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 ...

. 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 (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 contiguous ...

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...

on June 9, 2000.

References

External links

Marion County listings
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National Register of Historic Places.com

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