Biography

The Hastings House Association was a non-profit corporation with the objective to relocate and restore the Hastings House; to make the house available to the public; to solicit contributions for financing the relocation and restoration; to do all things necessary for the successful conduct of business of the corporation on a non-profit business.

The Hastings House was built in 1854 by Major William Hastings, an officer in the Confederate Army, for his first wife Lucy Anne McCullers. The house stood on the northeast corner of S. Second and Johnston Streets in Smithfield, NC.

Before the Battle of Bentonville, General Joseph E. Johnston, Commander of the Confederate Troops that tried to stop General Sherman at Bentonville, used the house for his headquarters. Ironically, after the battle, General Sherman occupied the house.

After the house was purchased from the George Nance Peacock family, who purchased it from Major Hastings, Mr. Joe Overby bought the structure and had it moved to its present location on Johnston Street.

When it was learned the house might be demolished, a restoration movement began in 1965 by leaders of the Smithfield Woman’s Club, Junior Woman’s Club, and members of the Johnston County Historical Society.

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