Konnarock Training School | |
Designated Other1: | Virginia Landmarks Register |
Designated Other1 Date: | March 19, 1997[1] |
Designated Other1 Number: | 086-0027 |
Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
Coordinates: | 36.6718°N -81.6116°W |
Architect: | Henry Carl Messerschmidt; R.E.L. Smith |
Architecture: | Bungalow/craftsman, Rustic |
Added: | June 5, 1997 |
Refnum: | 97000483 |
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 -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.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.
It was restored in 2022 and is now used by the Blue Ridge Discovery Center, a non-profit organization that specializes in educating about nature.[3] [4]