Bent Creek Campus of the Appalachian Forest Experiment Station is a national

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located near

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, in the

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. The district encompasses 16 contributing buildings and 1 contributing structure associated with the Bent Creek Experimental Forest of the

Pisgah National Forest Pisgah National Forest is a National Forest in the Appalachian Mountains of western North Carolina. It is administered by the United States Forest Service, part of the United States Department of Agriculture. The Pisgah National Forest is complet ...

Architecture

The campus has two sections: *west section centered on an insectary and a garage dating to 1925–1928. *east section with laboratories, insectaries, residences, and auxiliary buildings dating to 1931–1934. The buildings are typically one-story high (often with basement or garret stories), of frame construction in the

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. It was listed on the

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in 1993, with a boundary decrease in 1996.

References

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