Rock Springs Camp Meeting Ground

Rock Springs Camp Meeting Ground
Rock Springs Camp Meeting Ground, Carnegie Survey Photo, 1938
Location SR 1373 off NC 16, near Denver, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°32′25″N 81°1′40″W / 35.54028°N 81.02778°WCoordinates: 35°32′25″N 81°1′40″W / 35.54028°N 81.02778°W
Area 8 acres (3.2 ha)
Built 1832
Governing body Private
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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
  2. ↑ 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.

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