Bent Creek Campus of the Appalachian Forest Experiment Station

Historic district in North Carolina, United States

United States historic place


Bent Creek Campus of the Appalachian Forest Experiment Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

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 No.	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

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ 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 August 1, 2014.
^ 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 August 1, 2014.