Pleasant Retreat Academy | |
Location | 129 East Pine Street, Lincolnton, North Carolina |
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Coordinates | 35°28′20″N 81°15′22″W / 35.47222°N 81.25611°W |
Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
Built | 1817 | -1820
Architectural style | Federal |
NRHP reference No. | 75001277 [1] |
Added to NRHP | May 29, 1975 |
Pleasant Retreat Academy is a historic building located at 129 East Pine Street, Lincolnton, North Carolina. [2]
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]