Armstrong House (Citra, Florida)

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Armstrong House
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Location 18050 US 301 N
Nearest city Citra, Florida
Coordinates 29°24′44″N82°6′38″W / 29.41222°N 82.11056°W / 29.41222; -82.11056 Coordinates: 29°24′44″N82°6′38″W / 29.41222°N 82.11056°W / 29.41222; -82.11056
Area 1.10 acres
Built 1901
NRHP reference # 00000638 [1]
Added to NRHP June 9, 2000

The Armstrong House (also known as the Melton-Shands House) is a historic house located at 18050 US Highway 301 North in Citra, Florida. It is locally significant as an example of statewide and national trends in Frame Vernacular architecture at the time of its construction.

U.S. Route 301 in Florida runs from the Sarasota-Bradenton-Venice, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area northeast to the Greater Jacksonville Metropolitan Area. The road is a spur of U.S. Route 1, which it intersects in Callahan.

Citra, Florida human settlement in United States of America

Citra is an unincorporated community in Marion County, Florida, United States. The community is part of the Ocala Metropolitan Statistical Area. Citra is known as the home of the pineapple orange, a name coined in 1883 for an orange (fruit) with an aroma reminiscent of the pineapple.

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Description and history

The house was built in 1901 in the Frame Vernacular style of architecture. Resting on a brick pier foundation, the asymmetrical shaped balloon frame-house exhibits common clapboard siding, and has four high-pitched gable roof elevations clad with metal pierced by four corbelled brick chimneys. It also features a porch and a bay window facing the street.

It was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on June 9, 2000.

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