Episcopal Church of the Incarnation

By its own account, the first Episcopal Church service was held in a schoolhouse on 30 October 1879. Episcopalians in Highlands petitioned for mission status in September 1894. A church building recorded as Church of the Incarnation was built in 1896. The building recorded as Church of the Incarnation was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on 16 May 1996. A parish hall was constructed in 1950. The church says it became an independent parish in 1956 and a self-supporting parish in 1958.

Sources: incarnationwnc.org · files.nc.gov