Pleasant Retreat Academy

Pleasant Retreat Academy
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Pleasant Retreat Academy, September 2014
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Location	129 East Pine Street, Lincolnton, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°28′20″N 81°15′22″W / 35.47222°N 81.25611°W / 35.47222; -81.25611Coordinates: 35°28′20″N 81°15′22″W / 35.47222°N 81.25611°W / 35.47222; -81.25611
Area	2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built	1817 (1817)-1820
Architectural style	Federal
NRHP Reference #	75001277
Added to NRHP	May 29, 1975

Pleasant Retreat Academy, also known as The Confederate Memorial Hall, is a historic building located at 129 East Pine Street, Lincolnton, North Carolina.

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. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.