{"nrhp_refnum":"87000039","name":"Clark, John Hector, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"SE corner jct. of S. Grove and E. Green Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Clarkton","county":"Bladen County","state":"NC","lat":34.48890798700006,"lon":-78.65402040899994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-05-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story board-and-batten Coastal Cottage at the southeast corner of South Grove and East Green (NC 211) streets in Clarkton, Bladen County, North Carolina, built about 1865 by John Hector Clark.","why_significant":"It is a distinctive intact example of the Coastal Cottage form and one of a small number of known examples in the state covered in board and batten. It was also the home of John Hector Clark (1821-1898), a merchant, farmer and turpentine distiller for whom Clarkton was named in 1874. His work in naval stores and agriculture is tied to the town's growth into a regional trading center.","narrative":"This one-story board-and-batten Coastal Cottage in Clarkton, Bladen County, was built about 1865 for John Hector Clark. A broad gable roof shelters a full-width engaged porch with square Doric posts, and brick chimneys rise at each gable end. Inside, a center-hall plan, five-foot Greek Revival mantels and wide pine floors survive. Clark, a merchant, farmer and turpentine distiller, did business in naval stores with his brother-in-law John D. Currie and helped found Clarkton Academy in 1874. The town took his name that same year. The house is the only remaining structure tied to his working life, and few board-and-batten Coastal Cottages are known in the state. It was moved about 100 to 125 feet when NC 211 was built in the late 1920s, then realigned and set on a brick foundation in 1932 by his granddaughter. It remained in the Clark family and still sits on a lawn shaded by oaks and elms, with fields to the south.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Coastal Cottage with Greek Revival detailing","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Occupied as a private residence; moved short distances in the late 1920s and in 1932 and set on a brick foundation.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:50.968081-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/83/7190/47719083/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/87000039.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87000039/f0ad762de4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87000039/f0ad762de4-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Pubdog","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Hector_Clark_House_Aug_11.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Pubdog</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Hector_Clark_House_Aug_11.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719083","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hector_Clark_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17986520"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/bladen-county/clark-john-hector-house-87000039/"}