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United States Department of the Interior <br />National Park Service <br />National Register of Historic Places <br />Continuation Sheet <br />Cabe- Pratt - Harris House <br />Section number 8 Page 13 <br />Orange Co . , NC <br />"Its overall form and hall- and - parlor plan (originally with <br />an enclosed stair) places it in a general type 'built from the <br />mid -13th to the mid -19th centuries. The cornice treatment and <br />the nine- over -nine sash . . .would make me place it no later <br />than the end of the first quarter of the 19th century. . . .the <br />excellent mantels have a late Georgian character and the doors <br />are the old six- raised -panel Georgian type, though their form <br />and their butt hinges (rather then the old HL hinges) make me <br />think they're very late versions of the type. . . . I'd be <br />inclined to think the house was standing before the death of <br />William Cabe in 1829, perhaps even a decade or two before.. <br />. .Fairntosh (NR) is a late example of the Georgian, so it hung <br />around these parts for a long time. . .It's rare to see an <br />interior from this period that was never painted, but since <br />our visit I've been reminded of one or two and I concur with <br />your decision not to paint the interior woodwork." <br />` Mattson, p. 49. <br />22 <br />i <br />