Burnside Plantation House

Burnside Plantation House is a historic plantation house located near Williamsboro, Vance County, North Carolina. It was built about 1800 and remodeled before 1824. It is a two-story, five bay, Federal style frame dwelling. It is sheathed weatherboard and a gable roof. Each gable end has a pair of brick chimneys with stepped weatherings. The property includes a smokehouse dated to about 1760. During the American Civil War, it was the residence of Thomas Hardy, whose daughter Pinckney Hardy, became the mother of General Douglas MacArthur.[2]

Burnside Plantation House
Burnside Plantation House, 1938, Frances Benjamin Johnston
LocationOn SR 1335, near Williamsboro, North Carolina
Coordinates36°26′02″N 78°27′45″W
Area8 acres (3.2 ha)
Builtc. 1800 (1800), c. 1824
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference No.71000621[1]
Added to NRHPApril 16, 1971

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.[1]

References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. John B. Wells, III & Greer Suttlemyre (December 1970). "Burnside Plantation House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.


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