Pleasant_Retreat_Academy
Pleasant Retreat Academy
Historic school building in North Carolina, United States
Pleasant Retreat Academy is a historic building located at 129 East Pine Street, Lincolnton, North Carolina.[2]
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Pleasant Retreat Academy | |
Location | 129 East Pine Street, Lincolnton, North Carolina |
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Coordinates | 35°28′20″N 81°15′22″W |
Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
Built | 1817 (1817)-1820 |
Architectural style | Federal |
NRHP reference No. | 75001277[1] |
Added to NRHP | May 29, 1975 |
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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]
- William Graham (1804–1875), American politician
- James Henderson (1808–1858), American politician
- Robert Hoke (1837–1912), Confederate States Army general
- Hoke Smith (1855–1931), American politician
- 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.
- 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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