Blowing Rock in Watauga County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Green Park Inn

9239 Valley Blvd.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, October 30, 2022

1. Green Park Inn Marker

Inscription. This property
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Iinterior
c. 1891

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Architecture. A significant historical year for this entry is 1891.

Location. 36° 7.105′ N, 81° 39.616′ W. Marker is in Blowing Rock, North Carolina, in Watauga County. It is on Valley Boulevard. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 9239 Valley Blvd, Blowing Rock NC 28605, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s and he Mountains in the High Country. It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the original Cherokee Nation,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers

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are within one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Green Park Hotel (here, next to this marker); The Blowing Rock (approx. 0.2 miles away); Church of the Epiphany (approx. 0.2 miles away); Green Park-Norwood Golf Course (approx. 0.3 miles away); Emily Prudden (approx. 0.7 miles away); Mt. Bethel Reformed Church (approx. ¾ mile away); Maymont (approx. one mile away); Sunset Manor (approx. one mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Blowing Rock.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Stoneman's Raid (was approx. 0.4 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Regarding Green Park Inn. Excerpt from the National Register nomination:

The Green Park Inn was built in 1882 by G. W. F. Harper, a Lenoir industrialist. The inn, called the Green Park Hotel until recently, was built in the community of Green Park, which was incorporated into Blowing Rock in the 1920s. …

In 1896 it was reported that the Green Park had fireplaces and hot and cold baths in each room. At the turn of the century the Green Park had accommodations for 300 guests and a 1,000 foot porch. The ever popular porch
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, October 30, 2022

2. Green Park Inn Marker
Featured plaque is at the top.
overlooked a striking view of the mountains. The hotel featured billiard halls and a bowling alley. Around 1913 a golf course was added to the facilities.

Also see . . . Green Park Inn (PDF). National Register nomination for the hotel, which was listed in 1982. (National Archives) (Submitted on November 18, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

Green Park Inn image. Click for full size.

G Keith Hall via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0), February 8, 2009

3. Green Park Inn

Credits. This page was last revised on November 18, 2022. It was originally submitted on November 16, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 339 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 16, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. 3. submitted on November 18, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.