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24 Architectural Evaluation Background Research Our architectural review began with an exam;nation offiles at the North Carolina Department of Archives and History. Although we were able to identify a number of historic resources and districts in Carrboro, none were close enough to be affected by construction of the proposed library. We next contacted the Orange County Government, which provided us with a GIS layer showing historic resources on file. Five historic houses are shown on the GIS layer v~~hich are within a block ofthe study tract (Figure -). Thee resources are also identified in the book Carrboro, N.C.: An Architectural & Historical Inventory (Brown et aL 1983). These houses are located at 212, 213, 214, 217, and 218 Hillsborough Street. The house at 212 Hillsborough Street is immediately west of the proposed access easement. These five structures have not been officially documented and recorded at the state level, but all are likely eligible for the National Register of Historic Places ~~)- The Dwight Ray House at 2I 8 Hillsborough Road is located three houses north of theproject tract, at the corner ofHillsborough and Pine streets. This house is aone-and-one=half story bungalow and was built in the 1920s by Dwight Ray who was a successful merchant and politician. Architectural highlights include triangle brackets in deep eaves, a wraparound front porch, German- siding on the first story and split shake shingles on the second, and decorative upper windows. The Miles Andrews House at 214 Hillsborough Road is situated 2 lots northwest of the proposed vehicular access to the library tract. It was built for Miles Andrews, a Carrboro businessman, in the 1920s. This house is a Large one-and-one-half story with split shingles on the exterior and tall interior chimneys with corbelled stacks. It also has squat tapered posts on brick plinths supporting the wraparound port. The deep eaves have exposed rafter ends and the large roofed dormer has triangle brackets. Brown et aL (1983) note that this house is enhanced by it siting back from the road and call it "one of Carrboro's most distinctive houses." Three bungalows of similar style are present_on both sides ofHillsborough Road at 212, 213, and 217. All three feature the standard bungalow front porch with tapered posts on brick plinths-and deep eaves with triangle brackets or-exposed rafter ends. The house at 2 i 7 has a gabled roofed front dormer and siding .on both levels rather than the flat roofed dormer and shake shingles of the Dwight Ray House. The 213 Hillsborough Road house. features across-gabled roof. Field Evaluation One structure was identified within the tract boundaries (Figure -), directly behind the bungalow at 212 Hillsborough Street. This is a small one -story wood frame shed built on a concrete 4