Benvenue

Benvenue
Benvenue is located in North Carolina
Benvenue
Benvenue is located in the United States
Benvenue
Location330 Southern Blvd., near Rocky Mount, North Carolina
Coordinates35°58′35″N 77°49′20″W / 35.97639°N 77.82222°W / 35.97639; -77.82222
Area11.6 acres (4.7 ha)
Built1844 (1844)
Architectural styleSecond Empire, Influence
NRHP reference No.82003493[1]
Added to NRHPApril 29, 1982

Benvenue is a historic plantation house located near Rocky Mount, Nash County, North Carolina. Originally built in 1844, the house was expanded and extensively remodeled to its present Second Empire form in 1889. It is a large 2+1⁄2-story, three bay by three bay, frame dwelling with a one-story rear ell. It features a steep mansard roof with imbricated and floral patterned slate tiles. Also on the property are the contributing frame kitchen, dovetailed log rootcellar, frame dairyhouse, smokehouses, commissary, a restored greenhouse, spring house, and a one-room schoolhouse. It was the home of Congressman Benjamin H. Bunn (1844-1907).[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Terrell Armistead Crow and Jim Sumner (September 1980). "Benvenue" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.


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