Robert Strange Country House Explained

Robert Strange Country House
Location:309 Kirkland Dr., Fayetteville, North Carolina
Coordinates:35.0917°N -78.8744°W
Architecture:Federal
Added:July 7, 1983
Refnum:83001871

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 -story, gable roofed, Federal style frame dwelling. It has a -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).[1] The house stood at the center of Strange's large plantation.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Linda Jasperse. Robert Strange Country House. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . March 1982 . pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2014-08-01.
  2. Book: Eubanks, Georgann. Literary Trails of Eastern North Carolina: A Guidebook. 1 April 2013. UNC Press Books. 978-1-4696-0703-0. 1972.