Locally-owned shops in downtown Lincolnton.Chartered in 1813 and constructed between 1817 and 1820 the Pleasant Retreat Academy is the earliest brick structure in Lincolnton.Operated by the Methodist Church since 1794, Rock Springs Camp Meeting near Denver in Lincoln County is part family reunion, part revival, part throwback to a simpler time where technology and creature comforts did not rule.Lincolnton Apple Festival.Lincoln County Courthouse, Lincolnton.