Rock Springs Camp Meeting Ground


Rock Springs Camp Meeting Ground
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Rock Springs Camp Meeting Ground, Carnegie Survey Photo, 1938
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Location	SR 1373 off NC 16, near Denver, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°32′25″N 81°1′40″W / 35.54028°N 81.02778°W / 35.54028; -81.02778Coordinates: 35°32′25″N 81°1′40″W / 35.54028°N 81.02778°W / 35.54028; -81.02778
Area	8 acres (3.2 ha)
Built	1832 (1832)
NRHP Reference #	72000970^[1]
Added to NRHP	September 22, 1972

Rock Springs Camp Meeting Ground is a historic Methodist camp meeting ground located near Denver, Lincoln County, North Carolina. The arbor was built in 1832, and is a rectangular open structure with a deep hipped roof and ventilation cap at the apex. It has a raised platform with a pine pulpit and seating for 1,000. The property has 288 numbered wooden "tents" placed in two and a partial third concentric ring around the arbor. Tent No. 1 is believed to date to the early-1830s. Rock Springs Camp Meeting Ground is the earliest camp meeting organization in North Carolina.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Survey and Planning Unit Staff (February 1972). "Rock Springs Camp Meeting Ground" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.

External links

U.S. National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina

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