{"nrhp_refnum":"83001913","name":"Graves-Stewart House","other_names":["Offices for First American Federal Savings and Loan Associat"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"600 College St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Clinton","county":"Sampson County","state":"NC","lat":34.992695043000026,"lon":-78.31931704399994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-09-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, temple-form Greek Revival frame house at 600 College Street in Clinton, Sampson County, North Carolina, built in the 1840s (construction date uncertain) and moved about 200 feet in the early 1880s. It is now used as savings and loan offices.","why_significant":"The house is the only surviving structure tied to the Clinton Female Academy and reflects the development of education in Sampson County. It is linked to school leaders Luke C. Graves and Jonathan Lafayette Stewart. It is also an important example of temple-form Greek Revival architecture, with battered, dog-ear crossetted door and window surrounds.","narrative":"Built in the 1840s, though the date is uncertain, this two-story frame house on College Street in Clinton is a large example of temple-form Greek Revival design. It has a pedimented roof, a hip-roofed front porch with Doric capitals, and a central entrance framed by a battered surround with dog-ear crossettes. The house is tied to the Clinton Female Academy, later the Clinton Female Institute. Luke C. Graves, a Vermont native, served as its principal from about 1854 until his death in 1869. Jonathan Lafayette Stewart, a lawyer, Baptist minister and state senator, led the school from 1874 to 1878, and his family lived in the house until 1941. It is the only surviving structure associated with the school. The house was moved about two hundred feet in the early 1880s, and a carriage house also survives. A savings and loan association bought the property in 1980 and restored it in 1981 for use as offices, with limited changes at the rear.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Greek Revival (temple form)","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Occupied and in commercial use as savings and loan offices after a 1981 restoration and renovation.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:58.588314-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/21/7222/47722221/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/83001913.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001913/5b950b4ae1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001913/5b950b4ae1-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Graves-Stewart_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Graves-Stewart_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722221","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graves-Stewart_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19878547"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/sampson-county/graves-stewart-house-83001913/"}