McLaurin-Roper-McColl House

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

Daniel Calhoun Roper House

Street Address:

approx. 0.45 mile W of Neville Bennett Rd on N side of Laurin-Willis

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Site Number:

990

Control Number:

U/69/990

Date Surveyed:

December 14 2006

Category:

Building

Construction Date:

circa 1825

Historic Use:

Residential/Domestic

Current Use:

Residential/Domestic

Historic Core Shape:

Irregular

Architect or Builder:

unknown

Number of Stories:

2

Construction Method:

frame

Exterior Walls Materials:

Weatherboard

Foundation Materials:

Brick Piers with Fill

Roof Shape:

cross gable

Roof Materials:

composition shingle

Porch Width:

façade

Porch Shape:

shed

National Register Determination:

eligible

Signficant Architectural Features:

two-story, frame house, double-hung windows, glazed and paneled door, square wooden post and balustrade, sidelights, second story porch, ornamented central gable

Historical Information:

The middle portion of the McLaurin-Roper-McColl House located on Laurin-Willis Road was built c. 1825 by Daniel C. McLaurin, son of Lauchlin McLaurin, a Scottish immigrant. McLaurin became one of the largest planters in the Red Bluff area. J.W. Roper, who married a daughter of McLaurin, became the second resident of the house. The house was also the boyhood home of Daniel C. Roper, who was headmaster of Marlboro High School, U.S. Postmaster General, Roosevelt's Secretary of Commerce, and U.S. Minister to Canada.

Source of Historical Information:

Marlboro County: A Pictoral History, 1951.

Quadrangle Name:

Clio

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