Buckner Hill House

Buckner Hill House
Location Southeast of Faison on SR 1354, near Faison, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°5′0″N 78°5′13″W / 35.08333°N 78.08694°W / 35.08333; -78.08694Coordinates: 35°5′0″N 78°5′13″W / 35.08333°N 78.08694°W / 35.08333; -78.08694
Area 3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built c. 1860 (1860)
Architectural style Italianate, Palladian
NRHP reference # 75001255[1]
Added to NRHP December 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 Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  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 2014-10-01.
  3. ↑ "Buckner Hill Plantation". Plantation.com. Archived from the original on 28 August 2011. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  4. ↑ "Bucker Hill plantation of Faison". Duplin County Tourism. Retrieved 4 December 2014.


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