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37 NPS Form 1"00 -a OMB No. 1024 -0018 tom) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section 7 Page Murphey School name of property Orange County. NC. county and state building. The one -story building has a hip- on-hip roof covered in pressed metal shingles designed to imitate terra cotta tiles and a projecting central hip roof front entrance on the north elevation. Metal pinnacles on the roof ridgelines also imitating terra cotta tiles add additional ornamentation. The ridgeline of the roof is covered temporarily with a long narrow section of metal roofing. Groupings of four six-over-six wood sash windows flank the entrance section, which comprises two arched nine- over -nine sash windows on either side of the front door. The window sills are composed of rows of headers Brick comer pilasters at each comer of the entry bay and also at the junctions of the entry bay and main facade complete the symmetry of the facade. The multi - pane and paneled door has a wood surround and a tall arched transom that matches the arched windows that flank it. The arches of the entry bay windows are connected by soldier- course springers. At a later date (c. 1970 -1990) a small porch not in keeping with the architectural style of the building was added over the front entrance, but it has since been removed. Concrete steps lead up to the front door. At the southwest corner of the school building is a hip roof west wing with a secondary entrance on its north elevation that also connects the main building to the auditorium. This entrance also has a brick round arch with weatherboard infill in place of the transom over the multi -pane and paneled double-doors. The building is executed in brick veneer laid in a running bond {frame construction underneath} separated from a continuous brick foundation by a soldier - course water table. A soldier course also sits beneath the overhanging wooden tongue- and- groove boxed eaves. The simple exterior wood trim is in keeping with the style of small, rural consolidated schools. Original features such as the imitation terra cotta tile roof and the wrought iron hardware on the exterior front door hint at Spanish Revival -style influences popular in the 1920s_ The exterior of the school building is remarkably intact with very few changes to original materials and architectural features. The east elevation contains only two large door openings can the hip roof east wing projecting from the southeast comer of the main block. Brick round arches surmount the doors and concrete steps lead up to the doorways from the lawn. Brick pilasters flank each of the doers. The door opening on the east elevation is now covered with T -111 siding. According to oral sources, it possibly once served as a side entrance or a drop -off point for children transported by bus. The doorway facing north on the east elevation has also been filled with T-111 siding, as well as a two- over -two horizontal sash window. Overhanging wooden eaves provide shelter and shade. The south elevation is symmetrical, containing three groups of four slx -over -six sash windows, flanked by pairs of narrow four - over -four sash windows with brick pilasters separating and defining each grouping into five sections on the rear elevation. In the center of the south elevation and sitting partially below grade level is a damaged brick boiler room, square in shape, with an exterior chimney that is stuccoed above the roof line rising vertically through the eaves of the main