Weaving Room of Crossnore School

Historic school building in North Carolina, United States

United States historic place


Weaving Room of Crossnore School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

36°1′25″N 81°55′50″W / 36.02361°N 81.93056°W / 36.02361; -81.93056
Area	1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built	1936 (1936)
Architectural style	Rustic revival
NRHP reference No.	01000417^[1]
Added to NRHP	April 25, 2001

Weaving Room of Crossnore School, also known as Home Spun House, is a historic school building located at Crossnore, Avery County, North Carolina. It was built in 1936, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, banked, vaguely Rustic Revival-style building constructed of randomly mortared river rock. It was built to house the weaving program of the Crossnore School, an orphanage with an industrial and vocational training program.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.^[1]

The building is now home to the Crossnore Weavers and Crossnore Fine Arts Gallery, a fine art gallery, weaving studio with museum exhibits, and retail shop that benefits that Crossnore School, a private children's home.^[3]^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Martha G. Hill (February 2000). "Weaving Room of Crossnore School" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
^ "Crossnore Weavers and Gallery". Blueridge Natural Heritage Area. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
^ "Official site". Crossnores School. Retrieved 6 December 2014.