Lake Toxaway in Transylvania County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Lake Toxaway United Methodist Church
Warren LeMay via Flickr/Public domain, October 14, 2019
1. Lake Toxaway United Methodist Church Marker
placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Built 1912
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1912.
Location. 35° 8.36′ N, 82° 55.981′ W. Marker is in Lake Toxaway, North Carolina, in Transylvania County. It can be reached from the intersection of Cold Mountain Road and Lee Road, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 174 Cold Mountain Rd, Lake Toxaway NC 28747, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Mountains. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, in Appalachia, and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the original Cherokee Nation, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The Greystone Inn (approx. 1.1 miles away); Baccus Lodge c. 1907 (approx. 3.9 miles away); NASA Tracking (approx. 5.7 miles away); What's in a Name? (approx. 6.1 miles away); Rosman Today (approx. 6.1 miles away); Making a Living (approx. 6.1 miles away); Rosman Schools (approx. 6.1 miles away); The Queen City (approx. 6.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lake Toxaway.
Regarding Lake Toxaway United Methodist Church. Excerpt from the National Register nomination:
Lake Toxaway Methodist Church, a simpleGothic Revival-style frame building dating from 1912, overlooks scenic Lake Toxaway in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Transylvania County, Originally called Methodist Episcopal Church South, the building was erected by volunteer Methodist farmers using donated pine lumber and building supplies. The church, with its original weatherboard, Gothic-arched windows and six-sided belfry, is one of the most stylish and best preserved of the small group of historic churches of traditional frame construction surviving in this mountainous county. At the same time that the area was developing as a luxurious resort for wealthy industrialists, local fanners built this church with donated materials and volunteer labor on a lot given to them by Edward H. Jennings, the Pittsburgh developer who owned Lake Toxaway.
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Also see . . . Our History. Short narrative of the church's origins and history. (Lake Toxaway United Methodist Church) (Submitted on December 5, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
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2. Lake Toxaway Methodist Church/Methodist Episcopal Church South
National Register of Historic Places
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Warren LeMay via Flickr/Public domain, October 14, 2019
3. Lake Toxaway United Methodist Church
Credits. This page was last revised on December 27, 2021. It was originally submitted on December 5, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 279 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on December 5, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. 2. submitted on December 27, 2021, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. 3. submitted on December 5, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
