Area Off Blowing Rock Road
Title
Area Off Blowing Rock Road
Subject
Aerial Photographs, Streets, Blowing Rock Road, Boone Council Chambers, Boone Police Department, Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home, Factories
Description
Color image of an aerial view of an area off Blowing Rock Road. The building at the upper left is the Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home, presently the location of Boone Council Chambers and the Police Department. It also once housed the Planning and Inspections Department for Boone. The building in the foreground was the Shadowline underwear and lingerie factory. The back of a photograph has the stamp of Henry Dewolf and the handwritten inscription "Off Blowing Rock Road 1. Shadowline 2. Funeral Home."
Please note: Digital Watauga is not a repository for the full run of DeWolf's work. We have no information whatsoever about images from outside Watauga County or how to obtain copies/reprints.
Please note: Digital Watauga is not a repository for the full run of DeWolf's work. We have no information whatsoever about images from outside Watauga County or how to obtain copies/reprints.
Creator
Henry Dewolf
Date
Circa 1973
Contributor
Anonymous
Format
Photograph
Language
English
Type
Still Image
Identifier
Hen-Dew-01-007
Spatial Coverage
Boone, NC
Scanning Technician
Grayson Butler
DPI
800
Bit Depth
24
Collection Name
Henry Dewolf Aerial Surveys of Watauga County Collection
Scanning Software
EPSON Scan
Citation
Henry Dewolf, “Area Off Blowing Rock Road,” Digital Watauga, accessed September 26, 2023, http://digitalwatauga.org/items/show/3135.
Comments
Sheri Moretz
The funeral home is Reins-Sturdivant. It is now the Town Council Chambers and Police Department. At one point in time, it was also planning and inspections for the Town of Boone.