page_title: Harper House (Harper, North Carolina)
hierarchical_section_title: Harper House (Harper, North Carolina)
caption_attribution_description: English: USED AS A UNION HOSPITAL DURING THE BATTLE OF BENTONVILLE This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 70000459
context_page_description: Harper House is a historic home located near Harper, Johnston County, North Carolina. It was built about 1850, and is a two-story, three-bay, vernacular Greek Revival style frame dwelling. It sits on a brick pier foundation and has a hipped roof and interior end chimneys. The front facade features a two-story pedimented portico. The house served as a Union field hospital during the Battle of Bentonville and is located adjacent to the Bentonville Battlefield museum, which offers tours of its interior.
  It was also bought by the state. Before the state's acquisition of the property, it was privately owned by the Dunn family. It served as a home for 5 children, John J. Dunn Jr. being the last child born in the Harper House in 1950.
  It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970. It is located in the Bentonville Battleground State Historic Site.
context_section_description: Harper House is a historic home located near Harper, Johnston County, North Carolina.  It was built about 1850, and is a two-story, three-bay, vernacular Greek Revival style frame dwelling.  It sits on a brick pier foundation and has a hipped roof and interior end chimneys.  The front facade features a two-story pedimented portico. The house served as a Union field hospital during the Battle of Bentonville (March 19–21, 1865) and is located adjacent to the Bentonville Battlefield museum, which offers tours of its interior.
  It was also bought by the state.  Before the state's acquisition of the property, it was privately owned by the Dunn family.  It served as a home for 5 children, John J. Dunn Jr. being the last child born in the Harper House in 1950.
  It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.  It is located in the Bentonville Battleground State Historic Site.
caption: Harper House, June 1971
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