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Dining Room of Ottaray House
This image shows a dining room. A table with a floral arrangement and wood-backed chairs sits in the lower right of the image. Two open doors, one windowless, can be seen past the table. To the left of the image is a large wooden cabinet with a short…
Lower Floor Sitting Room of Ottaray House
This image shows a sitting room with hardwood floors and exposed ceiling beams. The floor holds two patterned rugs. A wicker chair sits in the lower left of the image, in front of a large stone fireplace with a wooden log mantel. The mantel holds a…
Main Floor Fireplace of Ottaray House
This image shows a large stone fireplaces with a mantel made out of a live egde log still on it. The mantel holds multiple portraits, a clock, and a floral arrangement. A framed picture hangs above it. A leather chairs sits in front of the fireplace…
Upstairs Bathroom of Ottaray House
This image shows a small bathroom with tile floors. Two braided rugs sit in front of a toilet and a sink. The toilet sits in the lower right of the image, directly across from a door and small chair. Beside the chair are two racks holding hand…
Upstairs Bedroom of Ottaray House
This image shows a bedroom with a vanity and four poster bed. The vanity sits in the far left of the image with a small vase of flowers and candlestick on it. A low chair sits in front of it. Next to the bed is a round side table that holds a lamp. A…
View from Ottaray House Dining Room
This image shows a dining room. A table with a floral arrangement and wood-backed chairs sits in the lower right of the image. Four large windows show trees outside of the home. A single floral curtain hangs in the far right of the windows. Exposed…
William and Carrie Whiting at Ottaray
This image shows a close-up of the porch of a two story home. The porch is supported by two stone columns and a third column covered in ivy. An empty rocking chairs sits at the left end of the porch. A wooden bench sits under two windows on the right…
Boone Fork Lumber Watauga Democrat Article #1
This item is a newspaper clipping from the Watauga Democrat about Boone Fork Lumber Company in Shulls Mill, NC, with notes from Emily Kellogg Whiting Norvelle, the daughter-in-law of William S. Whiting who was the owner of the company. The article…
Collected Historical Notes regarding Whiting and Whiting lumber operations leading up to and including the Boone Fork Lumber Company
This item is a nine-page long collection of historical notes regarding William S. Whiting's lumber operations by Michael S. Lowery, great-grandson of Whiting, with contribution by Joseph Quinn. An excerpt from the author's note of the document reads:…
William Scott Whiting and the Boone Fork Lumber Company at Shulls Mills
This is an excerpt for Watauga County readers from a narrative about William S. Whiting, Michael Lowery's great-grandfather. It offers biographical information about Whiting, as well as information about his lumber operations in Shulls Mill, NC. Many…