Built 1832 (1832) Opened 1832 Added to NRHP 22 September 1972 | NRHP Reference # 72000970 Area 3 ha | |
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Location SR 1373 off NC 16, near Denver, North Carolina | ||
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.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.
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