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3 <br />This property consists of a complex of buildings from several periods, <br />including an L- shaped house composed of small early 19th century <br />buildings and the stately mid -19`h century Greek Revival house, as well as <br />several outbuildings. The property was the site of the Bingham School <br />from 1845 until 1864. Bingham School was one of a series of North <br />Carolina locations of a school established by William J. Bingham of <br />Hillsborough. These schools were continued by his sons and grandsons, <br />and gained a statewide reputation for academic excellence. The Bingham <br />School was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. <br />LHD -3 -98 Chatwood (National Register Site #1371) <br />Chatwood is located in Cheeks Township on the south side of Faucette <br />Mill Road (SR 1328), approximately 500 feet west of the Intersection of <br />Fank Perry Road (SR 1379). The current owners are Bruce and Susan <br />Lueck. <br />The property, originally known as the Faucett House, is a very well <br />preserved 2 '/z -story frame Federal Style house, constructed circa 1808. It <br />is part of a grist mill complex that stands along a quarter -mile section of <br />the old "Great Road" that forded. the Eno River at this point, two miles <br />northwest of Hillsborough. The structure is thought to have served as an <br />inn for travelers when the ford was uncrossable. The structure was listed <br />on the National Register, along with the Faucett Mill, in 1988. <br />LHD4-98 Rigsbee's Rock House (National Register Site #1382) <br />Rigsbee's Rock House is located east of Hillsborough in Eno Township at <br />the southwest comer of Lawrence Road (SR 1709) and US Highway 70 <br />Business. The current owners are James and Judith Singleton. <br />The residence was built circa 1929 in the Tudor Revival Style. The <br />exterior of the house is constructed almost entirely of white flint rubble <br />rock, with a rock wall surrounding the property on three sides. An original <br />two car, detached garage, a pump house, and an outdoor swimming pool <br />located on the property are also constructed of white flint rubble rock. <br />The house is known in local folklore as the center of Prohibition <br />bootlegging activity in Orange County. It was built for Mack Rigsbee, one <br />of Hillsborough's most colorful characters during the 1930's and 1940's. <br />The house interior contains unusual architectural features that created large <br />internal storage areas, providing possible corroboration for the Rigsbee <br />moonshine legend. Rigsbee's Rock House was listed on the National <br />Register of Historic Places in 1988. <br />RECONIMIIVDATTON: The Administration recommends approval of the attached advertisement for the May <br />26, 1998, quarterly public hearing. <br />