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

Campbell House

Circa 1890

— National Register of Historic Places —

Campbell House Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed 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.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Education. A significant historical year for this entry is 1890.

Location. 35° 24.462′ N, 78° 45.094′ W. Marker is near Buies Creek, North Carolina, in Harnett County. It is at the intersection of East Cornelius Harnett Boulevard (U.S. 421) and Johnson Farm Road, on the right when traveling west on East Cornelius Harnett Boulevard. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4579 US-421, Lillington NC 27546, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Coastal Plain and in the Piedmont.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 8 miles of this marker, measured as

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the crow flies: Paul Eliot Green (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Campbell University (approx. 0.7 miles away); Cornelius Harnett (approx. 3.3 miles away); Harnett County Veterans Memorial (approx. 3.4 miles away); Alexander Lillington (approx. 3.7 miles away); Robert B. Morgan (approx. 3.7 miles away); Alton Stewart (approx. 4½ miles away); Smiley's Falls (approx. 7.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Buies Creek.

Historic Campbell House image. Click for full size.

Photographed 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.

Photographed by Robert Cole, June 6, 2010

3. Campbell House Marker

Birthplace of J.A. Campbell.

Credits. This page was last revised on April 6, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 7, 2010, by Cleo Robertson of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. This page has been viewed 2,714 times since then and 153 times this year. Last updated on April 5, 2023, by Michael Buckner of Durham, North Carolina. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on June 7, 2010, by Cleo Robertson of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.