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Benvenue

Houses completed in 1844Houses in Nash County, North CarolinaHouses on the National Register of Historic Places in North CarolinaNational Register of Historic Places in Nash County, North CarolinaPlantation houses in North Carolina
Research Triangle region, North Carolina Registered Historic Place stubsSecond Empire architecture in North Carolina

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).It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

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Benvenue
Country Club Road, Rocky Mount

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27804 Rocky Mount
North Carolina, United States
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