Campbell House Marker

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Buies Creek in Harnett County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Campbell House
Circa 1890
— National Register of Historic Places —

Campbell House Marker Photo, Click for full size

By Robert Cole, June 6, 2010

1. Campbell House Marker

Inscription. Adult home of James Archibald Campbell (1862-1934), founder of present day Campbell University, and Cornelia Frances Pearson Campbell (1865-1963). Birthplace of Leslie Hartwell Campbell (1892-1970), second president of the school founded by his father, and A. Carlyle Campbell (1894-1977), President of Meredith College, Raleigh, and Elizabeth Pearson Campbell Lynch (1896-1982), Professor of Music for her father's school for forty-three years.
---- Other properties on site: Birthplace of J.A. Campbell-Circa 1830, and the Poe's Post Office building, which served the village of Buie's Creek until 1899.

Erected 1991 by Harnett County Historical Society Foundation, by authority his grace, the Duke of Argyll.

Location. 35° 24.463′ N, 78° 45.095′ W. Marker is in Buies Creek, North Carolina, in Harnett County. Marker is at the intersection of East Cornelius Harnett Blvd (U.S. 421) and Johnson Farm Road, on the right when traveling west on East Cornelius Harnett Blvd. Click for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3925 U.S. 421, Buies Creek, NC, Buies Creek NC 27506, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 11 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. Paul Eliot Green (within shouting distance of this marker); Campbell University (approx. 0.7 miles away); Cornelius Harnett (approx. 3.3 miles away); Harnett County Veterans Memorial (approx. 3.4 miles away); Robert B. Morgan (approx. 3.7 miles away); Alton Stewart (approx. 4.5 miles away); Smiley's Falls (approx. 7.4 miles away); Lebanon (approx. 10.5 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Buies Creek.

Historic Campbell House Photo, Click for full size

By Robert Cole, June 6, 2010

2. Historic Campbell House

A glimpse of the old south awaits you in this charming turn of the century farm house located on a spacious corner lot at the intersection of US 421 and Johnson Farm Road near Buies Creek, N.C, in the heart of Harnett County. Campbell University is located just 1/4 mile to the northeast and the 36 hole Keith Hills golf course is about 1/4 mile east.

Also see . . . J.A. Campbell House. Harnett County Historical Society Foundation (Submitted on June 7, 2010, by Robert Cole of Angier, North Carolina.)

By Robert Cole, June 6, 2010

3. Campbell House Marker

Birthplace of J.A. Campbell.

Credits. This page originally submitted on June 7, 2010, by Robert Cole of Angier, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 465 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on June 7, 2010, by Robert Cole of Angier, North Carolina. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.