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TITLE: Cultural landscape report for Big Meadows, Shenandoah National Park, Page and Madison Counties, Virginia : site history, analysis and evaluation, treatment / prepared by John W Hammond, Michael Commisso.
AUTHOR: Hammond, John W. (John William), 1971- author.
DESCRIPTION: viii, 258 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps (some folded) ; 28 cm
NOTES: Includes bibliographical references.
NOTES: "Big Meadows is one of four original multi-use developments constructed along the 105-mile Skyline Drive, a National Historic Landmark that winds along the crest of the Blue Ridge Mountains through the length of Shenandoah National Park in Virginia. Shenandoah National Park was one of two national parks in the southern Appalachians authorized by Congress in 1926 and established in the 1930s (Figure 0.1). The 440-acre Big Meadows site is situated at milepost 51 of Skyline Drive, with most of the developed area located on the northwest side of the road and a large, open meadow on the southeast side (Figure 0.2). The development is composed of five historic sub-areas arranged along an access road that include a wayside and visitor center area, picnic grounds, lodge and cabin area, campground, and maintenance area, as well as two non-historic sub-areas consisting of a wastewater treatment facility and employee residences. A series of spurs and interior loop roads provide access to these areas. The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) constructed the picnic grounds, campground, and maintenance area, including buildings, roadways, parking areas, trai
NOTES: ls, comfort stations, drinking fountains, log guardrails, boulder bollards, and fireplaces. More recent site furnishings have been introduced in the pic
SUBJECT: nic grounds replacing original CCC work, including picnic tables and grills.
SUBJECT: Camp sites, facilities, etc. --Virginia--Big meadows.
SUBJECT: Shenandoah National Park (Va.)
SUBJECT: Big Meadows (Va.)
ADDED ENTRY: Commisso, Michael

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