Moses H. Cone Manor House: Historic Structure Report, Moses H. Cone Memorial Park, Blue Ridge Parkway
Surber & Barber Architects, Inc.. 1996. Moses H. Cone Manor House: Historic Structure Report, Moses H. Cone Memorial Park, Blue Ridge Parkway. Historic Structure Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Southeast Regional Office, Atlanta, Georgia
The Historic Structure Report for Moses H. Cone Manor House provides a detailed, present day description of the Moses H. Cone Manor House, augmented with photographs and HABS drawings. Documentation of the existing conditions was accomplished during site visits made by members of the study team between November of 1994 and June of 1995. The history of the building's design, construction, and alterations is based on a review of archival materials and a thorough examination of the building's fabric. The report also identifies specific maintenance and preservation issues. The period of significance for the Manor House begins with the start of construction in 1899 and ends in 1947 with the death of Bertha Cone. The period spans the length of time that the house functioned as the Manor House of a large country estate. The house has been identified as architecturally significant as an example of the Beaux Arts approach to design, with Classical and Colonial Revival influences. The Cone Estate was an agricultural enterprise best understood in the context of the American progressive movement.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Surber & Barber Architects, Inc.
- Date of Issue
- 1996-02-20
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
- Units
- BLRI , SER
- Keywords
- agriculture, artisan, balustrade, Beaux Arts, Bertha Cone, Biltmore Estate, Classical style, Colonial Revival, country estate, Country Place Movement, craft center, Denim King, estate, Flat Top Manor Estate, Gilded Age, historic house museum, modern art, Orlo Epps, paint color analysis, sun parlor