High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Pearl S. Buck Birthplace is a historic home in Hillsboro, West Virginia where American writer Pearl S. Buck was born. The home now serves as a museum offering guided tours. The site also includes a carpentry shop and barn with over 100 historic farm and woodworking tools, and the log home of Buck`s father`s family, the Sydenstrickers, which was moved from Greenbrier County.