{"nrhp_refnum":"86000555","name":"Clinton Depot","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"W. Elizabeth St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Clinton","county":"Sampson County","state":"NC","lat":34.994130822000045,"lon":-78.32310408999996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-03-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"The Clinton Depot and Freight Station is a brick railroad passenger depot with an attached enclosed freight section and open covered platform, located on the outskirts of old downtown Clinton, Sampson County, North Carolina. It was built for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad between 1915 and 1926 according to Sanborn maps.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the depot is an important reminder of the era when railroads were a major means of transportation in small-town North Carolina. It is presented as a representative example of the many similar depots built across the South in the early twentieth century, and as the place where passenger and freight functions were combined under one roof. The site is also said to be likely to yield archaeological information, though no investigation has been done.","narrative":"Brick railroad depot and freight station on the outskirts of old downtown Clinton, Sampson County, North Carolina, built between 1915 and 1926 for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. The complex combines a 42-foot passenger section with dual waiting rooms and segregated facilities, an enclosed freight room measuring 30 by 210 feet, and an open covered platform, all under low hip roofs with wide eaves on large triangular brackets. Its handsome passenger section is regarded as an excellent survivor of the many similar depots built across the South during the first third of the twentieth century. The railroad reached Clinton by a spur line from Warsaw on April 1, 1887, and it enabled local farmers to distribute crops more readily. Regular train service ended years ago, and the depot's importance rests on its link to that railroad era and to the changes that followed the decline of rail transportation. The building has been vacant apart from storage use for a long time.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A","C","D"],"status_note":"Vacant except for storage for many years; conversion to a deli and shops has begun.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:40.73777-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/9/7184/47718409/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/86000555.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86000555/38cb705aac-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86000555/38cb705aac-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clinton_Depot,_Elizabeth_Street.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clinton_Depot,_Elizabeth_Street.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"02000568","name":"Clinton Commercial Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/clinton-commercial-historic-district-02000568/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718409","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinton_station_(North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19865169"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/sampson-county/clinton-depot-86000555/"}