William Wright Faison House


William Wright Faison House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	NC 1304, 0.2 miles (0.32 km) southeast of the junction with NC 1354, near Bowdens, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°4′51″N 78°3′35″W / 35.08083°N 78.05972°W / 35.08083; -78.05972Coordinates: 35°4′51″N 78°3′35″W / 35.08083°N 78.05972°W / 35.08083; -78.05972
Area	1.2 acres (0.49 ha)
Built	1830 (1830)
Architectural style	Greek Revival, Federal
MPS	Duplin County MPS
NRHP Reference #	04001390^[1]
Added to NRHP	December 23, 2004

William Wright Faison House, also known as Friendship, is a historic plantation house located near Bowdens, Duplin County, North Carolina. It was built about 1852, and is a two-story, three bay by two bay, Greek Revival style frame dwelling. It features a tall portico supported by four paneled posts added about 1848. Also on the property is a contributing one-story school building (c. 1830). The house was the seat of a 3,500 acre plantation amassed by William Wright Faison before the American Civil War.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Janet K. Seapker (July 2004). "William Wright Faison House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-10-01.

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