Johnston County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2010 census, the population was 168,878. Its county seat is Smithfield.
Princeton is a town in Johnston County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 1,194. Each May the town celebrates Princeton Community Day, a festival dedicated to promoting community involvement and town pride. The town holds municipal elections in November in odd-number years to elect its mayor and town council.
Selma is a town in Johnston County, North Carolina, United States. In 2010, the population was 6,073, and as of 2018 the estimated population was 6,913. Selma is part of the Raleigh-Durham-Cary Combined Statistical Area. The area has a population over 1.7 million residents, though the town of Selma is able to maintain its rural character. The Everitt P. Stevens House, located in Selma, was the site of the last Grand Review of the Confederate Army held on April 6, 1865, after its defeat at the Battle of Bentonville.
Hayes Plantation, also known as Hayes Farm, is a historic plantation near Edenton, North Carolina that belonged to Samuel Johnston (1733–1816), who served as Governor of North Carolina from 1787 to 1789. Johnston became one of the state's first two United States Senators, serving from 1789 until 1793, and served later as a judge until retiring in 1803. Samuel Johnston died in 1816 at "the Hermitage," his home near Williamston in Martin County, N.C. The residence known as Hayes was completed by his son, James Cathcart Johnston, a year after Samuel's death. There are numerous other structures on the property, some predating the Hayes house itself, including the Hayes Gatehouse, which James Johnston lived in prior to the construction of the Hayes house.
The Joel Lane House, also known as Wakefield, was built in 1769 and is now a restored historic home and museum in Raleigh, North Carolina. It is the oldest dwelling in Wake County and contains collections of 18th century artifacts and period furnishings. The museum grounds include a detached middle-class home built circa 1790, a formal city garden, and a period herb garden. The house is named after Joel Lane, the "Father of Raleigh" and "Father of Wake County."
The McCall House, also known as the Arsenal House, is a historic home located at Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina. It was built about 1862, and is a small one-story, four bay, frame building with board-and-batten siding. It rests on a brick pier foundation and has a gable roof. The front facade features a full-width, hip roof porch.
John Johnston House is a historic home located near Yanceyville, Caswell County, North Carolina. It was built about 1825, and is a two-story, three bay by two bay, hall-and-parlor plan frame dwelling with Federal style architectural details. A one-story rear ell was added in 1990. It was moved 150 yards to its present location about 1921.
William McDiarmid House is a historic home located at Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina. It was built in 1907, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, three bay, American Foursquare frame dwelling with Late Victorian / Colonial Revival styling. It features a massive wraparound porch with a gazebo-like pentagonal corner projection and Tuscan order columns.
Boone-Withers House is a historic home located at Waynesville, Haywood County, North Carolina. It was built about 1883, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, Late Victorian style frame dwelling. It has a large, two-story gabled wing and three smaller, two-story bays. It features a one-story, hip roofed wraparound porch and two tall chimneys.
Princeton Graded School is a historic Rosenwald school located at Princeton, Johnston County, North Carolina. It was built in 1925–1926, is a six-teacher, "H"-shaped frame school building sheathed in brick. The building has two additions: a one-story, brick hip-roof extension containing two bathrooms; and a low, one-story, brick, asymmetrical gable-roof section that housed the furnace. It retains an original shed-roof porch supported by Doric order posts. Also on the property are a contributing cemetery with less than 20 visible markers and a septic tank. The school was closed by 1973.
Noah Edward Edgerton House is a historic home located at Selma, Johnston County, North Carolina. It was built in 1896, and is a two-story, three bay, Queen Anne style frame dwelling. It features a three-story corner turret, asymmetrical massing, and an ornate, one-story wraparound porch.
Nowell-Mayerburg-Oliver House is a historic home located at Selma, Johnston County, North Carolina. It was built about 1912, and is a two-story, 2 1/2-bay, square, Queen Anne style frame dwelling. It features gabled projecting bays, a three-story octagonal stair tower, second story Palladian window, and a wrap-around porch with elegant Ionic order columns. Also on the property are the contributing garage and a small bungalow style summer house.
Atkinson-Smith House is a historic plantation home located near Smithfield, Johnston County, North Carolina.
Hood-Strickland House, also known as the T. R. Hood House, is a historic home located at Smithfield, Johnston County, North Carolina. It was built between 1887 and 1889, and is a two-story, three bay, "T"-shaped Italianate style frame dwelling. It has a tall clipped gable roof, bracketed cornice, three sided bays, tall corbelled chimneys, segmental arched windows, and a decorative porch.
Watson-Sanders House is a historic home located near Smithfield, Johnston County, North Carolina. It was built about 1820, and is a two-story, three bay, frame I-house dwelling. It has a double engaged front piazza, an original rear shed piazza. The interior was remodeled in the Greek Revival style, when the house was moved to its present site in 1854.
Walter R. and Eliza Smith Moore House is a historic home located near Clayton, Johnston County, North Carolina. It was built circa 1835. It is a two-story, four-bay, single-pile, vernacular Federal style heavy timber frame dwelling. It sits on a brick foundation, is sheathed in weatherboard, and has a two-story front portico. Also on the property is a contributing meat house.
Sanders-Hairr House is a historic home located near Clayton, Johnston County, North Carolina. It was built about 1787, and is a two-story, five-bay, transitional Georgian / Federal style frame dwelling. It is sheathed in weatherboard, is flanked by massive double-shouldered exterior end chimneys, and has a full-width shed roofed one-story front porch.
Ellington-Ellis Farm is a historic home and farm complex located near Clayton, Johnston County, North Carolina. The house was built around 1835, and is a two-story, "T"-plan Greek Revival style heavy timber frame dwelling. It is sheathed in weatherboard, is flanked by exterior stone end chimneys, and has a low hip roof. It was remodeled in the 1850s that added a two-room kitchen/dining ell. Also on the property are the contributing smokehouse with a bell tower (1830s), a four-seat ladies' privy (1830s), and a playhouse (1850s).
The Josephus Hall House, also known as the McNeely–Strachan House and Salisbury Academy, is a historic home located at Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina, United States. It was built about 1820, as a two-story, frame dwelling. It was remodeled in the 1850s to add its distinctive two-tier flat roofed front porch. The porch features a five bay ornamental cast iron arcade in a grapevine pattern. The roof was modified to the hipped roof form and exterior chimneys rebuilt in 1911. The interior has Federal, Greek Revival, and Late Victorian-style design elements. The building housed the Salisbury Academy girls' school from about 1820 to 1825.
Robert Nancy Monroe House is a historic home located near Silver Hill, a populated place within the Township of Laurel Hill in Scotland County, North Carolina, USA.
