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Valle Crucis Historic District

Coordinates: 36°12′33″N 81°46′43″W / 36.20917°N 81.77861°W / 36.20917; -81.77861
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Valle Crucis Historic District
Valle Crucis Methodist Church, 2017
Valle Crucis Historic District is located in North Carolina
Valle Crucis Historic District
Valle Crucis Historic District is located in the United States
Valle Crucis Historic District
LocationAlong NC 194 and NC 1112, Valle Crucis, North Carolina
Coordinates36°12′33″N 81°46′43″W / 36.20917°N 81.77861°W / 36.20917; -81.77861
Area909 acres (368 ha)
Architectural styleGothic Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman, Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No.04001600[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 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]

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References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ 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.