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Bennett Bunn Plantation

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484: 65: 90: 51: 491: 97: 72: 246:, built in 1833, barns, and 162 acres (66 ha) of farmland and forests. The property was owned by generations of the Bunn family until 2000 when Grace Hutchins, great-granddaughter of Bennet Bunn, sold the property for $ 1.9 million (~$ 3.2 million in 2023). The home is still used as a private residence and was listed on the 257:, Bunn grew wheat and corn, and raised livestock. Each generation left the property to the youngest daughter. After Hutchins inherited the land, she renovated the house by installing electricity and plumbing, as well as adding a kitchen, sunroom, and bathrooms. 942: 832: 827: 802: 972: 907: 897: 862: 852: 812: 632: 727: 697: 667: 637: 617: 552: 517: 512: 917: 887: 882: 807: 797: 757: 732: 707: 677: 647: 622: 602: 582: 572: 567: 557: 537: 507: 421: 977: 947: 912: 892: 847: 787: 777: 752: 747: 722: 717: 712: 672: 597: 592: 587: 1002: 997: 992: 987: 967: 927: 922: 867: 857: 842: 837: 792: 772: 702: 692: 682: 662: 657: 627: 607: 577: 547: 542: 1049: 1018: 982: 957: 952: 937: 932: 902: 817: 782: 762: 687: 652: 562: 532: 522: 1069: 962: 877: 872: 822: 742: 737: 642: 612: 527: 767: 286:
A memorial to two enslaved people who died in the 1860s, Simon Bunn and Joni Piedelle, is written on one of the walls. Five enslaved people who worked at the Bunn plantation are buried in a small cemetery on the property.
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Bennett Bunn inherited the land from his father in the 1820s. He lived in a log cabin on the property until he had raised enough money to construct the house. With the use of 16
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soldier is displayed in the house. The soldier had looted the clock from another location and was tired of carrying it.
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Bennett Bunn Plantation is located in North Carolina
Bennett Bunn Plantation is located in the United States
Zebulon
North Carolina
35°50′14″N 78°16′59″W / 35.83722°N 78.28306°W / 35.83722; -78.28306
Federal
86000157
Zebulon
North Carolina
Raleigh
plantation
US 264
Wake County
house
National Register of Historic Places
enslaved people
Federal architecture
Antebellum
South
Civil War
Union
List of Registered Historic Places in North Carolina
"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service


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