Forest History Society Photograph Collection Sample Images: Biltmore Forest School / FHS291th
Image ID: FHS291 Image Date: [no date] Image Title: [Biltmore Forest School schoolhouse replica.] Image Caption: [Replica of the schoolhouse used by Carl Alwin Schenck (1868-1955) at his Biltmore Forest School on George Vanderbilt's Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina. The forest school operated from 1898 to 1913. The replica building, the stone commemorative marker visible to the side of the building, and other interpretive features are today part of the Cradle of Forestry in America national historic site in the Pisgah National Forest near Asheville.] Photographer: [unknown] Use Restrictions:Permission from the Forest History Society required for any use of this image. Repository Contact Information: Forest History Society, Inc.; 701 William Vickers Ave., Durham, NC 27701; Tel.: (919) 682-9319; Fax: (919) 682-2349.