Patrick-Carr-Herring House
Also known as: Second Sampson County Courthouse
Why it's listed
Clinton's former second courthouse stands on a city lot at McKoy and Faison Streets. Built in 1818 as a one-and-a-half-story frame building on tall brick piers, it was enlarged to two full stories with a brick basement and redesigned in the Greek Revival style in the 1840s. When a new courthouse was planned in 1904, the county offered the building for removal, and Duncan Patrick bought it for $90 and moved it to its present site. He converted it to a residence, adding two three-sided bays, a Tuscan-columned wraparound porch and new windows, while keeping the 1840s corner pilasters, bracketed cornice, and Greek Revival interior woodwork. The house is regarded as a local instance of the early twentieth-century practice of remodeling older houses in the Classical Revival manner. Later owners included Jasper H. Carr and the Herring family. It was restored in 1991 as a bed and breakfast inn.
Significance in brief: The nomination argues the house is a local example of a national early twentieth-century movement of remodeling earlier houses into Classical Revival or Colonial Revival designs. It retains Greek Revival exterior pilasters and cornice brackets, interior surrounds and doors from several nineteenth-century periods, and Victorian-era additions from its conversion to a dwelling.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 92001791, listed January 14, 1993. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-haiku-5-5, prompt v1.1-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | 226 McKoy St., Clinton |
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| County | Sampson County |
| Listed | January 14, 1993 |
| Reference number | 92001791 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Period of significance | ca. 1905 |
| Architect / builder | Patrick, Duncan |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival; Greek Revival |
| Criteria |
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| Areas of significance | Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Rehabilitated in 1991 as a bed and breakfast inn. |
| Acreage | 0.9 |
| Within district | West Main-North Chesnutt Streets Historic District |
| Coordinates | 35.00090, -78.32770 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
National Register listing is honorary for a privately owned home: it does not by itself restrict what an owner may do with their own money, and it does not require public access. Restrictions come from local landmark or historic-district ordinances, which are separate (how they differ).
Owner-occupied houses are not eligible for the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit, which applies to income-producing buildings, but many states offer credits for homeowners. Listing also opens the door to preservation easements and to buying a plaque. Start with what listing means for homeowners, renovating a listed house and selling one.
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.
Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 92001791.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q19987461
- This listing as JSON
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