Gen. Thomas Boykin House

Gen. Thomas Boykin House

Gen. Thomas Boykin House, September 2013
Location SR 1214 SW of SR 1222, near Clinton, North Carolina
Coordinates 34°57′43″N 78°22′26″W / 34.96194°N 78.37389°W / 34.96194; -78.37389Coordinates: 34°57′43″N 78°22′26″W / 34.96194°N 78.37389°W / 34.96194; -78.37389
Area 249 acres (101 ha)
Built c. 1810 (1810)
Architectural style Federal, Vernacular Federal
MPS Sampson County MRA
NRHP Reference # 86000551[1]
Added to NRHP March 17, 1986

Gen. Thomas Boykin House is a historic home located near Clinton, Sampson County, North Carolina. It was built about 1810, and is a large two-story, hall-and-parlor plan, vernacular Federal style frame dwelling. It has a side gable roof, is sheathed in weatherboard, and has a later one-story, two-roam wing. It was the residence of General Thomas Boykin (1785-1859), Captain in War of 1812, later a General in the Militia and a three term member of the North Carolina General Assembly.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Thomas Butchko and Jim Sumner (June 1985). "Gen. Thomas Boykin House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.


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