Purefoy-Dunn Plantation

Purefoy-Dunn Plantation
Location East side US 1, 0.3 miles (0.48 km) north of US 1A, near Wake Forest, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°57′32″N 78°32′19″W / 35.95889°N 78.53861°W / 35.95889; -78.53861Coordinates: 35°57′32″N 78°32′19″W / 35.95889°N 78.53861°W / 35.95889; -78.53861
Area 185 acres (75 ha)
Built c. 1814 (1814), c. 1850
Architectural style Greek Revival
NRHP Reference # 88000238[1]
Added to NRHP March 24, 1988

Purefoy-Dunn Plantation is a historic plantation and national historic district located near Wake Forest, Wake County, North Carolina. The Greek Revival style plantation house was built about 1814 and remodeled about 1850. It is a two-story, L-shaped, heavy timber frame building. It has a low hipped roof and is sheathed in clapboards. The front portico was removed in the 1960s or early 1970s. Also on the property is a contributing mid-19th century gable-roofed frame smokehouse.[2]

The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. David R. and Allison H. Black (November 1987). "Purefoy-Dunn Plantation" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-06-01.


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