Brinegar Cabin, Historic log cabin in Alleghany County, North Carolina, USA

Brinegar Cabin is a one-story log house near Whitehead in Alleghany County, North Carolina, covered with lapped siding and set on an uncoursed fieldstone foundation. A contributing frame outbuilding stands on the property, which lies within the lands of the Blue Ridge Parkway.

Brinegar Cabin was built about 1880 as a one-story log family home near Whitehead in Alleghany County. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on 20 January 1972, and its property is now part of the lands of the Blue Ridge Parkway.

The cabin demonstrates traditional regional crafts, particularly yarn spinning that Caroline Brinegar practiced as part of daily life. These handmade skills reflect how mountain families produced their own textiles for clothing and trade.

The cabin sits along Blue Ridge Parkway and is accessible during seasonal opening times for visitor tours. Park rangers offer demonstrations of traditional crafts, so check what programs are available when you plan your visit.

The cabin holds a display of mountain crafts and weaving, and its grounds include a contributing frame outbuilding alongside the log house. The property lies within the lands of the Blue Ridge Parkway, near Whitehead in Alleghany County.