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- pM8 Mnmva NO 1071-MIA Hf Sfmm In MlO~ (9 PP) United States Department of the Interior Zs National Park Service • National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet - •iaude Faucette .'.tousn Section number 7 Page 1 Orancre County, ~:c Section 7: Architectural Description The :•taucle 1'aucetto ?douse is located in a rural area five :Hiles northeast of ':'_illsborough, the Orancre County scat, and approximately three :Hiles north or of the unincorporated village of Efland. The property is ]cno~•~n locally as the :•Taude Faucette House, after the last descendant of the s~uilder, Davit: Faucotte. She lived in the house until her death in 19£33 at the age of ninety-seven. The house is also ki"10~•In The 1.«s, the name r,. ivon to tae aro~~erty by Dr. and ~:rs. ~~iley Shearin ~•rho purchased the house in 1977 from '•!aude, ~~ho relnainecl in the house until her death. Until recently the :louse Baas surrounded by largo el.^•1 trees which have since succumbed to aqe and disease. It is surrouncled noc~ by walnut, pecan and red 'cud trees and •larre American aoxc~oods . The house faces north anti stands on a grassy blur= r~hich overlooks the Eno ~Ziver at the east and t:lo bridge ~~hich crosses the river on :falls dill :Dad { 5P 133E ; . bane Zoacl (SR. 13.37 ;~isects tae five acre tract at the caest. The c. 1320 Faucette Rouse is a vernacular interpretation of the Federal style: a tc•~o-story, Raa~le-roofed, frame far.liiouse caitiz a :nice to late-nineteenth century l1i?-roofed front porch caith turned posts and sarm ~~rackets. It rusts on a fieldstone foundation. pas axterior-end common-~~ond brie?t chimneys caith sleniier free-standing stac'::s, and 1-1 rear frame '.kitchen wing caith an exterior spec chi;nney and a rear scr~~enecl-in porch. A one-story situ c•~ing o~as added to tale east and of the house in the 1970x. Th^ 7ain block of the single-pile douse is tnrae-Days ~•~ic.e ant' t~?o-bays deep and has plain ao:tad eaves . she svlnlaetrical facade or the zouse has si:c-over-four r~indo~as nn the first story and six-ovn.r-six sash on th? second story. ~i~ae cainco~~s are .sat in ;:tolc?ed Traulec caith plain sills ant; Grad: ?evival styles corner bloc?a. The ~~indoeas in the 1970s east eying are ornamented !~y re!~llcas o= t'rle corner blocks . T;le main entrance is a six-panel door. It is protected by a Victorian-style screen door with carvAd arackets, probably ac;ded c~hen 'the ;porch ~~as replacer . ;Date of this porch is un};nown, ;aut pro:~ably c. 1~33U ~ . ;do original outi~uildings survives. F::l:c~il ~~ trac?ition maintains that a detachl~cl, kitchen builclinr_,, llo loncter in e::istance, stood in the northeast corner of trio -sac': yarc:. i'e/0 SlllcZll ldt'~-Rln(:~~~CC:ntQ century cottages `.•!E_'tG' 1t10VPCt OTl't0 tole ;~m~ert,r la Lilr^_ ndrl~' lc'c3O:3. i~nt'. ' S ll:,eci RS a <_<F•.rC:~El COttd~rC ~nc'1 1S lOC_'ltr_°~~ lit t1C .')•ZC.: ',/c Z~~ ~iTl i_i113 1iOllt.': S1C~C? Oi tllC'_ 110`,1:~C.