{"nrhp_refnum":"09000059","name":"Crossnore School Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Within the campus of Crossnore School, N. side of NC 1143, opposite junction with NC 1148","address_restricted":false,"city":"Crossnore","county":"Avery County","state":"NC","lat":36.023500452000064,"lon":-81.92942411899998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2009-02-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Education","Health/Medicine","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 7.83-acre historic district on the campus of Crossnore School in Crossnore, Avery County, North Carolina, with six contributing resources built between 1928 and 1960 and one modern noncontributing building. The school was founded in 1913.","why_significant":"The district holds the oldest surviving buildings of the school founded by Mary Martin Sloop and Dr. Eustace Henry Sloop. The buildings are linked by Linville River rock masonry and rustic Craftsman design. They reflect the school's educational mission, its long support from the Daughters of the American Revolution, and its community hospital. The only criterion cited in the text is A, in the areas of education and social history.","narrative":"Crossnore School Historic District covers about eight acres at the southwest edge of a mountain boarding school campus in Avery County, North Carolina. The school opened in 1913 for underprivileged mountain children, and the district preserves its oldest surviving buildings, dating from 1928 to 1960. They include the DAR Dormitory of 1933, a stone bell tower, the E. H. Sloop Chapel of 1956, a log chapter house re-erected from a ca. 1904 Avery County cabin, the Homespun House weaving room, and the former Garrett Memorial Hospital. Stone from the Linville River appears on every contributing building, giving the campus a unified rustic Craftsman character. Early buildings were quickly and cheaply built, and the dormitory set a standard of using native materials, including chestnut bark shingles. The district is recognized for its role in education and social history, and for the long support of the Daughters of the American Revolution under founder Mary Martin Sloop and Dr. Eustace Sloop. A 1988 administration building is the lone modern intrusion.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"David Patrick Moses (architect of the noncontributing Bayles Administration Building); John R. Weaver (school construction superintendent, head builder of the chapel)","architectural_style":"Craftsman bungalow; half-dovetail log building","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"The school campus remains in use. The former hospital was refitted in 2005-07 as the school's adoptive placement services facility. The Homespun House houses the Crossnore Weavers and Gallery.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:54.223011-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/85/7189/47718985/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/09000059.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718985","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossnore_School_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17512001"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/avery-county/crossnore-school-historic-district-09000059/"}