Pope House was a historic home located near

Clinton Clinton is an English toponymic surname, indicating one's ancestors came from English places called Glympton or Glinton.Hanks, P. & Hodges, F. ''A Dictionary of Surnames''. Oxford University Press, 1988 Clinton has frequently been used as a given ...

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 1846, and was a -story, three bay by two bay, central hall plan, frame dwelling with a Late Federal style interior. It had a side gable roof, rear ell with an enlarged porch, and a gable front porch supported by four

Tuscan order The Tuscan order (Latin ''Ordo Tuscanicus'' or ''Ordo Tuscanus'', with the meaning of Etruscan order) is one of the two classical orders developed by the Romans, the other being the composite order. It is influenced by the Doric order, but with u ...

columns. It has been demolished. 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 1846 Houses in Sampson County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Sampson County, North Carolina {{SampsonCountyNC-NRHP-stub