Buckner Hill House

Buckner Hill House
LocationSoutheast of Faison on SR 1354, near Faison, North Carolina
Coordinates35°5′0″N 78°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. ^ a b "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.