Camp Merrie-Woode
Historic district in North Carolina, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Camp Merrie-Woode is a non-profit residential camp for girls ages 7–17 in the western hills of North Carolina with a history started in 1919. The camp resides beneath Old Bald and alongside Fairfield Lake in Jackson County. In 2005 there were twenty-eight U.S. states and four foreign countries represented with 85% of campers returning the following summer. Young ladies at Camp Merrie-Woode develop confidence by participating in activities such as horseback riding, sailing, hiking, rock climbing, theatre, and river trips down the Chattooga, Nantahala, French Broad, Nolichucky, and the 'mighty' Tuckaseegee River.[2]
Camp Merrie-Woode | |
Location | US 64 N side, 1.6 miles N of jct. with NC 1120, at end of 1-miles-long dirt rd., near Cashiers, North Carolina |
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Coordinates | 35°7′59″N 83°2′38″W |
Area | 15 acres (6.1 ha) |
Built | 1919 (1919) |
Architectural style | Adirondack |
NRHP reference No. | 95000674[1] |
Added to NRHP | June 2, 1995 |
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The North Carolina National Heritage Program lists Old Bald/Cherry Cove as one of the "significant natural areas of Jackson County" because of the forest of Northern Red Oaks in the region, as well as one of the two historic grassy balds in the county. The land is registered a U.S. National Heritage Area and is owned by a combination of the National Park Service, U.S. Forest Service, local, and private entities.
Camp Merrie-Woode operates as a 501(c)(3) non-profit educational institution.
Camp Merrie-Woode's extraordinary natural setting has inspired a lasting appreciation of the world's beauty in thousands of girls and young women since 1919. In this friendly, non-competitive community of simplified living, each individual is valued for who she is and who she will become.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places for Jackson County in 1995 as a national historic district, Merrie-Woode is recognized for historical and architectural significance as a historic district that has been preserved in its original Adirondack style.