Balls Creek Campground

W side of SR 1003, 0.1 mi. S of SR 1943, Bandy's Crossroads, North Carolina. County/parish: Catawba.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places April 27, 1990. NRIS 90000662.

Part of Catawba County MPS (NRIS 64500352).

138 contributing buildings. 1 contributing site.

From Wikipedia:

Balls Creek Campground

Balls Creek Campground is a historic Methodist camp meeting and national historic district located near Bandy's Crossroads, Catawba County, North Carolina.

The district encompasses 310 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site. They include the Arbor (c. 1930), "tents" (individual family dwellings) dating back to the 1850s, a store called "The Shack" (c. 1940), and jail dated to the late-19th / early-20th century.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47717461