| Oconaluftee Baptist Church | |
| Coordinates: | 35.5536°N -83.3086°W |
| Built: | 1912 |
| Added: | January 1, 1976 |
| Refnum: | 76000163 |
The Oconaluftee Baptist Church, also known as the Smokemont Baptist Church is a historic Baptist church in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, near Cherokee, North Carolina. It is located off United States Route 441, overlooking the Smokemont Campground of the park. It is a basically rectangular wood-frame structure, 30feet wide and 50feet deep. The church's tower projects from the front of this main block, and rises about 10feet above the level of the gable roof; it does not have a spire or steeple, and its uppermost section is a louvered belfry. This church building was built in 1912 for a congregation organized in 1836. The congregation's records (which extend only to 1895) form a valuable documentation of local history. The church remained in active use until the area was made part of the national park in 1935, and has seen occasional use since then.[1]
The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
The church was the site of a fatal stabbing on March 29, 2015, which occurred inside the building.[2]