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ORANGE COUNTY LOCAL LANDMARK APPLICATION Page 4 of 7 Captain John S. Pope Farm 6909 Efland -Cedar Grove Road Cedar Grove, North Carolina Orange County Landmark Application 5. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE The Captain John S. Pope Farm is a remarkably intact example of a late nineteenth century 1 -house and tobacco farm complex in northern Orange County. The 75 -acre parcel is still owned by descendents of Captain John S. Pope and was an active tobacco farm from c. 1870 through 2005. It is currently owned by the great - grandson of Captain John S. Pope and used for the pasture grazing of meat Iambs. While the c. 1870 two -story 1 -house has been altered slightly with the replacement of the front porch (most recently in the 1930s) and the construction and subsequent removal of additions to the rear ell, the house remains largely intact with original siding, windows and roofing as well as wide wood sheathing, wood flooring, two -panel doors, and original mantels and stair balustrade on the interior. The house stands near the road and is surrounded by mature trees. A collection of domestic outbuildings dating from the 1870s through the 1970s extends along a gravel farm road south of the house and parallel to Efland -Cedar Grove Road and includes a wash house, flower house, corn crib, and feed barn. Tobacco related resources including an ordering /stripping house and five tobacco - curing barns are arranged along a gravel road that extends east from the house. Historic aerial photographs show that the field patterns have been little altered since the 1930s. 6. ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION See Section 7 of the attached National Register of Historic Places Registration Form for descriptions of buildings /structures /sites (numbered 1 -27) on the historic 73 -acre parcel. Descriptions of additional buildings (numbered 28 -30) located on 2.3 acres acquired by the family in the 1950s and 1960s are below. 28. Well House II — c. 1952 C — Building South of the main house and southwest of the Feed Barn and Pre - fabricated Shed, the side - gabled, frame well house has a concrete -block foundation, vinyl siding, a hollow -core metal door on the south elevation, and exposed rafter tails. A metal carport visible behind the well house in photos has been removed. 29. House Ruin — c. 1952 NC — Building South of the main house and southwest of the Well House 11, the side - gabled, frame, Minimal Traditional -style house is in poor condition. The house is four bays wide and double -pile with a projecting bay on the left (north) end of the fagade and a central entrance on the right (south) end of the fagade that is flanked by window openings. There is a gabled rear ell and a projecting gabled wing on the left (north) elevation has a brick chimney in the gable. The building is in ruinous condition; windows have been removed and the building is currently used for hay storage. 30. Garage III — c. 1970 NC — Building South of the house ruin, this one - story, asymmetrical side - gabled garage is similar in form and detail to the other garage (building #7) on the property. The frame building is four bays wide and single -pile with a sand floor and a 5V metal roof. It has two open vehicular bays in the center of the structure with an enclosed storage area on the left (east) end that is covered with vertical corrugated metal sheathing. An enclosed storage area on the right (west) end of the structure is sheathed with plywood and has a single vinyl window.