{"nrhp_refnum":"86000551","name":"Boykin, Gen. Thomas, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"SR 1214 SW of SR 1222","address_restricted":false,"city":"Clinton","county":"Sampson County","state":"NC","lat":34.96153119300004,"lon":-78.3734548969966,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-03-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame Federal-style house with attic, built about 1810 near Clinton in Sampson County, North Carolina, as the seat of the prominent Boykin family. It sits on a 249-acre tract at the end of a private lane.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it the earliest and largest Federal house remaining in Sampson County and the oldest surviving Boykin family house. It was the home of General Thomas Boykin, a War of 1812 captain, militia general and state legislator. It is also tied to the settlement and growth of the county in the early 19th century.","narrative":"Built about 1810 near Clinton, this two-story frame house with an attic served as the family seat of the Boykin family, long prominent in Sampson County. It was erected for Thomas Boykin (1785-1859), a captain in the War of 1812, later a militia general and a member of the state House and Senate. His father, Byus Boykin, settled in the area in 1807. The house follows a vernacular Federal design with a hall-and-parlor plan, rear shed rooms on both floors, steep dog-leg stairs, and a three-part Federal mantel with fluted Doric columns. It is described as the earliest and largest Federal house remaining in the county and was the finest, most up-to-date house there when finished. The family held it until 1940. Neglect and vandalism have taken a toll, and the porch and some chimneys are lost, but the heart pine structure remains stable. It sits on 249 acres of fields and woods that preserve its rural setting.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Federal (vernacular), hall-and-parlor plan","criteria":["A","B","C","D"],"status_note":"Vacant for about ten years, deteriorated by neglect and vandalism but structurally stable, with excellent restoration potential; a descendant hopes to restore it.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:50.537707-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/59/7184/47718459/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/86000551.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86000551/90ab8a9afd-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86000551/90ab8a9afd-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"MatthisFour","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gen_Boykin_house.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">MatthisFour</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gen_Boykin_house.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718459","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gen._Thomas_Boykin_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19873807"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/sampson-county/boykin-gen-thomas-house-86000551/"}