{"nrhp_refnum":"03000341","name":"McCollum, Reuben Wallace, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2203 S. Scales St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Reidsville","county":"Rockingham County","state":"NC","lat":36.31444603700004,"lon":-79.67006825599998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2003-05-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story Rustic-style log house at 2203 South Scales Street in Reidsville, Rockingham County, North Carolina, built in the mid-1920s by Reuben Wallace McCollum and occupied by his family in 1928. The nominated property also includes an older log house and a garage/storage building.","why_significant":"The house is argued to be significant under Criterion C in the area of architecture, at the local level. It reflects Rockingham County's long tradition of log construction and the national interest in Rustic-style log houses in the 1920s. It used logs felled on the family land and stone from the Penn quarries. A 1937 newspaper photograph described it as a typical county log-cabin farmhouse.","narrative":"Built of logs cut and skinned on the family's own land, this one-story log house at 2203 South Scales Street in Reidsville was raised by Reuben Wallace McCollum over several years in the 1920s. The McCollum family moved in during the summer of 1928. It has an H-shaped plan, a mortared quarried-stone foundation, a hipped metal roof and stone chimneys, with stone from the Penn family quarries. The nomination also includes a renovated nineteenth-century log house, where the family lived during construction, and a deteriorated garage. It was listed for its architecture. The house reflects Rockingham County's long practice of building with logs and the wider national enthusiasm for Rustic log construction in the 1920s. A 1937 local newspaper photograph called it an idyllic type of log-cabin farmhouse seen throughout the county. Road construction in the 1990s cut the original farm down to a residual lot of 1.909 acres.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1921-1928","architect_builder":"McCollum, Reuben Wallace - builder","architectural_style":"Other: Rustic Style; Other: log house","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"The main house is well preserved and occupied by a caretaker, and it is being considered for sale with preservation covenants. The nineteenth-century log house has stood vacant or used for storage since 1984. The garage/storage building is extremely deteriorated.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:54.001231-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/90/7219/47721990/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/03000341.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721990","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuben_Wallace_McCollum_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19987018"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/rockingham-county/mccollum-reuben-wallace-house-03000341/"}