Balls Creek Campground

Balls Creek Campground
Balls Creek Campground, July 2010
Location West side of SR 1003, 0.1 miles (0.16 km) south of SR 1943, near Bandy's Crossroads, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°37′46″N 81°05′50″W / 35.62944°N 81.09722°W / 35.62944; -81.09722Coordinates: 35°37′46″N 81°05′50″W / 35.62944°N 81.09722°W / 35.62944; -81.09722
Area 31.1 acres (12.6 ha)
MPS Catawba County MPS
NRHP reference # 90000662[1]
Added to NRHP April 27, 1990

Balls Creek Campground is a historic Methodist camp meeting and national historic district located near Bandy's Crossroads, Catawba County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 138 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site. They include the Arbor (c. 1930), tents dating back to the 1850s, store or "The Shack" (c. 1940), and jail dated to the late-19th / early-20th century. The camp meeting was established in 1853 and is believed to be one of the largest religious campgrounds in the southern United States.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Barbara Kooiman and Michael Hill (July 1989). "Balls Creek Campground" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.


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