Purefoy-Dunn Plantation


Purefoy-Dunn Plantation
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
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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 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ 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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