{"nrhp_refnum":"86000577","name":"Pugh, Francis, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"SR 1751 at NC 403","address_restricted":false,"city":"Clinton","county":"Sampson County","state":"NC","lat":35.00953099900005,"lon":-78.30210243499994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-03-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story weatherboarded Greek Revival farmhouse built about 1850 for planter Francis Pugh, on a 0.36-acre corner lot east of Clinton, Sampson County, North Carolina.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it the earliest known example of Sampson County's bold gable-front porch form, which became the dominant rural Greek Revival house type from about 1850 to 1900. It represents the substantial dwellings built by planters in the prosperous decades before the Civil War. It also stands on part of the former Sampson Hall Plantation of Col. John Sampson.","narrative":"Built about 1850, this one-story weatherboarded house east of Clinton was the centerpiece of one of Sampson County's largest plantations, owned by Francis Pugh. It stands on land given to Pugh's wife, Mary Ann Kirby Pugh, by her father, William Kirby, and is believed to be part of Col. John Sampson's former Sampson Hall Plantation. Its large pillared porch under the front gable is the earliest known example of a form that dominated the county's rural Greek Revival houses from about 1850 to 1900. Census records show Pugh holding about 1,300 to 1,400 acres and 24 to 33 slaves while raising cotton, corn and livestock. The house passed to his son James after the Civil War, was restored in 1972 for an antique store, and has since been altered inside with a rear den addition. It was listed as a representative planter's farmhouse and an outstanding example of its regional porch type.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":["A","C","D"],"status_note":"Occupied private residence, altered by renovations since 1975 and restored in 1972; the form lists its condition as excellent.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:49.054573-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/39/7184/47718439/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/86000577.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86000577/554b1730cd-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86000577/554b1730cd-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Francis_Pugh_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Francis_Pugh_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718439","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Pugh_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23073319"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/sampson-county/pugh-francis-house-86000577/"}