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Camp Arrowhead (Tuxedo, North Carolina)

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Architectural style
  
Rustic

Area
  
20 ha

Added to NRHP
  
16 December 2005

NRHP Reference #
  
05001415

Year built
  
1919

Camp Arrowhead (Tuxedo, North Carolina)

Location
  
Cabin Creek Rd., 1 mile (1.6 km) west of junction with Green River Rd., near Tuxedo, North Carolina

Built by
  
Coggins, Raymond; Morgan, Burgin

Camp arrowhead tuxedo north carolina top 5 facts


Camp Arrowhead, also known as Camp Glen Arden after 1972, is a historic summer camp and national historic district located near Tuxedo, Henderson County, North Carolina. It was established in 1919 by the Green River Manufacturing Company as a recreational facility, and became a boy's summer camp in 1937. The district encompasses 18 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 5 contributing structures. Notable Rustic Revival style contributing buildings include the Recreation Hall/Gymnasium (#1919; alterations 1941; ca. 1940s); the group of log cabins dating from the original use of the camp by the Green River Manufacturing Company (1919); Ramshackle Cabin (1937); the Dining Hall/Kitchen (1941; alterations c. 1946); Mansion Cabin (c. 1946); and the Horse Barn (1953).

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

References

Camp Arrowhead (Tuxedo, North Carolina) Wikipedia