Front view, Faison-Williams House, Faison, Duplin County, North Carolina

Faison-Williams House (Faison, N.C.)

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Title:: Front view, Faison-Williams House, Faison, Duplin County, North Carolina
Topics:: Architecture
Subjects:: Houses
Porches
Original Format:: Color slide
Extent:: 2 x 2 in.
Item identifier:: bh1143pnc001
Genre:: Architectural photographs
Location:: Faison (N.C.)
Digital Project:: Built Heritage

Repository:: Preservation North Carolina
Collection:: Preservation North Carolina Historic Architecture Slide Collection, 1965-2005 (PNC slides) held by Preservation North Carolina
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Rights:: Reproduction and use of this material requires permission from Preservation North Carolina. For general information see the Preservation North Carolina website (http://www.presnc.org).
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Funding:: Digitization of this image was partially supported with federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds made possible through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources.

Provenance note:: Traditions holds that the builder of the house was a Mr. Hines, probably William Hines or Enoch Hines, for Isham Faison (planter, postmaster, and railroad agent). The house was later home to Faison's niece, Mary Lyde Hicks Williams, an artist known for her depictions of plantation life.
Architectural note:: The two-story house is a center-passage plan with two-tiered porch and single-story flanking wings.
Location:: Faison (N.C.)
Subjects:: Historic buildings
Houses
Plantation houses
Latitude, Longitude:: 35.116193, -78.141951