Konnarock Training School

Konnarock Training School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
Front of the main building
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Location	Jct. of VA 603 and VA 600, Konnarock, Virginia
Coordinates	36°40′18″N 81°36′42″W / 36.6718°N 81.6116°W / 36.6718; -81.6116
Area	18 acres (7.3 ha)
Built	1925 (1925)
Architect	Henry Carl Messerschmidt; R.E.L. Smith
Architectural style	Bungalow/craftsman, Rustic
NRHP reference No.	97000483[1]
VLR No.	086-0027
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	June 5, 1997
Designated VLR	March 19, 1997[2]

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.^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.^[1]

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.^{[4] [5]}