{"nrhp_refnum":"99000967","name":"Scott House","other_names":["The Magnolia House","VDHR File No. 114-103"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"232 S. Armistead Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hampton (Independent City)","county":"Hampton","state":"VA","lat":37.022937900000045,"lon":-76.35014036699994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1999-08-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"The Scott House, also known as the Magnolia House, is a large Queen Anne style residence at 232 South Armistead Avenue in Hampton, Virginia, built in 1889 by the Scott family on a 0.75-acre lot.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is an exceptionally well-preserved local example of the Late Victorian Queen Anne style under Criterion C. It retains most of its original fittings and fixtures, including Corinthian column screens, tiled fireplaces and a detailed staircase. It was built as a showpiece for the Scott family, whose head, William Walker Scott, was a Chesapeake Bay pilot and theater owner.","narrative":"Built in 1889 at 232 South Armistead Avenue in Hampton, Virginia, this large Queen Anne house, known as the Magnolia House, was constructed as a showpiece for William Walker Scott and his wife Cora. Scott was a Chesapeake Bay pilot who later owned a chain of motion picture theaters on the Peninsula. The house has an asymmetrical facade, a cross gable, and a wrap-around porch carried on fourteen fluted Doric-inspired columns. Inside, a central living hall is divided from the flanking rooms by fluted Corinthian column screens, and the rooms contain decorated tile fireplaces, cased windows and an elaborate staircase with finials resembling magnolia buds. The building was stuccoed in 1915 and gained a small rear addition in 1920. After Cora Scott died in 1950 it was divided into apartments, with little change to the original fabric. It now operates as a restaurant. Its high level of preserved detail is the basis for its listing as an outstanding local example of the style.","period_of_significance":"1889","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Queen Anne","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Currently used as a restaurant with a commercial kitchen and office; the first floor and two second-floor rooms are open to the public, while five other second-floor rooms have not been rehabilitated.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.216118-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/97/6810/41681097/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/99000967.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000967/e7abf4bd1c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000967/e7abf4bd1c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"JERRYE &amp; ROY KLOTZ, M.D.","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SCOTT_HOUSE,_HAMPTON,_VA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">JERRYE &amp;amp; ROY KLOTZ, M.D.</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:SCOTT_HOUSE,_HAMPTON,_VA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41681097","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_House_(Hampton,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15275732"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/hampton/scott-house-99000967/"}