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J markers in the yard note that the graves were moved to the cemetery from other locations. The Guernsdale Dairy Farm (OR 679) site lies upon land once owned by Benjamin Duke. During the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, this area was known as "The Meadows" . This farm contained a grandiose farmhouse with a three-story tower, a large barn, and numerous outbuildings, and the entire development was enclosed by a white rail fence. All of these structures were apparently razed prior to 1930 . The present complex includes two houses, several barns, and outbuildings. It is in a serious state of deterioration: Nonetheless, it is relatively modern in comparison with most agricultural establishments listed in Orange County' s historic resource inventory. Its origins probably date from the 1930s. The Clayton House (OR 995) is located directly across from the railroad tracks at the University Station junction. The long, narrow house was likely constructed in the early to mid-19th century. The rear ell was added to the house in the 1870s to provide additional rooms for travelers. The Craig Manor Ruins (OR 698) mark the site of a complex of houses and farm buildings with origins dating to the mid-18th century. The house was expanded to twice its size in the 1850s. Originally associated with the Strayhorn family, the house passed into the Craig family in the late 19th century, and was enlarged again around 1920 into an elaborate mansion with a large ballroom. The house was destroyed by fire in the late 1980s. The Strayhorn House (OR 456) retains a prominent presence along New Hope Church Road. This two-story "I-house" was added to an earlier one-story-with-attic farmhouse around 1900. During the 1940s, it was remodeled in the Colonial Revival style. The original farmhouse, which dates to the mid-19th century, forms the rear block of the house. It retains its original stone base-and- brick stack chimney. The Craig-Blackwood House (OR 452) is named after two of the oldest families in the Stoney Creek/New Hope area. Although several additions have been made to this structure, the core of it is a one-story-with-attic log dwelling thought to date to 1811. It is one of several rectangular single-pen log houses in Chapel Hill Township, representing a standard 19th century house type. 2