{"nrhp_refnum":"91000263","name":"Randall Memorial Building, Former","other_names":["Village Cafe"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Greenway Ct.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Blowing Rock","county":"Watauga County","state":"NC","lat":36.13193765600005,"lon":-81.67764386099998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1991-03-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"The former Randall Memorial Building, now the Village Cafe, is a weatherboarded one and one-half story building on a lot behind Main Street in Blowing Rock, Watauga County, North Carolina. It was completed in 1907 as a workshop for mountain handicrafts, and a one-room Girl Scout hut was added nearby in 1938.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is significant under Criteria A and C. Under Criterion A it represents local efforts to improve the economic conditions of mountain people through the sale of handicrafts. Under Criterion C it is valued for its architecture, a weatherboarded cottage with a steep gable roof and a hip-roofed wing. The building has served as a workshop, library, social club and residence and is described as virtually unchanged on the exterior.","narrative":"Completed in the fall of 1907 in Blowing Rock, this weatherboarded cottage was built by the local Episcopal congregation as a workshop where mountain people could weave, spin, make basketry and woodwork, and sell their goods to tourists and out-of-state buyers. The Rev. William Rutherford Savage, the Episcopal priest, organized the workshop and acted as a wholesaler, taking products on consignment and running a mail-order trade in galax leaves. The one and one-half story building has a steep gable roof, a hip-roofed west wing, and an entrance porch with shingled gables. A kitchen addition of about 1920 extended the east end. The Episcopal Diocese sold the building in 1936 to the Blowing Rock Community Club, which used it as a civic hall and lending library. A one-room Girl Scout hut was built beside it in 1938. The building is regarded as virtually unchanged on the exterior, and its interior was adapted for a restaurant in 1990.","period_of_significance":"1907-1940","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Bungalow/Craftsman","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Repaired and adapted for use as the Village Cafe, a restaurant; the interior was modified in 1990.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:41.954783-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/86/7227/47722786/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/91000263.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722786","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Former_Randall_Memorial_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20745485"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/watauga-county/randall-memorial-building-former-91000263/"}