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ORANGE COUNTY LOCAL LANaMARK APPLICATION <br />A)kchoneo +- c'-� <br />Page 1 of 7 <br />DATE OF APPLI6ATION "Y-0 <br />Please type, if possible, or print. All submitted materials become the property of the Orange County <br />Historic Preservation Commission and cannot be returned. <br />if <br />(if <br />use current akme <br />2. LOCATION (physical location, not mailing address) <br />A. Street or State Route/Highway 7 2 trG 7 <br />B. Township Chi, e 1 pal, Lie—to <br />C. Crossroads Community/Vicinity 6,t1 kk-4 - <br />3. LEGAL OWNER OF PROPERTY (please indicate Mr., Mrs., Ms., Dr., or other appropriate .title) -7 <br />NAM AC TELEPHONE t `� F/fo <br />FIRM and /or <br />R <br />BRIEF STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE _ <br />Please provide a brief statement or summary outlining the historical, architectural, and perhaps <br />landscape, elements that make the site significant: (This statement should be expanded for question #5 <br />of Part 2 of the application. _ 1 /,, -� -i�/ <br />Named for'North Carolina's "Father of Public Education" Archibald D. Murphey, Murphey's School <br />was constructed in 1923 as part of the early twentieth century consolidated: school movement. Well - <br />preserved, the rectangular one -story brick building features elements of the Classical and Spanish <br />Revival styles. An auditorium was added to the west side of the building in 1936 and fronted with a <br />two-story classical Doric portico (temple front). The. building was designed by Henri Colvin <br />Linthicum, a specialist in school design and partner with his father in the architectural firm of <br />Linthicum and Linthicum. A handful of outbuildings survive on the property dating to the first half of <br />the twentieth century, including a 1923 frame bungalow that served as the teacherage. <br />*Please submit current photographs of the property Including all elevations of the main house and any <br />other important buildings. Please also include general photographs of the property and include any <br />important landscape features. (if you wish to use digital photography, please submit hard copy printouts.) <br />* *Please also submit a sketch plan of the property showing the footprint of all key buildings and the <br />location of all driveways or farm roads. <br />20 <br />