{"nrhp_refnum":"76001304","name":"Cox, Samuel, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"SW of Scottville off U.S. 221 on SR 1636","address_restricted":false,"city":"Scottville","county":"Ashe County","state":"NC","lat":36.47468442100006,"lon":-81.31392684299999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-11-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story log house with a later frame ell and additions, the Samuel Cox House, on a hilltop near Scottville in Ashe County, North Carolina, with several outbuildings including a concrete spring house. It is a T-plan house built as a log core by Samuel Cox in the mid-19th century and enlarged by his son Franklin around 1900.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is representative of many log houses built in the New River Valley by second and third generation descendants of early settlers, and that its two-story, two-room plan with exterior end stone chimney was the last and most sophisticated form of log construction for a domestic building. It is associated with the Cox family's early settlement of the valley and with Franklin Cox's tannery operation.","narrative":"Built as a two-story log house on a hilltop near Scottville in Ashe County, North Carolina, the Samuel Cox House was probably erected between 1850 and 1860 by Samuel Cox (1811-1868) on land deeded to him by his father, Joshua Cox, in 1832. Its two-room plan under a gable roof, with an exterior-end stone chimney, is described as the last and most sophisticated form of log construction for a domestic building in the region. The log core was weatherboarded around 1880, and Franklin Cox, Samuel's son, a local tanner, added a one-story frame ell around 1900 that gave the house its T-shaped plan. Later additions followed around 1927 and 1940. The house is regarded as representative of many log houses built in the New River Valley by second and third generation descendants of early settlers. The Cox family held the property until 1955, and the house is linked to the family's tannery operation, which the 1880 census records as producing 150 hides and 120 skins in a year.","period_of_significance":"1600-1699","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Log","criteria":[],"status_note":"Remained in the Cox family until 1955 according to the document; the document does not state its current condition or use.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:40.701665-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/55/7189/47718955/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/76001304.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001304/b898177ec1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001304/b898177ec1-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"rossograph","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Samuel_Cox_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">rossograph</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Samuel_Cox_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718955","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Cox_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17509404"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/ashe-county/cox-samuel-house-76001304/"}