Pleasant Grove Camp Meeting Ground

Pleasant Grove Camp Meeting Ground
Pleasant Grove Camp Meeting Ground, March 2007
Location NE of Waxhaw on SR 1327, near Waxhaw, North Carolina
Coordinates 34°57′18″N 80°41′8″W / 34.95500°N 80.68556°W / 34.95500; -80.68556Coordinates: 34°57′18″N 80°41′8″W / 34.95500°N 80.68556°W / 34.95500; -80.68556
Area 9.9 acres (4.0 ha)
Built 1830 (1830)
NRHP reference # 73001370[1]
Added to NRHP April 3, 1973

The Pleasant Grove Camp Meeting Ground is a historic Methodist camp meeting national historic district located near Waxhaw, Union County, North Carolina. The district encompasses four contributing buildings and one contributing site. The main building is the arbor that dates to 1830. It is an 80 feet long by 60 feet wide open sided frame structure with a gable roof surround on all four sides by pent roof extensions. Located nearby are the church and former schoolhouse, now used as the preacher's dwelling, and the old cemetery.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[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. ↑ Survey and Planning Unit Staff (October 1972). "Pleasant Grove Camp Meeting Ground" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.


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