Robert Herring House

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Robert Herring House
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Location216 Sampson St., Clinton, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°0′3″N78°19′29″W / 35.00083°N 78.32472°W / 35.00083; -78.32472 Coordinates: 35°0′3″N78°19′29″W / 35.00083°N 78.32472°W / 35.00083; -78.32472
Area1.3 acres (0.53 ha)
Built1916 (1916)
Architectural styleClassical Revival
MPS Sampson County MRA
NRHP reference No. 86000557 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 17, 1986

Robert Herring House is a historic home located at Clinton, Sampson County, North Carolina. It was built in 1916, and is a two-story, five-bay by five-bay, Classical Revival style frame dwelling with a slate hipped roof. The front features a two-story central portico, with paired and fluted Corinthian order columns and a one-story wraparound porch with Ionic order capitals. The house is similar to one built by Robert Herring's first cousin Troy Herring of Roseboro in 1912. [2]

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

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Thomas Butchko and Jim Sumner (May 1985). "Robert Herring House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.