Sampson County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The population was 59,036 at the 2020 census. Its county seat is Clinton.
Duplin County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 48,715. Its county seat is Kenansville.
Kenansville is a town in Duplin County, North Carolina, United States. Its population was 770 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Duplin County. The town was named for James Kenan, a member of the North Carolina Senate. Liberty Hall, his early 1800s era historic home, is located within Kenansville.
Warsaw is a town in Duplin County, North Carolina, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 2,733.
Faison is a town in Duplin and Sampson counties, North Carolina, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 784.
Wallace is a town in Duplin and Pender counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The population was 3,883 at the 2020 census. The Pender County portion of Wallace is part of the Wilmington Metropolitan Statistical Area. The town of Wallace was first known as Duplin Crossroads and was incorporated into existence in 1873. Later in 1899, the town fathers decided to adopt the new name, Wallace, to honor Stephen D. Wallace, an official of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. Wallace is Duplin County's largest population and retail trade center serving over 50,000 people in a surrounding three county area.
Mount Olive is a town in Duplin and Wayne counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. At the 2020 census, the population was 4,198. It is included in the Goldsboro, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area. The town is home to the Mt. Olive Pickle Company and the University of Mount Olive.
The Bryan Whitfield Herring Farm is a historic plantation house located near Calypso, Duplin County, North Carolina. It was built about 1850, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, five bay by four bay, gable-end, frame house in the Greek Revival style. It features a double-story entrance porch and four massive gable~end chimneys.
This list includes properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Duplin County, North Carolina. Click the "Map of all coordinates" link to the right to view a Google map of all properties and districts with latitude and longitude coordinates in the table below.
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The B. F. Grady School was a historic school building located near Kornegay, Duplin County, North Carolina. Designed by architect Leslie N. Boney, Sr., it was constructed in 1928. This two-story, 27-bay-wide building was built in the Neoclassical style. Additional wings were added in 1938, 1947, and 1950.
Richard Clinton (1720–1795) was an officer in the Continental Army during the American Revolution, a member of the North Carolina General Assembly, a Register of Deeds for Duplin County and a prominent citizen of Sampson County.
The Needham Whitfield Herring House, also known as Murray House, is a historic plantation house located near Kenansville, Duplin County, North Carolina. It was built in 1853, and is a two-story, three-bay, single pile, frame house in the Greek Revival style. It features a handsome double-story pedimented porch. The house was enlarged about 1890 with the addition of two one-story Queen Anne style hipped roof wings. Also on the property are the contributing carriage house, smokehouse, and barn.
Waterloo, also known as Grady House, is a historic plantation house located near Albertson, Duplin County, North Carolina. It was built about 1806, and is a two-story, three bay by two bay, Federal style frame dwelling. It sits on a brick pier foundation and has a steep gable roof. The house is surrounded on three sides by a one-story enclosed shed. Also on the property is a contributing two-room outbuilding.
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.
John Wesley Mallard House is a historic home located near Faison, Duplin County, North Carolina. It was built about 1886, and is a two-story, three bay by two bay, Greek Revival / Italianate style frame I-house dwelling. It features a one-story, full-width front porch with a hipped roof.
Kenansville Historic District is a national historic district located at Kenansville, Duplin County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 18 contributing buildings in Kenansville. It includes predominantly residential buildings with notable examples of Greek Revival, Federal, and Italianate style architecture. Notable buildings include the Brown-Jones House, Kelly-Farrier House, the Kenan House, the Pearsall House, the Graham House, the Isaac Kelly House, the Dr. David Gillespie House, the Grove Presbyterian Church, and the Kenansville Baptist Church.
Roger Dickson Farm is a historic farm and national historic district located near Magnolia, Duplin County, North Carolina. The district encompasses three contributing buildings and one contributing site. They are the Robert Dickson House, the kitchen building, the corn crib, and the land, consisting of cultivated fields and forest. The house was built about 1815–1818, and enlarged about 1850. It is a vernacular North Carolina "coastal cottage" style dwelling with an open foundation, a tall gable roof, and a deep, full-width engaged porch.
The Joshua James Blanchard House is a historic house located at 415 Carrolls Road near Warsaw, Duplin County, North Carolina.
The Carter-Simmons House is a historic house at 218 Coy Smith Road, near Albertson, North Carolina. Purchased in 2009 by Cynthia Carter Hite Content, a direct descendant of Solomon Carter and his son Alexander, Mrs. Content stabilized the structure and sought its full restoration by first starting a non-profit called The Cool Water Historic Foundation, Inc. (coolwaterfoundation.org), and then making sure it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. Sadly, the land across from the house, formerly lovely farm land, was leased to a solar company and 5-acres of solar panels then faced the house just 300 feet from the front porch. This event put an end to the fund raising efforts to fully restore the wonderful old house. Many people in the area are related to families who lived there over the past 220-plus years! It is a 1+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure with an integral front porch, three bays wide, with several types of exterior wood coverings, a product of its unusual construction history. The house was built in the early 19th century as a two-story wood-frame structure, and was reduced in 1853 to its present size by the removal its upper floor. It is one of the best-preserved examples of this type of coastal cottage to be found in Duplin County.
