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17 N15 Aonx 10.900•a (Rev, 8.86) . OMB Approwi Na 1031.0019 United States Department of the Interior*, National Park Service National Registei of Historic Plates Continuation Sheet Holden- Roberts Farm Section number _7 Page 4 Orange County, NC Revival -style man tels with simple pilasters, arched frieze boards, and plainshelves. Four -panel doors retain porcelain knobs, cast iron locks, and large impression bronze hinges. The staircase is lined with turned balusters and accentuated by a handsome octagonal newel on the first floor and by chamfered newels with ball finials on the landing and second floor. Other remarkable features include hand - carved door knobs on closet doors in the bedrooms and pine plank flooring that is exposed in the hallways and on the stairs but covered with carpeting in the parlors and bedrooms. Kitchen- Parlor -Porch Addition, ca. 1900 and 1930: Using frame construction, Addison Holden enclosed the northern two- thirds of a large hip - roofed porch on the east elevation to create a kitchen and a parlor around 1900. At the same time, he extended a shallow hip- roofed porch from the east elevation of the enclosure and joined a small frame gable - roofed structure at the north end. Exterior features include original metal-shingles on the roof, and a tall stove chimney. Inside, back -to -back corner flues serve a stove pipe in the kitchen and a fireplace in the arlor. A mantel with fluted pilasters enhances the firebox, and baseboards and chair rails further decorate the parlor. About 1930, Cain Roberts remodeled the kitchen and added brick piers and battered box posts to the remainder of the 1873 -1874 porch.' Nels Anderson enclosed a portion of the ca. 1900 porch to create a bathroom, and replaced the decking on the 1873 -1874 porch ca. 1970.4 Wing, ca. 1930: A small, frame, one - story, gable- roofed wing that contained a bedroom and a bathroom was added to the north elevation of the original block ca. 1930.5 The exterior displays original weatherboard siding and metal roof shingles but the interior was renovated ca. 1970 when the Andersons installed sheetrock to replace board paneling, updated the bathroom fixtures, and divided the space to incorporate a small kitchenette! Other features of the Holden Roberts Farm are (Numbers are keyed to Exhibit C): 3. GRANARY, ca, 1900, contributing: The oldest outbuilding on the Holden - Roberts Farm is' a frame, weatherboarded, front -gable granary thought to have been built by Addison Holden.' It is notable for a fieldstone foundation, a crimped metal roof, and a board -and- batten door on the south elevation. 4. CHICKEN HOUSE, ca. 1910, contributing: The westernmost structure in a group of three frame chicken houses is set atop brick and stone piers, covered by weatherboard siding, and capped by a shed roof. Oriented to face south, it