NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1253

HOUSE BILL 327

 

 

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL RESOURCES FOR THE HARNETT COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY FOUNDATION, INC., TO PLAN FOR AND RESTORE THE JAMES A. CAMPBELL HOUSE, BUIE'S CREEK.

 

Whereas, the James A. Campbell House was constructed in 1891 and served as the residence of the founder of Campbell College until his death in 1934; and

Whereas, within the home, Carlyle and Leslie Campbell, presidents of Meredith and Campbell Colleges, respectively, were reared; and

Whereas, the home served as the social and religious center for students, faculty and visitors — Josephus Daniels, D. Rich, Fred Day and many other notables; and

Whereas, the trustees of Campbell College have presented to the Harnett County Historical Society Foundation, Inc., the house and 1.33 acres for preservation and use as a community meeting place and facility; and

Whereas, the Harnett County Historical Society Foundation, Inc., has obtained tax exempt status and has begun the preservation of the James A. Campbell House to benefit the citizens of the community and State; and

Whereas, the James Archibald Campbell House has been listed in the National Register of Historic Places and is the most significant building connected with the college; Now, therefore,

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Division of Archives and History, Department of Cultural Resources, for the 1980-81 fiscal year the sum of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000), which will be available to the Harnett County Historical Society Foundation, Inc., for the purpose of research planning and rehabilitation of the James A. Campbell House, provided a like amount is raised by the Harnett County Historical Society Foundation, Inc. Funds appropriated in this act shall be expended only in accordance with G.S. 121-11 and G.S. 143-31.2.

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1980.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 25th day of June, 1980.