Melrose is a historic home located in the

Murfreesboro Historic District Murfreesboro Historic District is a national historic district located at Murfreesboro, Hertford County, North Carolina. The district encompasses nine contributing buildings in the oldest section of the city of Murfreesboro. The buildings incl ...

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. It was built about 1805, as a two-story,

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style brick dwelling with a gable roof and interior end chimneys. Two-story, two-bay,

Greek Revival The Greek Revival was an architectural movement which began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe and the United States and Canada, but ...

style wings were added in the mid-19th century. It is seven bays wide and features a tetrastyle

portico A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls. This idea was widely used in ancient Greece and has influenced many cult ...

supported by

Ionic order The Ionic order is one of the three canonic orders of classical architecture, the other two being the Doric and the Corinthian. There are two lesser orders: the Tuscan (a plainer Doric), and the rich variant of Corinthian called the composite or ...

columns and a Second story semi-circular balcony. It was built by Congressman William H. Murfree (1781 – 1827), son of

Hardy Murfree Hardy Murfree (June 5, 1752 – April 6, 1809) was a lieutenant colonel from North Carolina during the American Revolutionary War. Early life Murfree was born on June 5, 1752 at Murfree's Landing, North Carolina, later renamed Murfreesboro. ...

(1752 – 1809). It was listed on the

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 ...

in 1971.

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File:Historic American Buildings Survey, Thomas T. Waterman, Photographer July, 1940 DETAIL OF PORTICO. - Murfree House, 100 East Broad Street, Murfreesboro, Hertford County, NC HABS NC,46-MURF,3-2.tif, Murfree House, HABS Photo, July 1940

References

Historic American Buildings Survey in North Carolina Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Federal architecture in North Carolina Greek Revival houses in North Carolina Houses completed in 1805 Houses in Hertford County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Hertford County, North Carolina 1805 establishments in North Carolina Buildings and structures in Murfreesboro, North Carolina {{HertfordCountyNC-NRHP-stub