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Ginkgo at Moses S. Cone's Flat Top Manor
near Blowing Rock, North Carolina
Moses Cone's Ginkgo: The late 19th century saw the emergence of a new upper class. Of those men who had made their fortunes in the Gilded Age, many chose to live in and around the perfection of Nature. Textile magnate Moses H. Cone purchased and developed 3,600 acres of mountain property near Blowing Rock, North Carolina.
Cone built one of North America's premier turn-of-the-century country estates. The Cone's were childless and eventually the home, called Flat Top Manor, and the entire estate became part of the Blue Ridge Parkway system. A most beautiful and large ginkgo shades manor visitors and adds to the beauty of the property.
Moses Cone ginkgo at Flat Top Manor
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