Bennett Bunn Plantation, human settlement in North Carolina, United States of America
Bennett Bunn Plantation is a historic plantation near Zebulon, North Carolina, featuring a two-story main house built in 1833 in Federal-style architecture on a large property with farmland and wooded areas. The house and grounds have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1986 and cover approximately 181 acres of mixed farm fields and forest adjacent to US Highway 264.
Bennett Bunn inherited the land from his father in the 1820s and initially lived in a log cabin before building the larger house when resources allowed. The main house was completed in 1833 and the family worked the land through numerous generations, typically passing it down to the youngest daughter.
The plantation bears the name of Bennett Bunn, who inherited the land from his father and built it into a working farm. The cedar-lined driveway, planted in the 1920s, remains a defining feature of the approach and reflects how successive generations shaped their surroundings.
The property sits beside US Route 264 making it easy to locate from the road, but it remains in private ownership and is not open to the public. Visitors can view the property from the highway, though access to the house and grounds is not permitted.
A scorch mark on a front window preserves the memory of a Civil War attack when someone threw a flaming torch through the glass. The family also received a mantel clock from a Union soldier who was tired of carrying it and wanted to leave it behind.
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