A short walk from the main house past picturesque tobacco barns and shelters is the Lodge, a rustic stone, slate, pine, cypress & cedar timber frame retreat nestled in a copse of oak, poplar and pine. Brides, take note: The Lodge is a wonderful wheelchair accessible facility for wedding receptions, meetings, and social events and …
Bennett Bunn: The Gazebo
Boardwalk Gazebo on Catfish Pond, just down the hill from the rustic Lodge, is the perfect location for an outdoor wedding ceremony or special meeting. Enjoy the country views of Zebulon on your stroll out to the boardwalk from either side of catfish Pond to the large cedar-shake-roofed Gazebo in the middle of the pond! …
Bennett Bunn: Uncategorized
Bennett Bunn Plantation in Zebulon, North Carolina (just outside Raleigh) offers endless possibilities for the bride-to-be. From the rustic timber frame, slate and stone Lodge and Boardwalk Gazebo to the historical and picturesque Front Lawn at the Main House, to the charming Tobacco Barn to the Front Gazebo at Bass Pond, your guests will …
Bennett Bunn: Antiques & Art
Antique aficionados near Zebulon, NC? The Main House, Log Cabin and Lodge at Bennett Bunn are fully furnished with period American antique furniture and decorated with early pottery, toys, art and historical artifacts. Almost all of the furniture, pottery and art are southern, with much of it from central and eastern North Carolina. Most of …
Bennett Bunn: Horse Breeding
At Bennett Bunn Plantation in Zebulon, NC, we breed, raise and race Thoroughbreds. The wide open, historic farm grounds make Bennett Bunn an exceptional candidate for such breeding. We also keep our Clydesdales and Spotted Draft/Friesian-cross for our carriage rides and Warmbloods and pony Hunter-Jumpers. Due to our proximity to Raleigh, we race primarily on …
Bennett Bunn: Tobacco Barn
Of all the sites and landmarks on Bennett Bunn’s historic grounds, perhaps nothing screams “rustic” quite as much as our Tobacco Barn, pictured below. It’s just one of the many buildings dotting our grounds that give Bennett Bunn such a distinction among similar destinations in the Raleigh area.
Bennett Bunn: Event Options
At Bennett Bunn we strive to help make your event special, whether it is your wedding, family reunion, retreat or corporate outing. We can offer a carriage ride in your choice of a white Vis-à-Vis Limo wedding carriage or a genuine black Amish carriage drawn by our pair of Clydesdales or our Spotted Draft/Friesian cross …
Bennett Bunn: Venue Options
There are many areas around the Main House ca. 1833, the Log Cabin ca. 1780, the historic homestead, the rustic Lodge, the Boardwalk Gazebo on Catfish Pond, the other gazebos, the pastures and the ponds that are available to accommodate your special event — whether a wedding, business retreat, birthday party or otherwise — from …
Bennett Bunn: Animals
A favorite pastime of visitors to Bennett Bunn Plantation in Zebulon is to wander the historic grounds to visit the latest arrivals, from foals and chicks in the spring to honey bees to stray animals that seem to wander in and find a home on the farm. The farm also hosts champion thoroughbred horses, hunter/jumper …
Brief History Benjamin Bunn settled in eastern Wake County in the late 1700s. He acquired several hundred acres of land on Moccasin Creek and later bought additional acreage on the creek, the Little River, and Beaver Dam Branch. By the second decade of the nineteen th century, Bunn owned more than 3000 acres. He died …