Valle Crucis Historic District

Historic district in North Carolina, United States

United States historic place


Valle Crucis Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Valle Crucis Methodist Church, 2017
36°12′33″N 81°46′43″W / 36.20917°N 81.77861°W / 36.20917; -81.77861
Area	909 acres (368 ha)
Architectural style	Gothic Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman, Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No.	04001600^[1]
Added to NRHP	February 2, 2005

Valle Crucis Historic District is a national historic district located at Valle Crucis, Watauga County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 50 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 7 contributing structures in the central business district and surrounding residential sections of Valle Crucis. It developed between about 1812 and 1954, and includes notable examples of Gothic Revival, Bungalow / American Craftsman, and Colonial Revival style architecture. Located in the district are the separately listed Mast General Store, Mast Farm, and Valle Crucis Episcopal Mission. Other notable contributing buildings are the Baird Farm (c. 1860, c. 1872), Lucy Mast Olsen House (1936-1940), Taylor tobacco barn, Farthing Store (1909), Valle Crucis Bank (1914), Hard Taylor House (c. 1855, 1895), and C. D. "Squire" Taylor House (1911).^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.^[1]

Gallery

Mast General Store, 2017
(former) Valle Crucis Academy, 2017
David F. Baird House, 2017
David F. Baird Barn, 2017
Farthing Store, 2017
Hard Taylor House, 2017
W.H. & Mollie Mast House (Willow House), 2017
W.W. Mast House, 2017

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Cynthia de Miranda; Clay Griffith & Jennifer Martin (February 2003). "Valle Crucis Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved July 1, 2015.