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Nrs in.m ~0 9a+.. o~~w brre.a iw. rn7~.MA <br />~ e~) <br />United States Department of the Interior <br />National Park Service <br />National Register of Historic Places <br />Continuation Sheet <br />;tauc:o ?aticette f'ouse <br />Orange Count..r, C <br />Section number`s Page ~ <br />flat:de raucette co:npilecl her fac:~ily history and recorred <br />a History o= the family homestead is 19130. she wrote that the <br />"ho~ae waa built naa:: a s~rina where foot' eras ;;eet °resl:. <br />:elvinators Caere unnnown at that ti:ae. Outlac;s e;er~ truly a <br />:aenace. They lived in caves approYi,aately 2 ;Hiles south of <br />the Hone . *:?hen they became hungry they erould ma'.ca a raid o~0 <br />the food at the spring sometica~s leaving a tlzan'.c you note. •' <br />'laude rerne:naerec', a "hucre !citch~n [ne longer in e:cistence] locatacl <br />in the northeast corner of the yard there food e;a~ nre~arecl <br />and carried u~~ to the main c?c*ellinr,. ~^ller~ r;ere Glso cottages <br />occuaied by stuc'.ents e;ho e;iszecl to hive a hither uegree of <br />eflucation :~y caal~:i~~ to schools near'oy, 'x. tiara '_-Iuc=hes t1caCelay <br />and my being one. •' She recorded that ":ay great-cranrifat:ler <br />[Davie' r^aucette) '~~iilt the houses .and you rarely hear a eaill <br />mentioned. It leas just been aassec on ay the succeeding <br />c~en gyrations . " She also remembered t:--at the co:n~ed taq~d graining <br />found on the doors and crainscot Baas done in 1904-05. <br />The ^,hearins, also zducators, bought the property in tze <br />micl-1970s. The hearins befriended :~!iss rattcette tine, shared <br />the house t;ith her until she ~iiec: i_z 193 at age ninsty-seven. <br />In her will i~iaue'.c left one-quarter Hof ?ier k~roPerty, incluc?ing <br />sora.~ fainily portraits to tine near'~y Fairfielc ?resbyterian Church <br />of~flanc, : eaHere size iiac? been a life-long :ne:nber i , and <br />one-quarter of tier estate to the Christian Children's rune of <br />~iclimonc? . Sh.` art the remainder of her astat.^_ to ~~iloy anc~ <br />^ri;:a Shearin. Si:: silver teas?oons, ::~a~:e c. 1~~~ :~~r Lc~~auel <br />Lynch, c;ere discovered in hqr safe c?e~osit bor. alhc'~ are not; <br />c~is~~layec at the aillsborourh Historical ~1usR~u~n. <br />In ?ay and July, 1997 Ro~~ert ~. Golan and3'~ais caife, Plana <br />Montgomery, ~~?urchased tiie houso and 5.5 acres. ~'hny live <br />t'_Z~re at ;~res~nt e;ith t?zeir toona~;^_ son. <br />Architectural Conte:;t: <br />tin architectural survoy oz Orange i~otuity coni?uct_c? in 1997 <br />~eVealr3~ that, cahll~ ~ large nu.aber Oi one-story log houses <br />fro:u the ninoteenti~ century surviv•a, rr-.latively unalt_rAc? frame <br />houses iroui the early hart o° that century are rare. <br />architectural historian '?icfiare? °iat~tson notac', in Orange County <br />~rchit~cturzl IIistory, ". .in a ireo:aan society c'o~ninat~c? a~~ <br />~:•„i 1 for ~'.vollincts, the t=.11 fra~::e tlotlsos stooc? anrart, avol:ing <br />;:inshi_~ i:1 fora and t:13tC3ri 11s c;itll tiro neirclc~orin~,c ~~laritatlon <br />~i~~ti O:i thC' Lli~•~~er ClaSa ..• `ihlu ill:tOry 19111 •":1O0O::.:7a-!l~j ta!3 <br />a.rci:itectur:tl survey of i)rar.~-re Cou[_t~~ l~~en it is ;~u~.~lis'~ec~. in <br />20 <br />