The Rugby Grange, near Fletcher, Henderson County, North Carolina, was built in 1860 in

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. The property includes agricultural outbuildings, agricultural fields and secondary structure, a total of 12 contributing buildings and one other contributing site. They include Rugby Lodge II, the "Big House", the Cottage, the Shanty, Uncle Martin's and Uncle Billy's cabins, the ice house, and several barns. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. The house was the one-time home of a Swedish diplomat named George Westfeldt. He bought the property before the Civil War and named it in honor of Rugby School, an English

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Italianate architecture in North Carolina Houses completed in 1860 Houses in Henderson County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Henderson County, North Carolina {{HendersonCountyNC-NRHP-stub