Robert Strange Country House, also known as Myrtle Hill, is a historic home located at Fayetteville,

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. It was built about 1825, and is a -story, gable roofed,

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style frame dwelling. It has a -story rear ell and features a gable

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supported by two

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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). The house stood at the center of Strange's large plantation. It was listed on the

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in 1983.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Federal architecture in North Carolina Houses completed in 1825 Houses in Fayetteville, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Cumberland County, North Carolina {{CumberlandCountyNC-NRHP-stub