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42: <br />nips Form 10-900-a 0108 No. 1u2 is <br />() <br />United States Department of the Interior <br />National Park Service <br />NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES <br />CONTINUATION SHEET <br />Section 7 Page 7 Murphey School <br />name of property <br />Orange County. NC <br />county and state <br />Water Tower <br />c. 1936, Contributing Structure <br />Constructed of metal, the water tower occupies part of the south yard behind the school. its <br />cylindrical tank sits atop metal trusses and supports; a central water pipe and three supports at <br />the outer edges of the tower that terminate at concrete blocks on the ground. A full- length metal <br />access stair still exists; it is attached to the side of the tank and one of its supports. An article in <br />the Chapel Hill Weekly on May 22, 1936 stated, "The water tank on its long stilts is painted green <br />and tucked cleverly in a clump of trees, so that it does not stand forth against the sky startlingly as <br />tanks often do.$� <br />Maintenance Trailer <br />c. 1980 -1990, Non - Contributing Building <br />At single -wide trailer with a rounded bow front eight pane bay window on the north elevation. Both <br />the east and west elevations have an attached wooden porch. The roof is flat except for a very <br />slight gable. <br />Murphey School and its associated buildings sit vacant but are undergoing restoration, in <br />coordination with the State Historic Preservation Office, for its future use as a retreat center for <br />non -profit agencies and a site rental facility for special events. <br />1 "orange County's New Schools," Chapel Hill Weekly, May 22, 1936, pA . <br />