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UNITED STATES DEF'AHTf.,,1UH OF THE INTt:RIOF< NATIONAL PM1K SI:::RVICE

Bil tmore Forest School at _______________________ --L-__________________________ ~

AND/OR HISTORIC:

STATE: --·-----~--------------------------------~l----~ I CODE COUNTY: cODE

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CATEGORY (Check One)

OWNERSHIP STATUS ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC

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o Si hI 0 Siructur. o Privot.

o Object o Both

Public Acquisition:

01" Proclllu

o Being Considtllred

OCJ OccupiEid Yn:

o Unoeeupiod 0 RIU hlcted

o Preservation work GO Unrutrlc.ed

in progr~u 0 No

PR ESEN T USE (Check One or More Ill" Appropriate)

o Agricultural

o Commercial

!Xl Educatianal

o Enlertainment

C] Government

o Industrial

DMilitary

[Xl Muuum

o Park

o Private .Residence

o ReligioulI

o Scienldi c .

o T (cnsportation

CJ Other (Spoc/ly)

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USDA • Forest Service REGIONAL HEADQUAR TERS: (If applicable) STREET AND NUMBER:

P. O. Box 8 CI TY OR TOWN: STATE: I CODE

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C()URTHOUSE, ReGISTRY OF DEEDS,. ETC:

Transylvania County Courthouse STREET AND NUM8ER:

CITY OR TOWN:

STREET AND NUMDERI

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Black Fares t Lodge was buil t 1896 under Dr. Carl Alvin direction for his Rangers to live I t a heavily timbered building with an lIDusual Black Forest ardlitecture with high heavy timber supporting beams buildt into the • f/love.d ~ +hl5' I~ rio" ; I") l qiJ,Qj et" 7D$. The Hiram King House a wooden frame house built King and used later by one Schenck • s rangers who took the Biltmore Forest School as boarders.

Four buildings are reconstructions of other buildings the Biltmore Forest School. These were reconstructed in pictures, plans, and other descriptions. These buildings

the Schoolhouse, a one-story wooden frame building.

the Corrnnissary, a one-story wooden frame vL4.J. .... "'&..lI.AIUC.

Schenck's Office, a one-story wooden frame loft originally built from half a barn.

Hellhole, a one-story wooden frame building used by students as a donni tory ~ . ' '

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PERIOD (Clwck 0110 Of MOle lAS IIpllfupdatl;;)

Prill-Columbian

C'l 15th Century

o 16th Century

CJ 17th Century

SPECIFIC DATE,S) (11 Applicable tlnd Known)

AR.EAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Chock Ono or More Approptiato)

Aboriginal

o Prehistoric::

o Historic:;

o Agriculturlll!

o A,chitoclufe

DArt

o Commerce

o Communications

OCJ Conservation

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Qg Education

o Engincaring

o Industry

o Inll@ntion

o LondHope

Archi lecture

o Li tl9ro~ur@ll

o MililCl')'

o MUlic;

o 18th Cl!lntury

19th Cl!lntury

CJ Political

o Religion/Phi-

losophy

o Science

o Sculpture

fi Social/Human­

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o Theoter

o Tron£lporfatio"

The Cradle of Forestry in America a valley where the

o Urban Planning

o Other (Specify)

forest management was conc.h.!cted in the Uni ted ,StaJes and the Nation's forestry school~ Biltmore

TIle existing include a modern Visitor Forest Lodge (1896), a dwelling buil t by Hiram King (1800' reconstructed buildings of the 1900 era all complete wi th ings. The Visitor Center and Campus Tour (7 buildings) are public May 1 through October 31.

Congress established this historical area as the Cradle America WlJer Public LaK 90' .. 398 in 1968.

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LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATE:!!

DEFI~I~~I:U~://!~;~~~I~~!';I~~~~~I'!~~;SERTV 0 DEFINING THE CENTER POINT OF A PROPERTY

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CORNER

NW NE SE SW

LATITt.,IDE LONGI TUDE

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Degreell Minutes Seconds 820 46 ' 48 ..

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APPROXIMATE ACREAGE OF NOMINAfED i'>Fh, , '

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LONGI TUDE

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LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES

:!ITATE: COD~ COUNTY:

STATE: CODE COUNTVI

.ITATE: CODE

STATE: CODE

NAf'~E AND TI TLE:

Richard G. Preston, Forester BUSINESS ADDRESS,

IIITREET AND NUMBEfh PHONE!

704 CITY oR TOWN: STATE

Stat,~ liaison Officer recommendadon:

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I hereby certify that this propeny is indude~iA

CJNo o None

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In compliance with Executive Order 11593. J hereby

nominate this property (0 the National Register, certify­

in8 that tbe Stat~ liaison Officer has been allowed 90

National Register.

CODE

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CODE

CODE

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. dayt> in whic;h to presen~ the nominadon to the State, Re­

view B081«;1 and to evaluate its significance. The recom­

dee! I veJ of significance is IiJ Nati~nal 0 State

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