Crossnore Presbyterian Church is the church about which Dr. Mary Martin Sloop, founder of Crossnore School, Inc., wrote in her book, Miracle in the Hills.  Plans were prepared by the architect, Leonard White of Greensboro, at the direction of Mrs. Sloop.  Construction of the building was placed in the competent hands of "Uncle" Will Franklin, father of the pastor, and a fine local carpenter and stone mason, who was then 70 years old.      Work on the stone building began in the summer of 1924 and continued in 1925. "Uncle" Will did not like the roof that was originally designed for the building and refused to continue work until it was changed.  He said the planned roof would make the sanctuary look too much like a barn.  So he placed cap stones on his work  and visited other churches in Charlotte, Winston-Salem and other areas with Dr. Mary Martin Sloop until he found a design he liked.  High above the pulpit on the inside wall, it is possible to see where work stopped one year and began the following (which can be seen as a line just above the horizontal bar of the cross).   "Uncle" Will resumed his work and completed the building in 1926 with the roof design that he had chosen.  Rock used in the construction was hauled from the nearby Linville river.

The stained glass windows over the cross are in three sections, symbolizing the Holy Trinity.  Scores of other biblical symbols may be seen set into the window of the nave. Certain windows along the side aisles swing open on unique hinges.        The pulpit was obviously built for permanence and for tall preachers.  The builder placed a thick sheet of metal bent into the shape of an open Bible into the front of the pulpit. ***  On each of the two flower pedestals he placed twelve raised stones to symbolize the twelve tribes of Israel and the twelve Apostles.  The ceiling is made of local white pine covered with chestnut bark placed in a herringbone pattern.  When first built., the church was lighted with electricity generated at the power plant built by Dr. E. H. Sloop on the Linville River, half a mile below the church.      The first worship service was held in the sanctuary on August 8, 1926.  Crossnore Presbyterian Church is now listed in the North Carolina Register of Historic Places.