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OR 480 <br /> Mount Moriah Baptist Church Cemetery: mid-late 19th cent. <br /> W. side Erwin Rd (SR 1734) 0.2 mi S. of Whitfield Rd (SR 1731) <br /> Chapel Hill vicinity <br /> Orange County/Chapel Hill Township <br /> Chapel Hill Quad <br /> This large church cemetery contains graves dating from the 1870s to the present <br /> marked mostly with manufactured stones. Mount Moriah Baptist Church was founded <br /> prior to the Civil War. The church building on the site is new. <br /> OR 481 <br /> Erwin Farm: 1930s <br /> 0.4 mi N. of jct Whitfield Rd (SR 1731) and Erwin Rd (SR 1734) on private road <br /> Chapel Hill vicinity <br /> Orange County/Chapel Hill Township <br /> Chapel Hill Quad <br /> Log smokehouse, corn crib, and tobacco-curing barn still stand on old house site. 1930s <br /> log house on a steep ridge overlooking New Hope Creek is said to have been a retreat <br /> for Mr. Erwin, who owned Erwin Cotton Mill in Durham. <br /> OR 482 <br /> Clark House: late 19th century <br /> W. side SR 1732, 0.3 mi N. of SR 1733 <br /> 7510 Sunrise Rd <br /> Chapel Hill vicinity <br /> Orange County/Chapel Hill Township <br /> Chapel Hill Quad <br /> Much remodeled and expanded 2-room log house said to have been owned by the Clark <br /> family. <br /> OR 483 <br /> Will Mayse Farm: early 20th century <br /> S. side Oak Hill Rd (SR 1835) 0.2 mi E. of Sunrise Rd (SR 1732) <br /> Chapel Hill vicinity <br /> Orange County/Chapel Hill Township <br /> Chapel Hill Quad <br /> Remodeled early 20th c. triple-A I-house owned by Will Mayse; log tobacco <br /> outbuildings. <br />