The Armstrong House (also known as the Melton-Shands House) is a historic house located at 18050
US Highway 301 North in
Citra, Florida
Citra is an unincorporated community in Marion County, Florida, United States. The community is part of the Ocala Metropolitan Statistical Area. Citra is known as the home of the pineapple orange, (originally called the Hickory orange) a name coi ...
. It is locally significant as an example of statewide and national trends in Frame Vernacular architecture at the time of its construction.
Description and history
The house was built in 1901 in the Frame Vernacular style of architecture. Resting on a brick pier foundation, the asymmetrical shaped balloon frame-house exhibits common clapboard siding, and has four high-pitched gable roof elevations clad with metal pierced by four corbelled brick chimneys. It also features a porch and a bay window facing the street.
It was listed on the
U.S.
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country Continental United States, primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 U.S. state, states, a Washington, D.C., ...
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
on June 9, 2000.
References
External links
Marion County listingsa
National Register of Historic Places.com
Gallery
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File:Citra Armstrong House02.jpg,
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Florida
National Register of Historic Places in Marion County, Florida
Houses in Marion County, Florida
Houses completed in 1901
Vernacular architecture in Florida
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