The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Bunn is named for Green Walker Bunn, who first settled southeast of the current town in the late 1800s. The town was established on land purchased around 1909 by the Montgomery Lumber Company and incorporated four years later.
The Andrews-Moore House and Baker Farm are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Before
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No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
📷 Add from your albumNational Register of Historic Places
Nothing in Bunn is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Bunn has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Baker Farm in Bunn, 3.5 miles away.
Bunn and the nearest listed places
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How a place gets listed
1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Baker Farm’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Bunn?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Bunn’s story, or a memory of it.
📷 Add a photo of an old placeNational Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.