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Gen. Thomas Boykin House is a historic home located near 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 ...
. It was built about 1810, and is a large two-story, hall-and-parlor plan, vernacular
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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
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, later a General in the Militia and a three term member of the
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. It was added to the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 1986.


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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Federal architecture in North Carolina Houses completed in 1810 Houses in Sampson County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Sampson County, North Carolina {{SampsonCountyNC-NRHP-stub