NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

CHAPTER 1105

HOUSE BILL 932

AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR REHABILITATION OF THE JAMES A. CAMPBELL HOUSE, BUIES 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 home is listed in the National Register of Historic Places; 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 has completed the exterior rehabilitation of the home and has planned for the interior rehabilitation; Now, therefore,

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of Cultural Resources, for the 1981-82 fiscal year the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), which will be available to the Harnett County Historical Society Foundation, Inc., for the 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 upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 10th day of October, 1981.