Konnarock Training School
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Front of the main building
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Location | Jct. of VA 603 and VA 600, Konnarock, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 36°40′18″N 81°36′42″W / 36.6718°N 81.6116°WCoordinates: 36°40′18″N 81°36′42″W / 36.6718°N 81.6116°W |
Area | 18 acres (7.3 ha) |
Built | 1925 |
Architect | Henry Carl Messerschmidt; R.E.L. Smith |
Architectural style | Bungalow/craftsman, Rustic |
NRHP Reference # | 97000483 |
VLR # | 086-0027 |
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Added to NRHP | June 5, 1997 |
Designated VLR | March 19, 1997 |
Konnarock Training School, also known as Konnarock Lutheran Girls School, is a historic school complex located at Konnarock, Smyth County, Virginia. The main building was built in 1925, and is a 2 1/2-story, 14 bay, hipped roof, Rustic style wood frame building. It is sheathed in bark shingles and has an attached rear chapel. Also on the property are an American Craftsman-style chestnut bark-shingled bungalow (1936) originally used as the school's Health Center, a collapsed two-car garage, an arbor and a farm complex. The property was original developed by the Lutheran church as a mission to the southern Appalachians. The school closed in 1958, and was later acquired by the Forest Service.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.