Rock Springs Camp Meeting Ground

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.[3]

Rock Spring Camp Ground[lower-alpha 1]
Rock Springs Camp Meeting Ground, Carnegie Survey Photo, 1938
Location6831 Campground Rd.
Denver, North Carolina
Coordinates35°32′25″N 81°1′40″W
Area8 acres (3.2 ha)
Built1832 (1832)
NRHP reference No.72000970[2] (original)
100000899 (increase)
Significant dates
Added to NRHPSeptember 22, 1972
Boundary increaseApril 17, 2017

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.[2]

Notes
  1. Originally listed on the National Register as the "Rock Springs Camp Meeting Ground". The name as listed was changed at the same time as a boundary increase in 2017.[1]

References
  1. National Park Service (April 28, 2017), Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 4/17/2017 through 4/21/2017, archived from the original on May 3, 2017, retrieved May 3, 2017.
  2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  3. 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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