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Buckner Hill Plantation
This plantation home is a good example of Greek Revival architecture. It features elaborate plaster moldings, high ceilings, and wide halls and the rooms are furnished with period furniture. Open by appointment only.
http://www.carolinaplantation.com/
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- A House Divided: America in the Age of Lincoln Explores America before the Civil War, slavery, the slavery debate, the events leading to the war, the war itself, and how it affected politics and society. Learn also about the state of the country once the war ended and what obstacles lay ahead for the country at this tenuous time. Includes historical images and primary source documents.
- Antebellum North Carolina An online collection of primary documents and images from the antebellum in North Carolina that accompany a lesson place about antebellum society in North Carolina with regard to reform movements and the history and status of blacks.
Related pages
- Liberty Hall: This fully restored home built in the early 1850s shows what life was like in rural North Carolina over 150 years ago.
- Green River Plantation: Located 7 miles from the town of Rutherfordton, the Green River Plantation has been carefully restored by the Cantrell family. It is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is open for tours.
- Quaker Meadows Plantation: Tour the plantation of Captain Charles McDowell, Jr. and see what it was like to live in antebellum times in Burke County.
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- Learn more about Duplin County, North Carolina, antebellum, architecture, historic houses, history, history museums, museums, and plantations.
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Built in the 1850s by Dr. Buckner Lanier Hill, Buckner Hill Plantation is one of the largest plantation houses in North Carolina. It is still surrounded by "hundreds of acres of cotton corn tobacco and cattle, provides a rare view of original, mostly undisturbed Greek Revival plantation architecture." Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Buckner Hill Plantation is open by appointment. 522 Taylor Town Road, Faison, North Carolina. (910) 293-3001.