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53 NPS Form 10 -900 -a OMB Approval No, 1024 .0018 (8.86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Occoneechee Speedway Orange County, N.C. Section number 7 Page 5 D. Concession Stand 1948 Noncontributing Building The rectangular building measuring forty feet long and twelve feet wide features a cinder block foundation and the remains of wooden walls and a tin roof. It stands in a ruinous condition. E. Women's Restroom 1948 Noncontributing Building The twenty -two feet by thirteen feet rectangular building is frame and covered with weatherboard with cornerboards and a cinderblock foundation. A door pierces the east elevation. Inside, four concrete cylinders stand approximately two- and -a -half feet high and have deep holes through the center of them to a large pit below. The building stands in deteriorated condition with no roof and collapsing walls, but continues to convey its original function. F. Ticket Office 1948 Noncontributing Building Measuring forty feet in length and twelve feet in width, the ticket office is frame construction, is covered in weatherboards and rests on a cinderblock foundation. It stands just outside the metal fence. The western wall is the most intact side of the structure; the other three elevations have deteriorated and fallen into the building. The roof, originally sheathed in metal, has partially collapsed. G. Men's Restroom 1948 Contributing Building The ten by fourteen foot building is constructed of studs, but sheathed in metal and covered with a standing seam metal roof. The building rests on a cinderblock foundation and stands to the east of the fence. Typical of the era in which it was built, a message painted on the east elevation reads, "no Negroes allowed." The interior contains an elevated platform over a hole that leads to a pit dug several feet below ground level.