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53 <br /> The Craig-3trayhorn-Blackwood Farm (OR 457) is one of the oldest <br /> farmsteads in the area. The house was originally a log structure <br /> dating to 1827, but it was expanded and completely remodeled as a <br /> bungalow in the 1920s. Outbuildings on this 140-acre farm include <br /> a board-and-batten smokehouse, milkhouse, frame privy, several <br /> chicken houses, and a large barn. Traces of an old stagecoach <br /> road are visible in the front yard. <br /> The Duke Power Worker House (OR 1015) is a modest structure built <br /> around 1910 as housing for workers at a new Duke Power station. <br /> It was part of a 90-employee industrial complex upon the original <br /> site of the Borland-McCauley Mill, which was located at the <br /> confluence of Stoney Creek and the Eno River. The house is <br /> unremarkable except for its slate roof, which may have been made <br /> from slate found near the power plant. The structure exists in a <br /> deteriorated condition. <br /> The Mac House (OR 675) is a well-maintained, typical bungalow that <br /> features exposed rafter ends and brackets under the eaves. It was <br /> probably built in the mid-1930s. <br /> House, Victorian, c. 1910 (OR 460) . This T-shaped Victorian house <br /> features turned porch posts, gable returns, and an interior brick <br /> chimney with a corbelled cap. The house features German siding. <br /> The front porch has been screened. <br /> 3 <br />