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MPS Fpm 10400.4 OAS AF MVW NO 10214011 United States Department of the Interior 23 National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Jacob Jackson Farm / Maple Hill Section number 7 Page 3 _ Orange Qounty, NC and clay tile.' Four evenly spaced, chamfered posts are early and have been returned as closely as possible to their original locations. They support a shed roof attached to the house below the second floor windows. Squared balusters and rounded railing, also saved, form a border between the posts at the outer edge of the porch and the steps which lead up to it at either end. Wide flush-board sheathing, a popular antebellum material utilized in sheltered areas, has been applied to the south elevation on the first floor level and beneath the porch roof where it is protected. The porch foundation conceals an early vertical plank door that once served as an entrance to the basement. A single-shouldered exterior chimney of molded-brick laid in a 5/1 American bond is the focal element of the house on the west gable end. As on the south facade, fenestration is symmetrical. One 4/4 sash, flanked by a single shutter on the outer side, is located on each side j of the chimney on both floors while a pair of 1/1 sliding windows at grade serve the basement. The north facade is unremarkable excepting that one 6/6 sash in the center bay of the second story and two 6/6 sash,one on each end bay of the first floor, create a triangular fenestration pattern. A pair of 2/2 sliding windows beneath provide access to the basement. The interior of the farmhouse originally followed a hall-and-parlor plan. A partition dividing the spaces on the first floor was removed in 1950, leaving a single large living room. Pine plank flooring, flush-board paneling, simple window surrounds, double-paneled Greek Revival interior doors, and a fine Federal-period mantel on the west wall, notable for its delicate reeding, are believed to be original or to date from the ca. 1855 renovation. All have been finished with a dark, glossy varnish. Can the east wall, an enclosed staircase with a partially open stringer rises in a north- south direction and leads to a second floor hall which serves a bedchamber and the attic of the Greek Revival wing. The partition, originally dividing the hall and parlor on the first floor, was relocated to separate a hall from the bedchamber in 1950. The bedchamber is finished much as the living room below but, here, a simple Greek Revival mantel with plain pilasters surrounds the fireplace. A bathroom was added to the southeast portion of the room ca. 1950. B. Divider: A narrow divider, marked by one 6/6 sash set right of center on the south facade,joins the Federal block to its Greek Revival wing. This area was a originally a breezeway, enclosed in 1940 when the connector ell was built. It now shelters a passage between the early sections of the house and an access to a stairway leading to the basement of the Federal block. The exterior was covered with brick veneer in 1950 when paneling and bookshelves were added along the interior walls and a bathroom was constructed at the southern end. 2 Documentary photograph taken ca. 1950 by D.E.Hollandsworth,collection,Ann H.Myers.