Humphrey-Williams Plantation

The Humphrey-Williams Plantation is a historic home in Robeson County built around 1846 with a five-bay frame structure and a wide covered porch running along the front. The site includes several original buildings such as a tobacco barn, carriage house, and smokehouse.

The property was established around 1846 and is part of a family of structures that developed over more than a century. An earlier house from 1784 and a store-post office that operated between 1835 and 1856 show the long history of this farming community.

The property displays how a prosperous rural family lived during the 1800s through its buildings and layout. The various outbuildings like barns and sheds show what daily life looked like on a large working farm.

The property sits west of Lumberton on NC 211, easy to locate between two local roads, and covers a large contiguous area of land. Visitors should know the grounds are rural and spread out, so it is practical to use a vehicle to see all the buildings.

The grounds contain a separate dwelling house from 1784 that predates the main residence and shows how the settlement grew step by step. This older structure is a rare example of how land ownership expanded across generations.