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.

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

Files

Hen-Dew-7.jpg
Hen-Dew-7b.jpg

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. 

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