame outbuilding. The property is part of the lands comprising the Blue Ridge Parkway, and the cabin houses a display of mountain crafts and weaving.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ John B. Wells, III (July 1971). "Brinegar Cabin" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
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