{"nrhp_refnum":"05001415","name":"Camp Arrowhead","other_names":["Canp Glen Arden"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Cabin Creek Rd., 1 mi. W of jct. with Green River Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Tuxedo","county":"Henderson County","state":"NC","lat":35.21353123550006,"lon":-82.47586936762467,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-12-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Entertainment/Recreation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A rustic summer camp in the Tuxedo area of Henderson County, North Carolina, southwest of Tuxedo and Lake Summit, comprising about fifty acres of wooded valley with log and board-and-batten buildings, stone retaining walls, a hand-built stone dam and a lake. It began in 1919 as a recreational site for workers of the Green River Manufacturing Company and became a boys' camp in 1937.","why_significant":"The camp is regarded as one of the earliest recreational sites in Henderson County and as an example of rustic mountain architecture used for recreation and residence in the early twentieth century. It is described as one of the best preserved rustic summer camps in the county and the only one to operate continuously through World War II. The nomination also points to the intact rustic setting as a major component of its importance.","narrative":"Camp Arrowhead is a summer camp in the Tuxedo area of Henderson County, set in a wooded valley about three miles southwest of Tuxedo and Lake Summit. The recreation site began in 1919 when J. O. Bell, founder of the Green River Manufacturing Company, built a dam on a creek to form a small lake and placed a recreation hall over it for mill workers. Log cabins were built to house workers on overnight trips. Joe Bell Jr. developed a full boys' camp in 1937, using materials cut on the property. Builders Raymond Coggins and Burgin Morgan constructed the early cabins, dining hall and bridge. The camp is regarded as one of the best preserved rustic summer camps in the county and the only one that stayed open during World War II. Its gravel roads, stone steps, log railings and waterfall reflect the rustic style of the early twentieth century.","period_of_significance":"1919-1955","architect_builder":"Raymond Coggins (builder); Burgin Morgan (builder)","architectural_style":"Rustic","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Operating summer camp; the document states the camp was run by Camp Glen Arden for girls from 1972 and the boys' camp later moved to an adjacent site in 1990.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:41.944124-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/13/7208/47720813/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/05001415.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720813","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Arrowhead_(Tuxedo,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19460778"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/henderson-county/camp-arrowhead-05001415/"}