{"nrhp_refnum":"86000576","name":"Pugh-Boykin House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"306 Elizabeth St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Clinton","county":"Sampson County","state":"NC","lat":34.99440432000006,"lon":-78.32528598299996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-03-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, frame, side-hall plan Greek Revival house at 306 Elizabeth Street in the southern part of Clinton, Sampson County, North Carolina, believed to have been built in the 1850s for Thomas L. Pugh and attributed to builder Thomas Lee.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house reflects Clinton's mid-19th century growth from a small governmental center into the county's chief commercial and educational town. It is a handsome example of the town's Greek Revival residences, with battered, peaked, dog-eared window surrounds and an unusual hip roof. It is also one of only several surviving structures attributed to Thomas Lee, a prominent local builder.","narrative":"This two-story frame house at 306 Elizabeth Street in Clinton, North Carolina, follows a side-hall plan and was built in the 1850s for Thomas L. Pugh, a farmer and tailor. Construction is attributed to Thomas Lee, regarded as the most prominent known mid-19th century builder in the Clinton area. The house departs from the county's other side-hall Greek Revival homes by using a hipped roof rather than a gable front. Its windows and doors carry battered, peaked surrounds with dog-ears, and large paneled pilasters mark the four corners. In 1872 Thomas Wright Boykin, a farmer from a prominent county family, bought the house. Virginia Pigford acquired it in 1923 as a rental, and her descendants have owned it since. Alterations in the 1950s, when it held apartments, removed the mantels and added ceilings. The house was listed for illustrating Clinton's mid-century growth, Lee's work, and the local Greek Revival style.","period_of_significance":"1850s","architect_builder":"Thomas Lee (attrib.)","architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":["A","B","C","D"],"status_note":"Occupied as a private residence by a descendant of the 1923 purchaser; mantels were removed and ceilings altered when it was used for apartments in the 1950s.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:49.890683-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/37/7184/47718437/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/86000576.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718437","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pugh-Boykin_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19987692"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/sampson-county/pugh-boykin-house-86000576/"}