Bent Creek Campus of the Appalachian Forest Experiment Station


Bent Creek Campus of the Appalachian Forest Experiment Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
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Location	Brevard Rd. S of jct. with I-26, near Asheville, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°30′09″N 82°35′49″W / 35.50250°N 82.59694°W / 35.50250; -82.59694Coordinates: 35°30′09″N 82°35′49″W / 35.50250°N 82.59694°W / 35.50250; -82.59694
Area	20 acres (8.1 ha)
Built	1925 (1925)—1934
Architect	Bearden, Walter C.; Pyke, Charles F.
Architectural style	Rustic, Bungalow/craftsman
NRHP Reference #	93000373^[1]
Added to NRHP	April 29, 1993, December 30, 1996 (Boundary Decrease)

Bent Creek Campus of the Appalachian Forest Experiment Station is a national historic district located near Asheville, in the Appalachian Mountains, Buncombe County, North Carolina.

The district encompasses 16 contributing buildings and 1 contributing structure associated with the Bent Creek Experimental Forest of the Pisgah National Forest.

Architecture

The campus has two sections:

west section centered on an insectary and a garage dating to 1925-1928.
east section with laboratories, insectaries, residences, and auxiliary buildings dating to 1931-1934.

The buildings are typically one-story high (often with basement or garret stories), of frame construction in the Rustic Style.^[2]^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993, with a boundary decrease in 1996.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ J. Daniel Pezzoni (August 1992). "Bent Creek Campus of the Appalachian Forest Experiment Station" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
↑ unknown (n.d.). "Bent Creek Campus of the Appalachian Forest Experiment Station (Boundary Decrease)" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.

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