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011 —r .a. tiW —O United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Cabe - Pratt - Harris House Section number 7 Page 2 Orange Co . , NC firebox with a handsome, tall, raised -panel mantelpiece centered in the end wall. This room is used at present as a formal living room. An interior door with raised panels separates the hall from a slightly smaller parlor, which has a square firebox and a tall, raised -panel mantelpiece centered in its end wall. An open china closet built in 1983, replaces a door which once led outside. This room is used at present as the formal dining room. A narrow, boxed -in staircase formerly stood in the northeast corner of the hall and ascended to the sleeping loft. These stairs were removed about 1942 and the floor and loft opening were repaired with wide pine boards, which match the original floors and ceilings. The walls, ceilings, floors and mantelpieces in the old rooms are all of unpainted heart pine. It is rare, but not unheard of, to see an interior from this period that was apparently never painted. At present, the second story is accessed by a staircase (installed when the house was first expanded in the 1940s) that ascends along the north wall of a hallway located at the rear of the two original rooms. Upstairs, the original loft area retains the pegged oak ceiling beams, and is now used as one large bedroom. The hallway is at the core of the renovated rear addition and gives access to the kitchen and half bath, family room, and master bedroom and bath on the first floor. There are two other second floor bedrooms and baths in the wing addition. The 1940s large rear addition and its 1980s renovation, both covered by plain clapboards, were respectful of the materials used in old house. The addition expanded the house greatly and added twentieth century amenities, but the original house was little altered except for the loss of the original enclosed stairs. Even then, the repairs to the floor and ceiling were carefully done with like materials. The 1940's addition had metal - trimmed casement windows, but these were replaced in the 1980s with multi -pane sash windows, replicas of the originals in the old house. The present owners are determined to preserve the old house and enjoy it, while they also enjoy their sensitive renovation of the spacious 1940s addition. No original outbuildings survive. The dog pens (1983) and c. 1950 barn which stand a short distance north of the house, are non - contributing resources. Integrity Assessment: The most significant alterations to the original Cabe - Pratt- 11