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39 OMB No. 1024-0018 NPS Form 10 -900 -8 ( "$) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section 7 Page 4 Murphey School name of property _Orange County, NC county and state building and a band of original metal tiles at the building's ridge line. Three paneled double - doors topped with neoclassical transoms (containing muntins in a star motif) and heavily comiced surrounds pierce the facade. Two wooden pilasters that match the square columns flank the three entrances. Also visible are exposed porch ceiling beams in the portico. A brick soldier course separates the building from its continuous foundation. Concrete steps and low brick knee -wall extend north from the portico. The east and west elevations of the auditorium contain a row of tall, arched, slightly recessed multi -light sash windows surrounded by a border of brick with a cast keystone and springers. The east elevation has a total of four bays; the west elevation has a total of six bays. Each window has a cast stone sill above a square recessed panel of pattemed brickwork with four cast stones accents. The west elevation fenestration is similar to the east elevation with its row of large arched windows. On the south end of the west elevation is an exit with four - light- over -panel double -doors with a round- arched transom at the same height as the windows. Concrete steps with metal railings lead to the double-doors. On the extreme south end of the west elevation is a small six- over-six sash window topped with a gauged arch with cast stone sash. The south elevation is characterized by its classical -style gable roof and boxed comice with retums. An elliptical window with four cast keystones pierces the gable. Two high six- over -six sash windows under gauged brick arches with cast -stone sills on the outside edges of the elevation illuminate the rear stage rooms. Interior: The auditorium's interior is a vast open space of plaster walls dominated by a rounded apron -front paneled wood stage at the south end as well as the large arched windows on the east and west walls. Plain plastered pilasters extending to paneled ceiling beams stand between each window. Six evenly- spaced original pendant light fixtures hang from the ceiling, though some have broken or missing globes. The stage opening is surrounded by a wooden paneling treatment and still retains its original red and gold velvet curtains. Two small backstage rooms, each with vertical beadboard on the walls, are at the east and west sides of the stage. Each room contains a small window on the south elevation and has circular stairs leading down to doors to the auditorium's main floor. Two square openings in the south wall near the ceiling flank the stage, and possibly were used for speakers or stage equipment. A wooden baseboard extends around the perimeter of the main room at the intersection of the walls and the maple floors. Three double -door entrances on the north elevation open to the porch_ Directly across from each other on the east and west walls near the south end of the auditorium are double -door exits. The exit on the west