Pleasant Retreat Academy

Pleasant Retreat Academy
Pleasant Retreat Academy, September 2014
Pleasant Retreat Academy is located in North Carolina
Pleasant Retreat Academy
Pleasant Retreat Academy is located in the United States
Pleasant Retreat Academy
Location129 East Pine Street,
Lincolnton, North Carolina
Coordinates35°28′20″N 81°15′22″W / 35.47222°N 81.25611°W / 35.47222; -81.25611
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built1817 (1817)-1820
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference No.75001277[1]
Added to NRHPMay 29, 1975

Pleasant Retreat Academy is a historic building located at 129 East Pine Street, Lincolnton, North Carolina.[2]

History

Pleasant Retreat Academy was built between 1817 and 1820, and is a two-story brick building, four bays wide and two deep, on a low fieldstone foundation in a restrained Federal style. It has a gable roof and a partially exposed, single-shoulder chimney on each gable end. The school remained in operation until about 1878. It later housed a private residence, private school, and the Lincoln County Public Library until 1965.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[1]

Former pupils

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b Robert Topkins and Charles Greer Suttlemyre, Jr. (March 1975). "Pleasant Retreat Academy" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places–Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved March 6, 2016.

Further reading

  • Address by Alfred Nixon, Esq (Speech). Dedication of The Confederate Memorial Hall. Lincolnton, N.C.: Southern Stars Chapter, U. D. C. August 27, 1908. Retrieved March 6, 2016 – via News Print.
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