{"nrhp_refnum":"82003489","name":"Blue, Malcolm, Farm","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Bethesda Rd. and Ernest L. Ives Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Aberdeen","county":"Moore County","state":"NC","lat":35.13567934400004,"lon":-79.41041669899994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-06-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A farmstead of white-painted buildings on the west side of Bethesda Road between Southern Pines and Aberdeen in Moore County, North Carolina, centred on a one-story frame house with four barns and a wooden water tower. The house was built in the second quarter of the nineteenth century by Malcolm McMillan Blue.","why_significant":"The house is described as one of the county's oldest buildings and as a vernacular interpretation of late Federal and modest Greek Revival architecture with strong local significance. The farm complex, with its early twentieth century outbuildings, is presented as representative of rural life in the Sandhills region. Blue is noted for donating land for Bethesda Church and serving as an elder there for forty years.","narrative":"Set along Bethesda Road between Southern Pines and Aberdeen, the Malcolm Blue Farm is a complex of white-painted buildings centred on a one-story frame house. The house was built in the second quarter of the nineteenth century by Malcolm McMillan Blue, a farmer and elder of the Bethesda Presbyterian congregation for forty years. Its interior keeps Federal and Greek Revival details, including mantels with distinctive pilasters and four-panel doors thought to date from about 1850. Its rear ell appears to be built from older materials, and its framing shows that the eastern portion of the house is earlier than the western. Four barns, dating from about 1900, stand at the end of a cedar-lined lane with a wooden water tower, which is unusual for surviving in excellent condition. Blue also donated land for Bethesda Church. The house is regarded as one of the county's oldest buildings, and the complex represents rural farm life in the Sandhills region.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Malcolm McMillan Blue (builder)","architectural_style":"Late Federal and Greek Revival (vernacular)","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Described as a living history farm run by the Malcolm Blue Historical Society.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:41.963365-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/23/7214/47721423/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/82003489.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003489/7fd38acea9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003489/7fd38acea9-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Malcolm_Blue_Farmhouse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Malcolm_Blue_Farmhouse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47721423","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Blue_Farm","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19460583"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/moore-county/blue-malcolm-farm-82003489/"}