Robert Strange Country House

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Robert Strange Country House
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Location309 Kirkland Dr., Fayetteville, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°5′30″N78°52′28″W / 35.09167°N 78.87444°W / 35.09167; -78.87444
Area5.5 acres (2.2 ha)
Built1825 (1825)
Architectural styleFederal
MPS Fayetteville MRA
NRHP reference No. 83001871 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 7, 1983

Robert Strange Country House, also known as Myrtle Hill, is a historic home located at Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina. It was built about 1825, and is a 1+12-story, gable roofed, Federal style frame dwelling. It has a 1+12-story rear ell and features a gable portico supported by two Tuscan order columns. Also on the property are a contributing spring house and a summer kitchen. It was the country home of U.S. Senator Robert Strange (1796-1854). [2] The house stood at the center of Strange's large plantation. [3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [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. Linda Jasperse (March 1982). "Robert Strange Country House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
  3. Eubanks, Georgann (1 April 2013). Literary Trails of Eastern North Carolina: A Guidebook. UNC Press Books. p. 1972. ISBN   978-1-4696-0703-0.