{"nrhp_refnum":"82003512","name":"Blue, Mag, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"W of Laurinburg on SR 1118","address_restricted":false,"city":"Laurinburg","county":"Scotland County","state":"NC","lat":34.768209118000044,"lon":-79.51204377151626,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-09-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-a-half story frame house with a deep engaged front porch and a rear shed-room range, a type of coastal cottage, in Laurinburg, Scotland County, North Carolina. It was built about 1836 for John Blue.","why_significant":"The house is presented as a remarkably intact and unaltered example of the Federal-style coastal cottage at statewide architectural level. It is also associated with the Blue family, prominent farmers and later industrialists in Scotland County, and with Margaret \"Mag\" Blue, who lived there until her death in 1929.","narrative":"Built about 1836 for the farmer John Blue, this one-and-a-half story frame house in Scotland County is a coastal cottage with a full-width front porch set under the main gable roof and a row of rear shed rooms. The hall-and-parlor plan, heart pine interior that was never painted, original strap hinges and brass box locks, and Flemish bond chimneys at each gable end survive largely unchanged. The house is regarded as a remarkably intact example of the form, and its finish is described as a well-executed version of vernacular Federal detail. Its name comes from Margaret \"Mag\" Blue, John Blue's daughter, who lived there until her death in 1929, longer than any other occupant. The house is also tied to the Blue family, whose members became leading figures in the county's farming and industry, including the founders of the John Blue Company, an agricultural manufacturer. A kitchen and dining wing, probably added later, stands to the south.","period_of_significance":"c. 1836-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal; coastal cottage","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Document states the house is maintained to a high degree by its owner; no further current use is stated.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:42.627263-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/23/7222/47722223/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/82003512.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003512/88b4c382f6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003512/88b4c382f6-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Donovan Matthews","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mag_Blue_House_1.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Donovan Matthews</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:Mag_Blue_House_1.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722223","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mag_Blue_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19867696"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/scotland-county/blue-mag-house-82003512/"}