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NP9 Fpm 104*0,e (PAV.S.") OAN Axado ft.102,0M , 8 25 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Jacob Jackson Farm / Maple Hill Section number 7 Page 5 Orange County, NC D. Connector Ell: North of the Federal block and Greek Revival wing, a brick-veneered, frame, one-story connector ell, built in 1940, forms a hyphen joining the south and north blocks of Maple Hill. Fenestration here matches that used elsewhere in the house with 6/6 sash spaced symmetrically on the west facade and off-set on the east facade to accommodate a paneled entry door with a six-paned light. The spacious room on the interior is clad with knotty pine paneling. E. Cabin and North Wing: The earliest component of Maple Hill, a single-pen, hewn-log cabin, believed to have been constructed ca. 1810 or before, is now part of a long rectangular north wing. The wing includes a dining room and a kitchen, added to the east facade of the cabin in 1946, and parallels the Federal farmhouse/Greek Revival wing. The newer block of rooms has been joined to the cabin by the construction of a contiguous rubble-stone foundation and a covering of vertical board and batten siding that sheathes the exterior of the frame addition and the log walls of the cabin. The wood-shingled gable roof, too, joins the old and newer sections in a single plane. Fenestrationwas added to the cabin in 1940 and 1950 and is asymmetrical. Windows have simple board surrounds and dark green louvered shutters. A Greek Revival door and a single 4/4 sash to its left provide entry to and southern illumination for the cabin. The gable-end rubble-stone chimney on the west facade is constructed with clay mortar that is visible beneath generously applied portland cement parging. Extensive deterioration required that the chimney be rebuilt above the shoulder level after 1946. The north facade is dominated by two pairs of 4/4 sash that provide optimal views of the gardens from the room within. The sturdy hewn logs with which the cabin was constructed are visible on the interior. Interstices have been filled with white plaster that creates a pleasing contrast of light and dark elements and accentuates the massive rubble-stone cooking fireplace on the west wall. The cabin may have originally been home to an'individual or a small family for a panel in the plank ceiling lifts between exposed rafters to access a sleeping loft. Mid-twentieth-century changes to the interior of the cabin include the installation of clay tile pavers on the floor, cabinets with counter tops of sheet copper along the north and east walls, and modifications of the east wall to permit entry to the dining room. Despite these alterations, sufficient early materials remain to give a clear indication of the size, structure, and function of the cabin.