Vardell Family Cottages Historic District

222 Grandfather Ave, 137, 187, 209 Chestnut Circle, Blowing Rock, North Carolina. County/parish: Watauga.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places March 12, 2001. NRIS 01000254.

3 contributing buildings. 1 contributing site.

Also known as:

  • Opicherhoka, Hemlock Cottage, The Shoe

From Wikipedia:

Vardell Family Cottages Historic District

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.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722784