Robert Strange Country House
Robert Strange Country House | |
| Location | 309 Kirkland Dr., Fayetteville, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°5′30″N 78°52′28″W / 35.09167°N 78.87444°W |
| Area | 5.5 acres (2.2 ha) |
| Built | 1825 |
| Architectural style | Federal |
| MPS | Fayetteville MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 83001871[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 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+1⁄2-story, gable roofed, Federal style frame dwelling. It has a 1+1⁄2-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]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Linda Jasperse (March 1982). "Robert Strange Country House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
- ^ Eubanks, Georgann (April 1, 2013). Literary Trails of Eastern North Carolina: A Guidebook. UNC Press Books. p. 1972. ISBN 978-1-4696-0703-0.