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• 'f+rw ,.J� 7 l � 0 OV! ar. .r ►f 117 *Mgi United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of historic Places Continuation Sheet Cabe - Pratt - Harris House Section number ?_ Page = Orange Co . , NC 7 , Narrative Description The Cabe - Pratt - Harris House is located on approximately twenty - seven acres near the Eno River in rural eastern Orange County . The house and acreage , known by its twentieth - century name , Riverbend Farm , is located at the end of a long gravel driveway off Pleasant Green Road ( SR 1567 ) , with no neighbors or roads in sight . The c . 1820 , one - and - one - half story , gable - roofed frame house faces north , and is sited on the crest of a small :' Moll . It is surrounded by mowed , grass fields , which once produced large quantities of corn and wheat . The house is shaded by large oak , dogwood , magnolia , and chinaberry trees . A kitchen garden is located immediately south of a substantial rear and side addition which includes an attached garage , appended to the house in the mid - twentieth century and remodeled , on the same footprint , in the late - twentieth century . The old section of the house retains its early hall - and - parlor plan and original interior finishes , which include the original flush board pine sheathing , chair rails , six - panel doors , flush wainscot in the parlor , and arched and square fireboxes with reeded , raised - panel mantelpieces . The Cabe - Pratt - Harris House is a significant and rare example of a small but substantial early - nineteenth century farm house of the Eno River Valley . The main block or the house stands on a raised fieldstone foundation ( with a crawlspace below ) and is bracketed by large stone chimneys with offset brick stacks . The gable - side roof , originally covered by shakes , is now sheathed with decorative v - crimped metal . The house has a boxed cornice and nine - over - nine windows . Four - over - four windows in the gable ends light the loft sleeping area . The window muntins are delicate and narrow and the double - hung sash retains some early glass panes . The original main entrance to the old part of the house is approached via a flight of five slate steps which broaden and curve at the base and have holes drilled where an iron handrail formerly stood . A standing seam metal , shed - roof portico shelters a replacement six raised - panel front door . At present , the principal entrance is located on the west side of the rear addition . The addition has multi - pane windows and and a multi - pane French door . The principal main entrance is marked by a landscaped brick side patio surrounded by a picket fence and gate . The original interior plan is basically two rooms . The square hall is entered directly from outdoors , with an arched