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o o f United States Department of the interior National Park Service National Register of Historic places Continuation Sheet Cabe - Pratt - Harris House Section number 7____ Pa 8 2 Orange Co . , NC 1 firebox with a handsome , tall , raised - panel mantelpiece centered in the end wall . This room is used at present as a formal living room . An interior door with raised panels separates the hall from a slightly smaller parlor , which has a square firebox and a tall , raised - panel mantelpiece centered in its end wall . An open china closet built in 1983 , replaces a door which once led outside . This room is used at present as the formal dining room . A narrow , boxed - in staircase formerly stood in the northeast corner of the hall and ascended to the sleeping loft . These stairs were removed about 1942 and the floor and loft pine boards which match the opening were repaired with wide pi original floors and ceilings . The walls , ceilings , floors and mantelpieces in the old rooms are all of unpainted heart pine . It is rare , but not unheard of , to see an interior from this period that was apparently never painted . At present , the second story is accessed by a staircase ( installed when the house was first expanded in the 1940s ) that ascends along the north wall of a hallway located at the rear of the two original rooms . Upstairs , the original loft area retains the pegged oak ceiling beams , and is now used as one large bedroom . The hallway is at the core of the renovated rear addition and gives access to the kitchen and half bath , family room , and master bedroom and bath on the first floor . There are two other second floor bedrooms and baths in the wing addition . j The 1940s large rear addition and its 1980s renovation , both covered by plain clapboards , were respectful of the materials used in old house . The addition expanded the house greatly and added twentieth century amenities , but the original house was little altered except for the loss of the original enclosed stairs . Even , then , the repairs to the floor and ceiling were carefully done with like materials . The 1940 ' s addition had metal - trimmed casement windows , but these were replaced in the 1980s with multi - pane sash windows , replicas of the originals in the old house . The present owners are determined to preserve the old house and enjoy it , while they also enjoy their sensitive renovation of the spacious 1940s addition . NO original outbuildings survive . The dog pens k1983 ) and c . 1950 barn which stand a short distance north of the house , are non - contributing resources . Integrity Assessment : The most significant alterations to the original Cabe - Pratt -