Facilities
The Farmhouse
The Creative Learning Center of Lexington, LLC, meets on the premises of a renovated 1926 farmhouse on 18 acres near the historic city of Lexington, North Carolina. Most of our time is spent in the new CLC building, outside, or in the community.
The Property
Some of the outdoor amenities enjoyed by attendees are:
18 acres of exploration, pasture and wooded, with creek.
A barn, CLC building, and outdoor area (see descriptions below).
Some possibilities this year that have been requested: inground trampoline and horse lessons.
A wood shed holds all the extra wood we have to be used for various projects.
A horse round pen and arena are available along with three horses and two ponies. CLC attendees have been able to consistently be with the ponies.
The Barn
The Barn went up in October, 2018, and continued to receive finishing touches into 2019. It now has three completed stall areas. One holds our bunnies that can be interacted and played with and another is being used as a horse tack and feed room. The other side of the barn has been fully outfitted as a carpentry area with plenty of tools and spare wood to create a myriad of projects. Some have built a teeter-totter, stilts, and a chair! In 2021, a ping pong table was added.
The CLC Building
In 2023, our CLC school building was built and began to be used as our main meeting facility for the 2023-24 school year. It has its own bathroom (though the house is still utilized for this), and ample space for all our creative projects and group learning needs.
CLC Downstairs Group Learning
This is an open space where everyone can gather and learn together for our afternoon classes and our independent studies. We are also now hosting various local homeschooling clubs since we have the space to share!
CLC Downstairs Project Area
This is another open space for projects and interaction. There are games, puzzles, and books for everyone as well as building and STEM items for both the older and the younger set. There are art supplies and learning manipulatives of all kinds.
The Barn Loft
Lights, heaters and fans, and cross breeze (for protection from germs). The barn loft is where we met as a new space for projects, studies, or any other thing we need to gather for since Covid in 2020 until 2023. We now utilize the CLC building for our main meet place and the loft is still in progress for what it will be used for: game room? extra supply area? We’re still figuring it out.
The Outdoor Area
We put in a huge concrete pad in August, 2019, and it has already seen a lot of action! Basketball, four square, hopscotch, jump rope. You name it and it has been played here. In 2021, a gaga pit and another basketball hoop was built and erected and has had a lot of action. We added our picnic tables made and decorated by the attendees, colorful chairs, a tetherball area, and our castle playground, and you have many choices to be active outside!