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51 <br /> Appendix I <br /> Sites of Historical Significance <br /> The Boyd House (OR 682) is an impressive two story I-house that <br /> was probably built around 1900 . The house has Greek Revival <br /> detailing and ornate interior woodwork. A slave cemetery is <br /> reputed to exist at the site. Researchers found a collection of <br /> fieldstones but were unable to substantiate the claim. <br /> The Benjamin Duke House (OR 666) is a substantial Victorian house <br /> constructed in 1896 . It features several ornamental brackets, <br /> impressive gable returns, and an elaborate porch featuring turned <br /> and sawn work. The property includes the Duke Hogan office which <br /> was originally located across the street from the house, then <br /> moved behind the house sometime around 1950 . In July, 1993, the <br /> Benjamin Duke House was placed on the Study List for the National <br /> Register of Historic Places. <br /> The James Strayhorn Cemetery (OR 697) is located east of the <br /> abandoned Guernsdale Dairy Farm. There are several unmarked <br /> graves and approximately eight marked graves at this cemetery, <br /> which is overgrown with vegetation. The most recent field <br /> investigation describes markers dated from 1836 to 1905. This <br /> cemetery is probably associated with the Boyd House and farmstead. <br /> Considering Stoney Creek's two hundred year history, it is highly <br /> probable that other, undocumented cemeteries exist. There are <br /> unconfirmed reports that a large slave cemetery is located on a <br /> hillside near the James Strayhorn cemetery. Another was reported <br /> to exist at the northwest corner of University Station Road and <br /> Old NC 10 . Another family cemetery, containing the graves of <br /> John (1791-1858) and Susan (1799-1871) is located off University <br /> Station Road between I-85 and U.S. 70 . This cemetery also <br /> contains the grave of Susanna Bolland (Borland?) who died in 1850 <br /> at the age of 95. <br /> The New Hope Presbyterian Church and Cemetery (OR 458) was <br /> organized in 1756 and is one of the oldest congregations in Orange <br /> County. The current church cemetery was founded in 1868 . The <br /> slate marker of Vernon Craig (born and died in 1868) notes that <br /> his was "the first grave in this ground" . Gilbert (1715-1803) , <br /> one of the church' s founders, is buried in the old cemetery that <br /> adjoins the original church site. Engravings of a few other <br />