{"nrhp_refnum":"99000272","name":"Church of the Resurrection","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"302 High Ridge Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Little Switzerland","county":"Mitchell County","state":"NC","lat":35.85083976400006,"lon":-82.09041277199998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1999-03-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story, T-shaped (cruciform plan) Episcopal church of board-and-batten construction at 302 High Ridge Road in Little Switzerland, Mitchell County, North Carolina. It was built in 1912-1913 to a design by Charlotte architect Adlai Osborne and moved about one hundred yards uphill in 1939.","why_significant":"The church is significant under Criterion A in the area of social history as an institution directly tied to the founding of Little Switzerland, a mountain resort community established by an investment group in the early twentieth century. It was built by local craftsmen with funds given and raised by residents, outside the usual Episcopal mission efforts. It is the only historic religious property in the community and was moved a short distance to avoid the Blue Ridge Parkway route.","narrative":"Church of the Resurrection is a small Episcopal church at the center of Little Switzerland, a mountain resort community on the Mitchell and McDowell county line. Built in 1912-1913 from native chestnut and hemlock by local craftsmen, it follows a drawing by Charlotte architect Adlai Osborne. The board-and-batten building has a cruciform plan, with nave, transepts, chancel and raised altar, and a stained glass window attributed to Louis Comfort Tiffany. Funding came from a donation by Mrs. McNeely DuBose and from the Episcopal women of the community, on land given by the Switzerland Company. In 1939 the church was moved about one hundred yards uphill because the planned Blue Ridge Parkway would have passed through its site. It was listed for its role in the social history of Little Switzerland, a resort founded by Heriot Clarkson and fellow investors. Later additions include a vestry, a kitchen, a bell tower, Geneva Hall and a memorial garden.","period_of_significance":"1912-1913","architect_builder":"Osborne, Adlai (Architect)","architectural_style":"OTHER: cruciform plan","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Still in use as a church; the form says it continues to serve the spiritual and cultural needs of Little Switzerland and surrounding communities.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:50.119072-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/10/7214/47721410/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/99000272.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000272/061dd45ce5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000272/061dd45ce5-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Upstateherd","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Little_Switzerland_Church_of_the_Resurrection.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Upstateherd</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Little_Switzerland_Church_of_the_Resurrection.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721410","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_the_Resurrection_(Little_Switzerland,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5118033"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/mitchell-county/church-of-the-resurrection-99000272/"}