Rugby Grange
Rugby Grange | |
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35°25′15″N 82°31′15″W / 35.42083°N 82.52083°W / 35.42083; -82.52083 | |
Area | 300.2 acres (121.5 ha) |
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Built | 1860 |
Architectural style | Italianate |
NRHP reference No. | 86003748[1] |
Added to NRHP | May 5, 1987 |
The Rugby Grange, near Fletcher, Henderson County, North Carolina, was built in 1860 in Italianate architecture. 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.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1]
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 public school.[3]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Sybil Argintar Bowers (August 1986). "Rugby Grange" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-01-01.
- ^ North Carolina: A Guide to the Old North State. North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development. 1939. p. 464. ISBN 9781623760328.
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