{"nrhp_refnum":"73001351","name":"Lebanon","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"4.5 mi. SW of Dunn on NC 82","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dunn","county":"Harnett County","state":"NC","lat":35.259881704000065,"lon":-78.67113555499998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-01-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Lebanon is a two-story Greek Revival frame plantation house on the east side of NC 82, southwest of Dunn in Harnett County, North Carolina. Tradition holds that John Smith built it for his son Farquhard around his 1824 marriage.","why_significant":"The nomination cites the house's well-documented use as a Confederate hospital during and after the Battle of Averasboro on March 16, 1865. It is also the only one of three large houses built in the area by the prominent Smith family that has stayed in the hands of descendants. It is described as a typical Greek Revival plantation house.","narrative":"Lebanon is a two-story Greek Revival plantation house southwest of Dunn in Harnett County, North Carolina. Named for a grove of great cedars that mostly fell to Hurricane Hazel in 1954, it is built of weatherboarded frame on a common-bond brick foundation, with a hip roof, one-story wings, and a two-tier front porch with an open pediment. Tradition says John Smith built it for his son Farquhard, who married in 1824, and tax lists from the mid-1820s support this. During the Battle of Averasboro on March 16, 1865, the house served as a Confederate hospital, and a letter from Farquhard Smith's daughter describes wounded men arriving by ambulance and surgeons working under sheds and trees. The house is the only one of three large Smith family houses in the area still held by descendants. Outbuildings, including a frame kitchen and smokehouse, remain in a fenced yard.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"John Smith, according to tradition, built the house for his son Farquhard Smith","architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as in good condition, unaltered, on its original site, and in use as a private residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:56.762232-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/40/7207/47720740/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/73001351.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"00001425","name":"Averasboro Battlefield Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/averasboro-battlefield-historic-district-00001425/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47720740","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon_(Dunn,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18711598"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/harnett-county/lebanon-73001351/"}