Buckland (Buckland, North Carolina)

Buckland
Location NC 37 at SR 1220, Buckland, North Carolina
Coordinates 36°28′16″N 76°46′10″W / 36.47111°N 76.76944°W / 36.47111; -76.76944Coordinates: 36°28′16″N 76°46′10″W / 36.47111°N 76.76944°W / 36.47111; -76.76944
Area 97 acres (39 ha)
Built 1795 (1795)
Architectural style Georgian, Federal
NRHP Reference # 86000407[1]
Added to NRHP March 5, 1986

Buckland is a historic plantation house located near Buckland, Gates County, North Carolina. It was built about 1795, and is a two-story, five-bay, transitional Georgian / Federal style frame dwelling with a double-pile center-hall plan. It has paired, double shouldered brick exterior end chimneys. The front facade features a handsome double-tier pedimented portico protecting the central three bays.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Drucilla Haley York and Michael R. Hill (November 1985). "Buckland" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-11-01.


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