Owned by Dr. Richard A. Urquhart and wife, Mary Rebecca Norfleet (Woodbourne, Roxobel, NC, whose son Burges m. Mary Bond Thompson. Strawberry Plains was a 4 story colonial style frame home with 19 rooms, reached through a mile long lane through a grove to a formal garden surrounded by a white picket fence.The gardens' beds and walks were bordered by boxwoods and had three terraces.Strawberry Plains was known for its lavish hospitality.Burned in the early 1900s.
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