The town of Laurel Park was settled on what had been Cherokee land in the late 1800s. Landmarks include Singletary-Reese-Robinson House.
- CountyHenderson County
- Population2,250 (2020 U.S. Census)
- Historic places1 on the National Register
The town of Laurel Park was settled on what had been Cherokee land in the late 1800s. Landmarks include Singletary-Reese-Robinson House.
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Population 2010: 2,180 → 2020: 2,250
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The town of Laurel Park was settled on what had been Cherokee land in the late 1800s. Summer cottages and camps were construction in the areas surrounding Echo Mountain. By 1903, a rail line had been built up Fifth Avenue in Hendersonville to bring day-trippers and summer visitors to Rainbow Lake to enjoy swimming, boating, dancing, camping, and gambling at the Laurel Park Casino. Visitors to the casino included famous boxer Jack Dempsey. Later, another rail line and a canal connected Rainbow Lake with Laurel Lake (Rhododendron Lake), and a counter-balanced railway took sightseers from Crystal Spring (near Rainbow Lake) to an observation tower for views of downtown Hendersonville and near and distant mountains.
In 1925, the town was formally incorporated. That same year, Commodore J. Perry Stolz, builder of the popular and expensive Miami Fleetwood Hotel in Florida, arrived in Hendersonville with plans to repeat his success at the top of Jump Off Mountain near Jump-Off Rock. This 15-story hotel, also to be called the Fleetwood, would have a brick exterior trimmed with marble, all the modern conveniences, and a radio station at the top. A new concrete road (named Laurel Park Highway) was built up the mountain to the hotel site; this was used for transporting construction materials. Less than a year later, financial problems led to a halt in construction. Despite numerous attempts to complete the hotel, the 13th floor was the last floor completed, and the hotel was razed in 1939 by a salvage company.
After the stock market crash, the town slowly transitioned from a summer recreational resort to a more residential community.
Adapted (trimmed) from the Wikipedia article Laurel Park, North Carolina, revision 1374528750 by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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1 free coloring page of Laurel Park, each traced from a photo of a local landmark. Print them at home, at school or for story hour.
Laurel Park's population was 2,250 in the 2020 U.S. Census, up from 2,180 in 2010.
Singletary-Reese-Robinson House