Melrose (Murfreesboro, North Carolina)

Melrose
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Murfree House, HABS photo, July 1940

Coordinates	36°26′39″N 77°6′1″W / 36.44417°N 77.10028°W / 36.44417; -77.10028Coordinates: 36°26′39″N 77°6′1″W / 36.44417°N 77.10028°W / 36.44417; -77.10028
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	c. 1805 (1805)
Architectural style	Greek Revival, Federal
NRHP Reference #	71000592^[1]
Added to NRHP	March 31, 1971

Melrose is a historic home located in the Murfreesboro Historic District at Murfreesboro, Hertford County, North Carolina. It was built about 1805, as a two-story, Federal style brick dwelling with a gable roof and interior end chimneys. Two-story, two bay, Greek Revival style wings were added in the mid-19th century. It is seven bays wide and features a tetrastyle portico supported by Ionic order columns and a Second story semi-circular balcony. It was built by Congressman William H. Murfree (1781 – 1827), son of Hardy Murfree (1752 – 1809).^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.^[1]

Gallery

Murfree House, HABS Photo, July 1940

References

1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ John B. Wells, III (December 1970). "Melrose" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-01-01.

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