Valle Crucis Historic District is a national

historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains historic building, older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal p ...

located at Valle Crucis,

Watauga County, North Carolina Watauga County ( )
from the North Carolina Collection's website at the University of North Carol ...

. The district encompasses 50 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 7 contributing structures in the

central business district A central business district (CBD) is the Commerce, commercial and business center of a city. It contains commercial space and offices, and in larger cities will often be described as a financial district. Geographically, it often coincides wit ...

and surrounding residential sections of Valle Crucis. It developed between about 1812 and 1954, and includes notable examples of

Gothic Revival Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic or neo-Gothic) is an Architectural style, architectural movement that after a gradual build-up beginning in the second half of the 17th century became a widespread movement in the first half ...

Bungalow A bungalow is a small house or cottage that is typically single or one and a half storey, if a smaller upper storey exists it is frequently set in the roof and Roof window, windows that come out from the roof, and may be surrounded by wide ve ...

American Craftsman American Craftsman is an American domestic architectural style, inspired by the Arts and Crafts movement, which included interior design, landscape design, applied arts, and decorative arts, beginning in the last years of the 19th century. ...

, and

Colonial Revival The Colonial Revival architectural style seeks to revive elements of American colonial architecture. The beginnings of the Colonial Revival style are often attributed to the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, which reawakened Americans to the arch ...

style architecture. Located in the district are the separately listed

Mast General Store __NOTOC__ The Mast General Store is a general store located in Historic Valle Crucis, North Carolina. It is recognized by the National Register of Historic Places as one of the best remaining examples of the type. It is still the center of the ...

, 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). It was listed on the

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in 2005.

Gallery

File:Mast General Store.jpg,

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

References

Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Gothic Revival architecture in North Carolina Colonial Revival architecture in North Carolina Buildings and structures in Watauga County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Watauga County, North Carolina {{WataugaCountyNC-NRHP-stub