General William C Lee Airborne Museum

209 W Divine St, Dunn, North Carolina 28334 USA

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Opens Fri 11a

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“The Birth of the American Airborne”

The Lee house was built in 1903 by Jefferson Davis Barnes. William C. Lee and his wife, Dava, bought the house on October 30, 1935 from National Bondholders Corporation for $4,500.00 They rented out the house while Dava lived with Bill at a number of Army posts. Dava occupied the house when Bill became deeply involved with the Airborne Project and was making numerous trips overseas. After Bill’s death, Dave lived on the first floor and rented rooms to occupants until 1975 when she moved to the Golden Years Nursing Home in Falcon, N.C. She lived there until her death in 1983.

Reviewed by
Rebecca M.

March 01, 2023

The General William C. Lee Airborne Museum is in the Lee House built in 1903 in Dunn, NC. The Lees bought the foreclosed three story Brownstone house in 1935. In 1984, the Lee Commission purchased... Read more

Reviewed by
Ann H.

May 24, 2015

The house itself is a magnificent thing. Huge, well laid out and with the creaky wood floors and stairs expected in a turn of the last century home. What is inside is equally impressive. I... Read more

Reviewed by
Kathy D.

October 25, 2015

These are the kind of things that you come across on a road trip that you just have to stop and say wow. We had a nice lovely guided tour of this beautiful old mansion. We learned all about the... Read more

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