Robert Strange Country House

Historic house in North Carolina, United States
United States historic place
Robert Strange Country House
35°5′30″N 78°52′28″W / 35.09167°N 78.87444°W / 35.09167; -78.87444
Area5.5 acres (2.2 ha)
Built1825 (1825)
Architectural styleFederal
MPSFayetteville 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+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

  1. ^ a b "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.
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