{"nrhp_refnum":"04001390","name":"Faison, William Wright, House","other_names":["Friendship"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NC 1304, 0.2 mi. SE of jct. with NC 1354","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bowdens","county":"Duplin County","state":"NC","lat":35.08095627700004,"lon":-78.05951791199999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-12-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame Greek Revival plantation house known as \"Friendship,\" built about 1852 southeast of Faison near Bowdens in Duplin County, North Carolina, with a ca. 1830 school building and several later farm outbuildings on a 1.2-acre tract.","why_significant":"The house is presented as a fine, large example of rural Greek Revival design and one of a group of big antebellum residences built by related families in the county. Its quality of design and craftsmanship is linked to the commerce and cultural trends the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad brought to upland settlements. The ca. 1830 school building is also noted for its blend of Federal and Greek Revival features.","narrative":"Known as \"Friendship,\" this two-story frame house was built about 1852 near Bowdens in Duplin County, North Carolina, for planter William Wright Faison. It sits on 1.2 acres that remain from a plantation once reaching well over a thousand acres. The house is three bays wide with a tall front portico, paneled corner boards, low pediments on the sides, and twin interior chimneys. A broad center hall, heart pine floors and Greek Revival mantels and door frames define the interior. The portico and balcony date to the late 1940s, replacing a reported double-story porch. Nearby stands a ca. 1830 school building where the Faison children were taught, showing Federal and Greek Revival details. It is vacant and deteriorating. The property was listed for architecture, as a fine rural example of Greek Revival design among the large antebellum homes built by related families, a trend encouraged by the arrival of the railroad. The house stayed in Faison family hands until 1903.","period_of_significance":"Ca. 1830, Ca. 1852","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival; Federal","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"The house is in use as a single dwelling. The ca. 1830 school building is described as vacant and deteriorating, and the slave house has collapsed.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:53.554152-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/83/7176/47717683/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/04001390.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47717683","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wright_Faison_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18395017"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/duplin-county/faison-william-wright-house-04001390/"}