NC 194 N side, 1 mi. SW of jct. with NC 1112, Valle Crucis, North Carolina. County/parish: Watauga.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places September 09, 1993. NRIS 93000938.
7 contributing buildings. 4 contributing sites. 1 contributing structure.Also known as:
Valle Crucis Episcopal Mission, also known as Valle Crucis Conference Center, is a historic Episcopal mission church complex and national historic district located near Valle Crucis, Watauga County, North Carolina. The Gothic Revival style, gable-front stone Church of the Holy Cross was built about 1924. Other contributing resources are the church cemetery with the earliest burial dated to 1808, Auchmutv Hall dormitory (1910-1911), The Annex (c. 1920), "The Farm House" (1915), Former Dairy Barn (now "The Apple Barn", 1903-1911), Former Apple Barn (now "The Bunk House", 1914), The Mission House (1896), the Power Dam (1903-1930), the Valley / Field, and the Apple Orchard. The Valle Crucis Episcopal Mission was established by the Episcopal Church in 1844-1845.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. It is located in the Valle Crucis Historic District.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722796