View, Pleasant Grove Camp Meeting Ground, Union County, North Carolina

Pleasant Grove Camp Meeting Ground (Mineral Springs, N.C.)
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Item information

Title:
View, Pleasant Grove Camp Meeting Ground, Union County, North Carolina
Topics:
Architecture
Subjects:
Arbors
Camp meetings
Original Format:
Black and white print (photograph)
Extent:
3-1/4 x 5 x 3-1/2 x 5 in.
Item identifier:
bh0161p02
Created Date:
Genre:
Architectural photographs
Location:
Union County (N.C.)
Digital Project:
Built Heritage

Source information

Repository:
Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries
Collection:
Historic Architecture Research. Project Records (UA110.041) held by Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries
Note field:
Not all materials from the physical collection may have been scanned. Images may have been enhanced for web access.
Rights:
For questions regarding copyright or permissions, please refer to our Reproduction, Use, Citation, and Copyright page (http://d.lib.ncsu.edu/collections/about).
Funding:
Digitization of this image was partially supported with federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds made possible through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources.

Building: Pleasant Grove Camp Meeting Ground (Mineral Springs, Union County, North Carolina)

Builder:
more info on Rape, John C. 
Built:
State:
North Carolina
Provenance note:
Methodist congregation outgrown from the 1787 McWhirter Camp Ground
Architectural note:
Tradition attributes the roof form to carpenter George Winchester. The arbor was built with the assistance of church members and neighbors.
Historical note:
The meeting ground is one of largest of the Piedmont's campgrounds and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Location:
Mineral Springs (N.C.)
Subjects:
Camp sites, facilities, etc.
Historic sites