Buckner Hill House

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Buckner Hill House
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LocationSoutheast of Faison on SR 1354, near Faison, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°5′0″N78°5′13″W / 35.08333°N 78.08694°W / 35.08333; -78.08694
Area3 acres (1.2 ha)
Builtc. 1860 (1860)
Architectural styleItalianate, Palladian
NRHP reference No. 75001255 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 6, 1975

Buckner Hill House is a historic plantation house located near Faison, Duplin County, North Carolina. It was built about 1860, and is a two-story, five bay by five bay, square Italianate style frame dwelling with a cruciform plan. The house rests on high brick piers and is capped by a low deck-on-hip roof. It features lavish wooden and plaster ornamentation and center bay porches on each elevation. Also on the property are the contributing kitchen, smokehouse, and storehouse. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. [1]

The house is open for tours by appointment. [3] [4]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. John Baxton Flowers, III & Ruth Little-Stokes (August 1975). "Buckner Hill House" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved October 1, 2014.
  3. "Buckner Hill Plantation". Plantation.com. Archived from the original on August 28, 2011. Retrieved December 4, 2014.
  4. "Bucker Hill plantation of Faison". Duplin County Tourism. Archived from the original on December 7, 2014. Retrieved December 4, 2014.