The Robert Lafayette Cooper House is a historic house at 109 Campbell Street in Murphy, North Carolina. The two story wood-frame house was built 1889–91, and is one of the finest Queen Anne Victorian houses in Cherokee County. The house is roughly rectangular in mass, with a number of gable sections projecting from its hipped roof. It has two octagonal cupolas, and an elaborately decorated porch which includes an octagonal corner section. The house was built by Robert Lafayette Cooper, a successful local lawyer, as a wedding present for his wife.[2]
Robert Lafayette Cooper House | |
.jpg) Robert Lafayette Cooper House, January 2019 | |
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| Location | 109 Campbell St., Murphy, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°5′13″N 84°1′50″W / 35.08694°N 84.03056°W |
| Area | 0.5 acres (0.20 ha) |
| Built | 1889 |
| Architectural style | Queen Anne |
| NRHP reference No. | 90001372[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 5, 1990 |
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1]
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edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Robert Lafayette Cooper House" (PDF). North Carolina SHPO. Retrieved 2014-07-04.