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10 <br /> Tobacco barn <br /> Ca. 1890 <br /> A log tobacco barn stands at the southeast corner of the property on a brick and <br /> block foundation. The 5-V metal-roofed building with exposed rafter tails has <br /> weatherboard in its gable ends.An open shed with rafter tails and square wooden <br /> vertical posts shelters a batten door with diagonal bracing on the west elevation. <br /> Tobacco barn/art studio <br /> Ca. 1920, 2002 (renovation into art studio) <br /> Just northwest of the tobacco barn, another early twentieth-century tobacco barn <br /> was converted to a ceramic studio around 2010. The gable-roofed tobacco barn is <br /> sheathed in vertical wood siding with weatherboard in its gable ends. Resting on a <br /> concrete pier and continuous foundation,the barn has been fitted with windows <br /> and a divided-light door.A shed-roofed open shelter occupies the west elevation <br /> and a shed-roofed addition is on the north elevation. A 5-V metal roof covers the <br /> barn. <br /> Open-sided shed <br /> Ca. 1970 <br /> The long, rectangular open shed with a 5-V metal gable roof stands just west of the <br /> barn/studio. Round poles support the structure used to store equipment. Built by <br /> Shorty Satterfield of Mebane. <br /> Open-sided shed and kiln <br /> Ca. 1980 <br /> A rectangular, flat-roofed shed with pole supports and a poured concrete pad <br /> beneath is just north of the larger shed. Reggie Watson and Leon Oakley built the <br /> structure to shade the front of a bulk barn that stood on the site. Rafter tails are <br /> exposed beneath the 5-V metal roof.A hipped-roof shelter with log supports is at the <br /> north end of the shed and shelters a pottery kiln. <br /> Tenant House <br /> Ca. 1920 <br /> The one-and-a-half-story, side-gabled,weatherboard tenant house stands north of <br /> the kiln shed. Resting on a stone foundation,the small dwelling includes a shed- <br /> roofed addition on its west side and a partial-facade shed-roofed porch supported <br /> by a combination of plain and turned posts.A 5-V metal roof tops the dwelling. The <br /> interior is finished in beaded board. <br /> 4 <br /> October 26, 2015 <br /> Orange County Local Landmark Application: Nicholas Corbett Hester House <br /> 9501 NC 86 North <br /> Cedar Grove, NC 27231 <br />