At Left: Wide view of front-left side of loom. The loom's shedding system has one decorative roller, two shafts and two treadles in use at the present. At Right: Detailed of rocker. The rockers are only 6.5 inches from tip to tip. They are of peg-in-hole variety, with two holes in underside of the rocker, and corresponding pegs in the base of the loom.   Park records indicate this loom was made by Levi Stovall, sometime between 1830 and 1850. The Stovalls lived near Camp Creek in Mercer County (once part of Virginia, now part of West Virginia).

The loom remained within the family until the late 1960s, when it was purchased by a Virginia family. It was later donated to the park system with the stipulation that it be used in the present setting and not be stored. The Living Farm at Humpback Rocks is close to the northern end of the Blue Ridge Mountain Parkway. There is a visitor center and a self-guiding trail through the reconstructed farm-stead. The facilities are open May through October. Old-time skills are demonstrated spring, summer and fall. Humpback Rocks Visitor Center Return to Loom Photograph Index