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Oconoluftee Administative Building

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A two-and-one-half-story, T-plan building measuring 59' wide x 66' deep overall executed in an eastern variant of the NPS rustic style. The exterior material is rock-faced quartzite masonry. The prominent slate roof extends over a full-facade front porch carried on massive squared and chamfered chestnut posts fitted with knee braces and left unpainted. Another small porch is present where the rear ell joins the main block. Flooring for both porches is Tennessee crab orchard flagstone. The main block of the building houses a meeting room in the former lobby/visitor contact area and an office originally used by the chief ranger. Both rooms have end-wall fireplaces veneered with quartzite masonry, and the flagstone pavers of the front porch continue into the lobby. Chestnut timbers and paneling are used throughout these spaces. The roof framing of the lobby is exposed and consists of chestnut beams, rafters, kingposts, and braces, all hand squared and chamfered. The rear ell contains offi

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Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Code: GRSM

Oconoluftee Mountain Farm
Latitude: 35.513716, Longitude: -83.306365

Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Latitude: 35.5715599060059, Longitude: -83.528190612793

Cultural Resources Inventory System-Historic Structures (CRIS-HS) : 0091430
FMSS (Facility Management Software System) : 63704

Great Smoky Mountains National Park Historic Buildings and Structures Collection

2024/10/02

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Mary-Ella Lee National Park Service

Organization: Great Smoky Mountains NP
Role: GIS Program Manager
Position: GIS Program Manager
Address: Gatlinburg, TN 37738
Email: GRSM_GIS@nps.gov

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Wednesday, November 13, 2024 2:47:39 PM

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