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047 NO PROPERTY NAME C NC TYPE LOCATION ADDRESS 10 Rogers-McDade House C bldg. S side SR 1004 appx.400 ft W of jet w/SR 1716 Carr Store Road 1357 DESCRIPTION The Rogers-McDade House was built in 1920 for William Rogers by Henry Lyon. The frame house has a gambrel roof, 12/1 double-hung windows and a bungaloid porch with square brick piers and battered columns.Cedar Grove Academy students boarded here.The Reverend Samuel Freeman Nicks bought the house in the 1930s for his daughter,Katherine McDade. Nicks was pastor of the Cedar Grove United Methodist Church(20)from 1933 to 1940 and was the first minister to serve in the current church building(Graybeal interview with Lois Hughes,July 23, 1997/Sexton interview with Katherine McDade,January 28, 1995). 10a Garage C bldg. DESCRIPTION 1920s frame front-gabled with shed roof shelter on east side I 1 Patton,Benjamin C. Store C bldg. S side SR 1004 appx.200 ft W of jet w/SR 1357 DESCRIPTION The I-story,5-bay-wide timber frame building dating to the second half of the 19th century,was used originally as a school building and later as a general store and post office(Sexton interview with Katherine McDade,January 28, 1995). The asymmetrical facade of the side-gabled form is crossed by a front-gabled bay at the north end and is lit with 6/6 double-hung windows. The structure is building is sheathed in weatherboard,covered by v-crimp metal sheathed roof,and rests on a stone foundation. It possesses both interior and exterior brick chimneys and both a rear ell and shed addition. Benjamin C.Patton taught private school in this building until he became principal of Cedar Grove Academy(on the now vacant lot to the adjacent west of the store)in the I 980(Branson 1889,p.499/Pender 1983,p.97). He also operated a general store out of the building in partnership with his son-in-law,Allen A.Ellis. Patton was a member of the first Board of Education in 1885 and was appointed county superintendent of schools in 1889. He also served as postmaster for the community as the post office was housed in his store building until 1922. Upon Patton's death in 1922,Ellis erected a store and post office building(12)in 1923 at the southwest corner of the crossroads,a few yards east of the Patton Store(Pender 1983,p. 104). 12 Ellis,Allen A.Store C bldg. W side SR 1004 at SW corner of jet w/SR 1352 DESCRIPTION b The store building built by Allen A.Ellis in 1923 is an excellent example of a typical early 20th-century rural crossroads store building. This 2- story,3-bay-wide weatherboarded structure features a comice supported by paired brackets below a flat roof. The symmetrical facade at the lower-level is lit by triple-grouped, 1/1 fixed windows flanking the central entrance,while 2/2 double-hung windows light the upper level. Entrance to the building is gained through a 3-door opening. Beyond the entry doors is a windowed vestibule and a set of interior entry doors. Both the front and the back porches have hipped roofs supported by square posts. Ellis operated both a general store and a post office here after the Patton Store building(11),located a few yards west,closed ca. 1923. 13 Ellis,Allen A.House C bldg. W side SR 1004 appx.200 ft S of jct w/SR 5132 Efland-Cedar Grove Ro 1352 DESCRIPTION This I-story hipped roof center-hall cottage was erected in ca. 1880. The symmetrical 3-bay facade is lit with 6/6 double-hung windows flanking a central sidelit entrance. The hipped porch roof is supported by chamfered posts with sawn brackets. Allen A.Ellis operated the Ellis Store(12)which he built by in 1923 on the property to the adjacent north.