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9 <br /> bookcase east of the mantel in the first floor parlor is a recent addition,but its <br /> simple detailing blends with the rest of the interior. <br /> Outbuildings <br /> Crib <br /> Ca. 1900 <br /> A small front-gabled crib with weatherboard siding stands north-northwest of the <br /> house.A four-panel door, likely taken from another building, provides access to the <br /> interior of the center crib whose side elevations are sheathed in slats spaced to <br /> allow for airflow.Two sheds flank the center crib—one is open on the front and the <br /> other is enclosed.A 5-V metal roof crowns the structure. <br /> Log house <br /> Ca. 1850 <br /> Just to the northeast of the Hester House stands a single-pen log house occupied by <br /> the Hester family before construction of the main house in 1881.After the house <br /> was built,the cabin served as a kitchen. The side-gabled,v-notched building features <br /> a 5-V metal roof topped by solar panels used specifically to heat water. The cabin <br /> has been altered by the removal of the chimney and expansion of the front doorway, <br /> but retains a west gable-end sash window with a board-and-batten shutter, an east <br /> gable-end sliding board-and-batten shutter, and a batten front door with cast iron <br /> butt hinges. A boxed stair in the northeast corner enclosed with wide hand-planed <br /> boards and wide upper level floorboards remain on the interior. <br /> Well Structure <br /> Ca. 1920 <br /> A pyramidal-roofed open-sided structure stands in the backyard to the east of the <br /> house, covered with a metal roof supported by round wood posts. This once <br /> sheltered the nearby 19th century stone well but was moved to the south to provide <br /> shelter for the back-up generator for the solar power system for the main house. <br /> A group of agricultural outbuildings stand about 100 yards east of the house. <br /> The historic outbuildings in this grouping demonstrate the farm's function as a <br /> tobacco farm and the role of tenancy in the late nineteenth and early twentieth <br /> century but are not included within the proposed landmark boundaries. <br /> 3 <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 />