Marker Erected by: Harnett County Historical Society Foundation
Date Marker Erected: 2001
County of Marker: Harnett County
Location of Marker: US-421 & Johnson Farm Rd., Cambell University, 4 miles E. of Lillington
Marker Text:
By Authority
His Grace, The Duke of Argyll
CAMPBELL HOUSE
Circa 1890
National Register of Historic Places
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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 at her father's school for forty~three years.
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Other properties on site: Birthplace of J. A. Campbell ~ Circa 1830, and the Poe's Post Office building, which served the village of Bule's Creek until 1899.
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