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1.8' <br />NMF0cm10 -900•. <br />(RM S-86) <br />United States Department of the Interior <br />National Park Service <br />National Register of Historic Places <br />Continuation Sheet <br />Section number .7 Page 5 <br />OMB APFM0d Na 1014 -0018 <br />Holden- Roberts Farm <br />Orange County, NC <br />was built by Cain Roberts northwest of the farmhouse near the woods and now serves as a <br />storage shed.' <br />5. CHICKEN HOUSE, ca. 1910, contributing: <br />The easternmost structure in the same group of chicken houses is also a frame weatherboarded <br />shed - roofed building set atop brick and stone piers and oriented to face south. Very similar to <br />contributing building four, it, too, was built by Cain Roberts and is presently used for storage." <br />6. CHICKEN HOUSE, ca. 1910, contributing: <br />A frame, weatherboarded, shed - roofed chicken house, smaller than contributing buildings four <br />and five, was built by Cain Roberts just northeast of the farmhouse. Like the others, it faces <br />south and is presently used for storage." <br />7. GARDEN HOUSE, ca 1915, contributing: <br />A south - facing brick shed - roofed garden house was built by Cain Roberts north of the <br />farmhouse 11The glazing has been removed; and it appears the brick end walls <br />have been rebuilt -- using some new brick. <br />8. EQUIPMENT STORAGE SHED, ca. 1930, contributing: <br />A frame weatherboarded equipment shed, constructed by Cain Roberts and located south of <br />the farmhouse along the lane, faces east and permits ready access to farm machinery from four <br />open bays supported by peeled log posts.' <br />9. SMALL POLE BARN, 1950, contributing: <br />Southeast of the farmhouse and adjacent to the lane, Bud Garrard and his sons constructed this <br />gable - roofed fame barn with an open east - facing loafing shed. Sturdy poles with king -post <br />trusses support the building, and it is covered with standing -seam metal on the north and west <br />facades and on the roof. The original barn on the farm, built by Addison Holden and located <br />nearby, was struck by lightning and burned in the late 1940s.' <br />10. POLE BARN, ca, 1950, contributing: <br />The Garrards constructed this large frame gable- roofed barn just north of contributing building <br />number eight. The structure has agricultural metal siding and a standing seam metal roof. On <br />the interior, supporting poles have king -post trusses and hayracks are installed along a center <br />aisle that parallels the roof ridge. Openings at the south end of the barn permitted cattle to <br />enter and feed at will, <br />