{"nrhp_refnum":"95001187","name":"Bent Creek Campus of the Appalachian Forest Experiment Station (Boundary Decrease)","other_names":["See Also:Bent Creek Campus of the Appalachian Forest Experim"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Brevard Rd. S of jct. with I-26","address_restricted":false,"city":"Asheville","county":"Buncombe County","state":"NC","lat":35.50402712600004,"lon":-82.59704206622206,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1996-12-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Social History","Architecture","Conservation"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A boundary decrease for the Bent Creek Campus of the Appalachian Forest Experiment Station, a historic district near Asheville in Buncombe County, North Carolina. The change removes about 15 acres from the south end of the district, reducing it from about 35 to about 20 acres.","why_significant":"The district was originally listed for its Forest Service experiment station resources from the period 1925-1942. The amendment argues that the removed area on the north bank of Bent Creek had lost its historic integrity, since its earlier uses had ended and no visible above-ground evidence remained. The remaining district keeps enough wooded setting to preserve its rustic character.","narrative":"Bent Creek Campus of the Appalachian Forest Experiment Station is a historic district southwest of Asheville, North Carolina, associated with Forest Service research during 1925-1942. This amendment shrinks the district by roughly 15 acres, from about 35 acres to about 20. The excluded land lay on the north bank of Bent Creek and had once held a white pine experimental plot, an arboretum, an archery practice ground and a base camp for unemployed men who cut firewood. Those uses had largely ended by the close of the period of significance, and the ground has since returned to mixed forest. Investigators found no visible above-ground traces of the earlier activities. Because the area had lost its historic integrity, it was removed. None of the district's counted resources were affected. The new southern boundary follows a modern fence and an existing National Park Service boundary, and the remaining forest still frames the campus.","period_of_significance":"1925-1942","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"The removed area has reverted to mixed deciduous forest with undergrowth, and it contains part of a Blue Ridge Parkway access road, several unpaved forest roads and a modern chain-link fence.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:49.036683-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/67/7192/47719267/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/95001187.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"93000373","name":"Bent Creek Campus of the Appalachian Forest Experiment Station","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/bent-creek-campus-of-the-appalachian-forest-experiment-station-93000373/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719267","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/buncombe-county/bent-creek-campus-of-the-appalachian-forest-experiment-station-boundary-decrease-95001187/"}