Bethune-Powell Buildings are two historic commercial buildings located at Clinton,

Sampson County, North Carolina Sampson County is the largest county, by land area, in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 59,036. Its county seat is Clinton. History Sampson County was established in April 1784 following the American ...

. They were built in 1902, and are two-story, brick buildings with decorative pressed metal sheathing and brick cornices on the front facade. The Bethune Building is six bays wide and the Powell Building three bays wide. The pressed metal sheathing features a robust pattern of colonnaded, arched garland friezes, and modillion cornice. The buildings were constructed following a fire that destroyed much of the Clinton commercial district. It was added to the

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in 1986. They are located in the Clinton Commercial Historic District.

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Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Commercial buildings completed in 1902 Buildings and structures in Sampson County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Sampson County, North Carolina Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in North Carolina {{SampsonCountyNC-NRHP-stub