Brevard in Transylvania County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Rock House Creek Lodge
A Black Forest Lodge
Photographed By Stanley and Terrie Howard, June 18, 2011
1. Rock House Creek Lodge Marker
Inscription.
Rock House Creek Lodge. A Black Forest Lodge. To the “mountaineers”, or people who lived around the Pisgah Forest, these lands were theirs to log, pasture, hunt and moonshine as they had for years. In an effort to convince them otherwise, Schenck installed rangers in lodges at fourteen strategic locations throughout the forest and paid them $50 a month to protect the forest from “thievery”., (sidebar) , Dr. Schenck had these distinctive lodges, often referred to as Black Forest Lodges, built imitating the architecture used in the Black Forest of Germany. Local men, Judson Meece, Ulysses Reeves, Webb Orr, and John Watts, built the lodges with chestnut beams and tulip poplar siding. Similar post and beam construction can be seen at the Single Men's Building in Old Salem, NC.
To the “mountaineers”, or people who lived around the Pisgah Forest, these lands were theirs to log, pasture, hunt and moonshine as they had for years. In an effort to convince them otherwise, Schenck installed rangers in lodges at fourteen strategic locations throughout the forest and paid them $50 a month to protect the forest from “thievery”.
(sidebar)
Dr. Schenck had these distinctive lodges, often referred to as Black Forest Lodges, built imitating the architecture used in the Black Forest of Germany. Local men, Judson Meece, Ulysses Reeves, Webb Orr, and John Watts, built the lodges with chestnut beams and tulip poplar siding. Similar post and beam construction can be seen at the Single Men's Building in Old Salem, NC.
Location. 35° 21.144′ N, 82° 46.873′ W. Marker is in Brevard, North Carolina, in Transylvania County. Marker can be reached from U.S. 276, 0.4 miles south of Yellow Gap Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Pisgah Forest NC 28768, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Schenck's Office (within shouting distance of this marker); Blacksmith (within shouting distance of this marker); Ranger's Dwelling
Photographed By Stanley and Terrie Howard, June 18, 2011
2. Rock House Creek Lodge Marker
Photographed By Stanley and Terrie Howard, June 18, 2011
3. Rock House Creek Lodge interior
Photographed By Stanley and Terrie Howard, June 18, 2011
4. Rock House Creek Lodge interior
Photographed By Stanley and Terrie Howard, June 18, 2011
5. Rock House Creek Lodge
Photographed By William Henry Myers III, October 18, 2013
6. Rock House Creek Lodge
Photographed By William Henry Myers III, October 18, 2013
7. Rock House Creek Lodge interior
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on June 26, 2011, by Stanley and Terrie Howard of Greer, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 572 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on June 26, 2011, by Stanley and Terrie Howard of Greer, South Carolina. 6, 7. submitted on December 9, 2013, by William Henry Myers III of Seneca, South Carolina. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.