{"nrhp_refnum":"86000548","name":"Clear Run","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NC 411 at Black River","address_restricted":false,"city":"Clear Run","county":"Sampson County","state":"NC","lat":34.749395382000046,"lon":-78.2710995700819,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-03-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Agriculture","Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Clear Run is a rural crossroads and former river landing and trading center on the Black River in southern Sampson County, North Carolina, developed from about 1870 by merchant and farmer Amos J. Johnson. It includes houses, stores, a cotton gin, farm outbuildings and the remains of a steamboat.","why_significant":"The nomination argues Clear Run is the only surviving former riverboat landing on the Black River, tied to the riverboat era of 1870-1914. It is associated with Amos J. Johnson, the area's leading merchant and industrialist, who owned and skippered the steamer A. J. Johnson. The buildings, especially the Marvin Johnson House with its decorative tongue-and-groove sheathing, reflect local architecture from the 1830s to the early 20th century, and the site may yield information on farming, commerce, industry and transportation.","narrative":"Clear Run is a crossroads settlement on the Black River in southern Sampson County, where NC 411 crosses the river. Amos J. Johnson moved his store and farming business here about 1870 and added naval stores production, a turpentine still, a cotton gin and a fleet of steamboats. The surviving complex includes the Marvin Johnson House of about 1898, with beaded tongue-and-groove sheathing laid in horizontal, vertical and diagonal patterns, and Johnson's own 1909 Colonial Revival house. A furniture store, a grocery, a cotton gin, a moved 1830s Federal Herring House, farm outbuildings and a family cemetery also remain. The remains of the steamer A. J. Johnson, which sank in 1914, are visible in the river at low water. The property was listed because it is described as the last surviving riverboat landing and trading community on the Black River, reflecting river transport, commerce and rural architecture from the 1830s into the early twentieth century. About 1,440 acres are included.","period_of_significance":"ca 1870 - 1930s","architect_builder":"Unknown (the Marvin Johnson House was built by carpenter James L. Cooper of Red Springs; the steamer A. J. Johnson was built by John B. Robinson)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A","B","C","D"],"status_note":"Mixed: several houses are occupied, the Herring House is being renovated, the stores are vacant and the cotton gin is abandoned. The grocery closed in 1967.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:49.067226-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/5/7184/47718405/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/86000548.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718405","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clear_Run,_North_Carolina","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19986574"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/sampson-county/clear-run-86000548/"}