Crossnore School Historic District
The National Park Service has not published a boundary polygon for this district; the map shows the listed properties inside it and the district's reference point.
Why it's listed
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.
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| Styles | Craftsman bungalow; half-dovetail log building |
|---|---|
| Areas of significance | Architecture, Education, Health/Medicine, Social History |
| Acreage | 7.8 |
| Boundary source | not published |
| Full listing page | Crossnore School Historic District (property record) |
What listing means for this property
This is a historic district. Buildings within its boundary are either contributing (they add to the district's significance) or non-contributing. Owners of contributing income-producing buildings can claim the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit; homeowners should look at state credits. National Register districts impose no design review by themselves; a local historic district ordinance, if one exists, does (the difference explained).
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.