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Melrose (Murfreesboro, North Carolina)

Coordinates: 36°26′39″N 77°6′1″W / 36.44417°N 77.10028°W / 36.44417; -77.10028
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Melrose
Murfree House, HABS photo, July 1940
Melrose (Murfreesboro, North Carolina) is located in North Carolina
Melrose (Murfreesboro, North Carolina)
Melrose (Murfreesboro, North Carolina) is located in the United States
Melrose (Murfreesboro, North Carolina)
Coordinates36°26′39″N 77°6′1″W / 36.44417°N 77.10028°W / 36.44417; -77.10028
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Builtc. 1805 (1805)
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Federal
NRHP reference No.71000592[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 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]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ 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.