Camp Academy

Camp Academy
Location NC 63, near Leicester, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°39′22″N 82°42′52″W / 35.65611°N 82.71444°W / 35.65611; -82.71444Coordinates: 35°39′22″N 82°42′52″W / 35.65611°N 82.71444°W / 35.65611; -82.71444
Area 1.7 acres (0.69 ha)
Built 1897 (1897)
Architectural style Colonial Revival, Vernacular Colonial Revival
NRHP Reference # 85002421[1]
Added to NRHP September 19, 1985

Camp Academy, also known as Camp Forest, is a historic building located near Leicester, Buncombe County, North Carolina. It was built in 1897, and is a two-story, five bay, vernacular Colonial Revival style brick building. It was built as a private academy, then later housed an apartment house, and after 1983 a medical clinic. It operated as the Camp Forest hotel in the 1920s.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Doug Swaim and Michael Hill (January 1985). "Camp Academy" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.


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