Mag Blue House

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Mag Blue House
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LocationW of Laurinburg on SR 1118, Laurinburg, North Carolina
Coordinates 34°46′06″N79°30′44″W / 34.76833°N 79.51222°W / 34.76833; -79.51222 Coordinates: 34°46′06″N79°30′44″W / 34.76833°N 79.51222°W / 34.76833; -79.51222
Area62 acres (25 ha)
Built1836 (1836)
Architectural styleFederal, Coastal Cottage
NRHP reference No. 82003512 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 23, 1982

Mag Blue House is a historic home near Laurinburg, Scotland County, North Carolina. It was built in 1836, and is a 1+12-story, five bay by three bay, frame Coastal Cottage form dwelling, with Federal style decorative elements. It has a one-story gabled roof kitchen/dining room wing. It features a dominant gable roof that extends to shelter the full-width front porch, flush sheathing across the porch facade, and a hall-and-parlor plan. [2]

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Thomas Butchko; Davyd Foard Hood & Jim Sumner (July 1982). "Mag Blue House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.