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Robert Strange Country House

Coordinates: 35°5′30″N 78°52′28″W / 35.09167°N 78.87444°W / 35.09167; -78.87444
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Robert Strange Country House
Robert Strange Country House is located in North Carolina
Robert Strange Country House
Robert Strange Country House is located in the United States
Robert Strange Country House
Location309 Kirkland Dr., Fayetteville, North Carolina
Coordinates35°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+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]

References

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  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.