Graves-Stewart House is a historic home 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 ...

. It was built about 1840, and is a two-story, five bay, double-pile, temple form,

Greek Revival The Greek Revival was an architectural movement which began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe and the United States and Canada, but ...

style frame dwelling. The front features a three-bay, one-story hip roofed porch, supported by

Doric order The Doric order was one of the three orders of ancient Greek and later Roman architecture; the other two canonical orders were the Ionic and the Corinthian. The Doric is most easily recognized by the simple circular capitals at the top of col ...

pillars. Also on the property is a contributing

carriage house A carriage house, also called a remise or coach house, is an outbuilding which was originally built to house horse-drawn carriages and the related tack. In Great Britain the farm building was called a cart shed. These typically were open f ...

. It is the only surviving structure associated with the Clinton Female Academy. It was restored and renovated for use by the First American Federal Savings and Loan Association in 1980–1981. 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 1983. It is located in the College Street Historic District.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Greek Revival houses in North Carolina Houses completed in 1840 Houses in Sampson County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Sampson County, North Carolina 1840 establishments in North Carolina Historic district contributing properties in North Carolina {{SampsonCountyNC-NRHP-stub