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41 OMB No. 1024 -4018 PIPS Form 10 -9DO -a ("o) 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 The bungalow has a central -hall plan with four rooms on the first level and an ell with a kitchen, bathroom, and back porch (now enclosed) at the east end. The two pairs of rooms on either side of the hall mirror each other and have a door opening in the center of their shared walls. The walls throughout the first floor of the teacherage are plaster except for in the enclosed porch where there is German siding and in the kitchen where paneling and headboard wainscoting cover the walls. The kitchen also retains early, possibly original, wooden cabinets. A window opening that formerly contained a window that opened onto the rear porch now serves as a pass - through to the enclosed porch. The ceilings on the first floor are plaster and the original wood flooring is oak. Wooden window and door surrounds are executed in a simple fashion with a raised bead and molding on the outer edges. The wooden stair, with a molded handrail, simple square balusters, molded square newel post, and molded square pendants, leads west along the south wall of the hall to the second floor. The walls and ceilings of the second floor are sheathed with horizontal, narrow, flush boards. The second floor contains a central hall illuminated by the pair of three - over -three sash dormer windows. No baseboards or crown molding exists but quarter -round molding has been placed where walls meet at the corners and where the walls meet the floor and ceiling. Two rooms flank the hall, each with a large closet under the eaves at the room's east end. Comer fireplaces with simple post- and - lintel mantels serve each of the four first floor rooms and stove pipe openings in the chimneys serve the second story. The teacherage retains original features including baseboard moldings, hardwood floors, door and window surrounds, five- and -six- paneled doors, and door hardware. Two original light fixtures (round metal conical base with two light bulbs. hanging from metal chain) hang from the ceilings of the first- and second floor halls. Original push- button light switches survive in some of the rooms as well. The overall impression of the interior is a light, open space that is modest in design and detail. Well House c. 1932, Contributing Structure The one - story, square well house occupies part of the south yard behind the school building. It is constructed of brick laid in a common bond with a side -gable roof covered with asphalt shingles. Wooden tongue-and-groove sheathed overhanging eaves and a central door compose the primary architectural features. The central wood five - paneled door pierces the south elevation and a square metal opening, most likely a former flue or vent that was later capped, extends from the center of the roof s ridge. The other elevations are blind. Inside the well house are a water piping and plumbing system, exposed brick walls, and a wooden tongue - and - groove ceiling with exposed ceiling joists.