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April 30

Historical properties

Some years ago I visited an area near Fort Bragg that was in the planing stages of being developed into a state park. There was quite a large lake which had been developed by damming a stream The house was quite large and obviously had been enjoyed by many in years past. Can you tell me what the status of this area is today? Paul Reeder Oxford

Carvers Creek State Park is near Fort Bragg. It is a new state park, still under a lot of development. It is next to Long Valley Farm Lake, which is created by a dam. There is a large house by the dam off Long Valley Road. That might be the place. 68.115.219.139 (talk) 16:07, 30 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Fort Bragg may refer to a US Army installation in North Carolina or to a city in California. If the latter, there are existing state parks MacKerricher (3 miles north) and Russian Gulch (7 miles south), and the zoning map of the city identifies park and recreation areas. DroneB (talk) 16:12, 30 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The IP geolocates to South Carolina. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 19:28, 30 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

And there is a doctor named Paul Reeder in Oxford, NC. Along with a lack of dam created lakes around Fort Bragg, CA, this further implies that the question is about Ft. Bragg, NC. 2600:1004:B061:6990:F1F:CCED:D2BE:70AF (talk) 20:53, 30 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

A map associated with National Register of Historic Places listings in Cumberland County, North Carolina shows me that there are two historic houses north of Fayetteville, although as I'm not seeing a good map of the state park (or the lake), I'm not clear how far they are from it. Articles on the houses are Cool Springs (Carvers Creek, North Carolina), now demolished, and Ellerslie (Linden, North Carolina); unfortunately, no pictures for either. Nyttend (talk) 22:01, 8 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]