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49-422: Blowing Rock may refer to: The town of Blowing Rock, North Carolina The rocky outcropping Blowing Rock (land feature) , near the town of the same name Blowing Rock, Virginia , an unincorporated community Caribbean island belonging to Anguilla Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with

98-471: A brothel . Boarding houses attracted criticism: in "1916, Walter Krumwilde, a Protestant minister, saw the rooming house or boardinghouse system [as] "spreading its web like a spider, stretching out its arms like an octopus to catch the unwary soul." Attempts to reduce boarding house availability had a gendered impact, as boarding houses were typically operated or managed by women "matrons," and closing boarding houses reduced that opportunity for women to make

147-612: A "proper home." As a result, boarding houses became less common in the early 20th century. Another factor that reduced boarding house numbers was that improved mass transit options made it feasible for more city residents to live in the suburbs and work in the city. By the 1930s, boarding houses were becoming less common in most of the United States. In the 1930s and 1940s, "rooming or boarding houses had been taken for granted as respectable places for students, single workers, immigrants, and newlyweds to live when they left home or came to

196-502: A boarding-house may well cease to be attractive to short-term lodgers, and the residents may remain in unsatisfactory accommodation for long periods. Much old seaside accommodation is so used since cheap flights have reduced demand for their original seasonal holiday use. Apart from the worldwide spread of the concept of the B&;B, there are equivalents of the British boarding houses elsewhere in

245-610: A diner reaching far across a dining table] comes from an important variant of hotel life. In boardinghouses, tenants rent rooms and the proprietor provides family-style breakfasts and evening dinners in a common dining room. Traditionally, the food was put on the table, and everyone scrambled for the best dishes. Those with a long, fast reach ate best." Boarders can often arrange to stay bed-and-breakfast (bed and breakfast only), half-board (bed, breakfast and dinner only), or full-board (bed, breakfast, lunch, and dinner). Especially for families on holiday with children, boarding (particularly on

294-419: A dwelling space for young French seamstresses and nannies. Married women who boarded with their families in boarding houses were accused of being too lazy to do all of the washing, cooking, and cleaning necessary to keep house or to raise children properly. While there is an association between boarding houses and women renters, men also rented, notably the poet-authors Walt Whitman and Edgar Allan Poe . In

343-468: A full-board basis) was an inexpensive alternative and much cheaper than staying in all but the cheapest hotels. Boarding houses were common in most US cities throughout the 19th century and until the 1950s. In Boston, in the 1830s, when landlords and their boarders were added up, between one third and one half of the city's entire population lived in a boarding house. Boarding houses ran from large purpose-built buildings down to "genteel ladies," who rented

392-520: A living from operating such houses. Later, groups such as the Young Women's Christian Association provided heavily-supervised boarding houses for young women. Boarding houses were viewed as "brick-and-mortar chastity belts " for young unmarried women, which protected them from the vices in the city. The Jeanne d'Arc Residence in Chelsea, Manhattan , which was operated by an order of nuns, aimed to provide

441-612: A population of about 300. As word traveled to other parts of the South about the merits of Blowing Rock, more visitors began to arrive, first camping out, and later taking rooms at boarding houses such as the Hayes and Martin houses on Main Street. Eventually there were more visitors than the existing boarding houses could handle, and so many homes were turned into hotels. The first hotel in Blowing Rock

490-443: A room or two as a way of earning a little extra money. Large houses were converted to boarding houses, as wealthy families moved to more fashionable neighborhoods. The boarders in the 19th century ran the gamut as well, from well-off businessmen to poor laborers, and from single people to families. In the 19th century, between a third to half of urban dwellers rented a room to boarders or were boarders themselves. In New York in 1869,

539-429: A space to sleep but little else. When used for temporary purposes, the arrangement was similar to a hostel . Flophouse beds may offer dormitory-style space for as little as one night at a time. Group homes , residences that provide supervision and assisted living for adults with neurological disabilities or children unable to live with family, share characteristics with boarding houses. A lodging house, also known in

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588-486: A steam locomotive built for the original ET&WNC Railroad in 1915. Visitors to Tweetsie can ride the train for 3 miles (5 km) and enjoy the mountain scenery; the park also contains traditional amusement-park rides and attractions. Other attractions in the Blowing Rock area include the elegant and historic Green Park Inn, Mystery Hill where visitors can experience optical illusions that make objects suspended in mid air appear to take more force to move one direction than

637-428: A total area of 3.1 square miles (7.9 km ), of which 3.0 square miles (7.7 km ) of the area is land, and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km ), or 1.49% of the total area, is water. The climate in the area can be described as warm-summer humid continental ( Dfb ), or highland subtropical climate ( Cfb ) depending on the isotherm used; Köppen Climate Classification . This results in an unusual climate compared to

686-448: Is a house (frequently a family home) in which lodgers rent one or more rooms on a nightly basis and sometimes for extended periods of weeks, months, or years. The common parts of the house are maintained, and some services, such as laundry and cleaning, may be supplied. It normally provides " room and board ," with some meals as well as accommodation. Lodgers legally obtain a licence, not exclusive possession, to use their rooms and so

735-580: Is a specialized form of boarding house in which the guests or boarders normally stay only on a bed-and-breakfast basis, and long-term residence is rare. However, some B&B accommodation is made available on a long-term basis to British local authorities which are legally obliged to house persons and families for whom they have no social housing available. Some such boarding houses allow large groups with low incomes to share overcrowded rooms or otherwise exploit people with problems rendering them vulnerable, such as those with irregular immigration status. Such

784-880: Is part of the Hickory – Lenoir – Morganton Metropolitan Statistical Area , while the Watauga County portion is part of the Boone Micropolitan Statistical Area . Before 1752, when Bishop August Gottlieb Spangenberg of the Moravian Church visited the Blowing Rock , the windy cliffs of the area were home to the Cherokee and the Catawba Native American tribes. After the mid-18th century, when hardy Scots-Irish pioneers began to settle in

833-534: Is served by U.S. Highways 221 and 321 as well as the Blue Ridge Parkway . US 221 leads southwest 18 miles (29 km) to Linville and 53 miles (85 km) to Marion . US 321 leads southeast 21 miles (34 km) to Lenoir and 37 miles (60 km) to Hickory . The two highways together lead north to Boone. For other transportation facilities, consult Boone, North Carolina and Watauga County, North Carolina . Boarding house A boarding house

882-426: The 2020 United States census , there were 1,376 people, 619 households, and 357 families residing in the town. As of the census of 2000, there were 1,418 people, 663 households, and 387 families residing in the town. The population density was 477.9 inhabitants per square mile (184.5/km ). There were 1,524 housing units at an average density of 513.6 units per square mile (198.3 units/km ). The racial makeup of

931-678: The National Register of Historic Places . Saint Elizabeth Catholic Church (Boone, NC) , operates the Church of the Epiphany as a seasonal, mission church in Blowing Rock. Blowing Rock is located in southern Watauga County in the Blue Ridge Mountains . The southernmost portion of the town, including the actual Blowing Rock cliff, is located in Caldwell County. The town is located on

980-528: The United States as a rooming house , may or may not offer meals. Single-room occupancy (SRO) buildings rent individual rooms to residents and have a shared bathroom; some may have a shared kitchen space for residents to cook their own meals. Dormitory accommodations for postsecondary students are similar to a boarding houses when they include cafeterias. In the 2010s, microapartments , with one or two rooms rented and access to shared common spaces in

1029-490: The 20s or lower. Snow, sleet, and freezing rain are all common in the winter months. Springtime and Autumn in Blowing Rock are both cool and generally pleasant. Rainfall is moderate; thunderstorms are occasional and rarely severe. The biggest 24-hour temperature change recorded in North Carolina was recorded at Blowing Rock on 1 January 1979, yielding a temperature range of 63 degrees, from -8 °F to 55 °F. As of

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1078-414: The Blowing Rock area. At the same time, summer residents began to come up from the nearby city of Lenoir to enjoy the cool fresh air and magnificent mountain views. Seeing the potential of their village to become a haven for well-to-do tourists, the residents of Blowing Rock had their village incorporated into a town on March 11, 1889. The town's first mayor was "Uncle" Joe Clarke, and the town initially had

1127-594: The Cone family. Adjacent to the park is the Blowing Rock Equestrian Preserve, where visitors can board their horses convenient to the trails; there are 25 miles (40 km) of riding and carriage trails in the park. Annual festivals and events in Blowing Rock include the "Art in the Park" festival, a monthly summertime (May-Oct) event in downtown Blowing Rock where artists set up booths to sell their work to tourists;

1176-856: The Fourth of July festival and parade; Blowing Rock Winterfest in November; the Blue Ridge Wine and Food Festival in April; Christmas in the Park and Lighting of the Town festivities, including a Holiday Parade; the Symphony by the Lake at Chetola Resort; and the Blowing Rock Charity Horse Show which has been a tradition for 84 years. It is the longest continuously run horse show in the United States. The show features some of

1225-635: The Hayes, Coffey, Bolick, Estes and Storie families. During the American Civil War the mountains of North Carolina often witnessed fierce guerrilla warfare between groups of pro- Confederate and pro- Union fighters. To keep their families safe, men leaving for service in the Confederate Army often sent them to Blowing Rock, which became a local refuge from the fighting. After the Civil War many of these veterans would join their families and remain in

1274-477: The automobile and improved roads early in the 20th century further eased the journey to Blowing Rock, and visitors began to arrive from as far away as Florida . Today Blowing Rock remains a tourist destination for visitors from all over the United States. Due to the town's well-to-do, out-of-state summertime residents, Blowing Rock has restaurants, hotels, golf courses, and other attractions. A recent priority for Blowing Rock's residents has been to preserve and protect

1323-669: The best horse riders in the Eastern United States. The Blowing Rocket newspaper covers Blowing Rock. The newspaper is owned by Adams Publishing Group and is a sister publication of the Watauga Democrat in Boone . Blowing Rock News is a digital-only news publication focused on Blowing Rock and its surrounding communities. Most services are available either in Blowing Rock or in Boone, approximately 8 miles (13 km) away. The town

1372-572: The blowing rock into the gorge. The woman prayed to the Great Spirit to return her lover, and the Spirit complied by sending a gust of wind which blew the man back up the cliff and landed him safely on the blowing rock itself. This story of course is fictional but it was used as a draw for the attraction. In the 1980s, a billboard in Wilkesboro for Blowing Rock showed two Indians holding hands, one standing on

1421-495: The building, are very similar to boarding houses. WeWork , a company mostly known for its shared coworking rental spaces, is also offering shared housing arrangements in which renters get a private bedroom but share a kitchen, living room, and other common areas. Bed and breakfast accommodation (B&B), which exists in many countries in the world (such as the United Kingdom , the United States , Canada , and Australia ),

1470-456: The city." However, with the housing boom in the 1950s, middle-class newcomers could increasingly afford their own homes or apartments, which meant that rooming and boarding houses were beginning to be used more often by postsecondary "students, the working poor, or the unemployed." By the 1960s, rooming and boarding houses were deteriorating, as official city policies tended to ignore them. The common lodging-house or flophouse usually offered

1519-476: The cost of living in a boarding house ranged from $ 2.50 to $ 40 a week. Some boarding houses attracted people with particular occupations or preferences, such as vegetarian meals. The boarding house reinforced some social changes: it made it feasible for people to move to a large city and away from their families. The distance from relatives brought social anxieties and complaints that the residents of boarding houses were not respectable. Boarding out gave people

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1568-901: The crest of the Blue Ridge. Most of the town lies just north of the crest, with waters draining north to the Middle Fork of the New River and thence to the Ohio River valley, while to the south of the ridgecrest, waters flow via the Johns River to the Catawba River valley and eventually to the Atlantic Ocean in South Carolina . According to the United States Census Bureau , the town has

1617-542: The decades after the 1880s, urban reformers began working on modernizing cities; their efforts to create "uniformity within areas, less mixture of social classes, maximum privacy for each family, much lower density for many activities, buildings set back from the street, and a permanently built order" all meant that housing for single people had to be cut back or eliminated. By the early 1930s, urban reformers were typically using codes and zoning to enforce "uniform and protected single-use residential district[s] of private houses,"

1666-513: The landlord retains the right of access. Formerly boarders would typically share washing, breakfast , and dining facilities; in recent years, it has become common for each room to have its own washing and toilet facilities. Such boarding houses were often found in English seaside towns (for tourists ) and college towns (for students). It was common for there to be one or two elderly long-term residents. "The phrase "boardinghouse reach" [referring to

1715-450: The opportunity to meet other residents and so they promoted some social mixing. That had advantages, such as learning new ideas and new people's stories, and also disadvantages, such as occasionally meeting disreputable or dangerous people. Most boarders were men, but women found that they had limited options: a co-ed boarding house might mean meeting objectionable men, but an all-female boarding house might be or at least be suspected of being

1764-738: The other - Mystery Hill is also home to the Moon and Irene Mullins Arrowhead Collection with over 52,000 arrowheads on display, the Blowing Rock Country Club, and the Blowing Rock Art & History Museum. On the nearby Blue Ridge Parkway is Moses Cone Memorial Park, which offers scenic views of the surrounding mountains. The park contains the Moses Cone Manor and Estate, and features two large lakes surrounded by forests and trails. These trails wind for miles, and were once carriage trails for

1813-468: The reformers' preferred housing type. In 1936, the FHA Property Standards defined a dwelling as "any structure used principally for residential purposes" and noted that "commercial rooming houses and tourist homes, sanitariums, tourist cabins, clubs, or fraternities would not be considered dwellings" as they did not have the "private kitchen and a private bath" that reformers viewed as essential in

1862-508: The region, the mountain passes from southern Virginia into Kentucky attracted many colonists, farmers, hunters, and trappers who continued south to the mountains of North Carolina. The first family to settle in Blowing Rock were the Greenes, who were established by the mid-19th century on a site that would become the Green Park Hotel property. Other early settlers in Blowing Rock included

1911-470: The rest of North Carolina; the town's elevation of 3,500 to 3,600 feet (1,100 to 1,100 m) above sea level results in cooler summer temperatures than lowland areas to the east and south. Daytime temperatures in the summer infrequently rise above 80 °F (27 °C). Temperatures in the winter are much colder and harsher than what would be expected in a southern state, being more similar to southern coastal New England. Daytime highs can frequently fall into

1960-531: The rock and one "floating". Today "The Blowing Rock" is a tourist attraction and is known for its superb views of the surrounding Blue Ridge Mountains . Another tourist attraction in Blowing Rock is the Tweetsie Railroad theme park , which is home to the only operational narrow-gauge railroad in North Carolina. Tweetsie Railroad operates a variety of narrow-gauge railroad equipment, including East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad Locomotive No. 12 ,

2009-432: The sky. Blowing Rock is the site of Glen Burney Falls and Glen Marie Falls. The Blowing Rock area was once fought over by the Cherokee and Catawba Native American tribes. According to legend, two lovers - one from each tribe - were walking near the rocks when the man received a notice to report to his village and go into battle. When his lover urged him to stay with her, he became so distraught that he threw himself off

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2058-514: The title Blowing Rock . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blowing_Rock&oldid=627506158 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Blowing Rock, North Carolina The Caldwell County portion of Blowing Rock

2107-448: The town was $ 34,294. About 2.9% of families and 9.1% of the population were below the poverty line , including 16.1% of those under age 18 and 6.5% of those age 65 or over. The town of Blowing Rock takes its name from an unusual rock formation which juts over 1,500 feet (460 m) above the Johns River gorge. Due to the rock's shape and size, wind currents from the gorge often blow vertically, causing light objects to float upwards into

2156-409: The town was 97.95% White , 0.35% African American , 0.21% Native American , 0.35% Asian , 0.07% from other races , and 1.06% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.63% of the population. There were 663 households, of which 35.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size

2205-491: The town was forced to adapt to meeting the needs of tourists. The need for cleaner and better streets (most streets then were simply dirt tracks) led to the paving of the town's streets and highways. Another issue involved the need to build fences to keep farm animals from wandering into town and disturbing visitors - at the time most farms in the area were not fenced. In 1896 the town passed an ordinance which required local farmers to fence in their livestock. The introduction of

2254-589: The town's historic structures and maintaining the small-town charm and scenery that has attracted so many people for the last 150 years. In addition to the Green Park Inn, the Bollinger-Hartley House , East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad Locomotive No. 12 , Gragg House , Green Park Historic District , Randall Memorial Building, Former , Vardell Family Cottages Historic District , Westglow , and Moses Cone's Flat Top Manor are listed on

2303-613: The world. For example, in Japan , minshuku are an almost exact equivalent although the normal arrangement would be the equivalent of the English half-board. In Hawaii , where the cost of living is high and incomes barely keep pace, it is common to take in lodgers (who are boarders in English terminology) that share the burden of the overall rent or mortgage payable. In the Indian subcontinent , boarders are also known as " Paying guests ." They stay in

2352-430: Was 2.03 persons and the average family size was 2.59. The population consists of The median age was 51 years. For every 100 females, there were 86.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 80.4 males. The median income for a household in the town was $ 54,271, and the median income for a family was $ 66,979. Males had a median income of $ 45,417 compared to $ 27,361 for females. The per capita income for

2401-530: Was the Watauga Hotel, built in 1884; the hotel added cottages in 1888. The Green Park Hotel opened in 1891, followed eight years later by the Blowing Rock Hotel. Walter Alexander, a prominent local resident, touted the clean air and healthy environment of Blowing Rock; in 1922 he opened his own hotel, called Mayview Manor. As the tourist economy became Blowing Rock's main industry in the late 19th century,

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