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M► O frw 1LIO�i�tome* � t{j fV'i J9^ /"j i] � r r arr 0a0 i *j 4 4 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Cabe - Pratt - Harris House Section number S Page 9 Orange Co . , NC Georgiades remodeled the rear addition , carefully preserving the old portion of the house . Architectural Context : An architectural survey of Orange County was conducted in 1997 and it revealed that , while a large number of one - story log houses from the nineteenth century still survive , frame houses from the early part of the century are very rare and those which display fine late - Georgian style interiors are rarer still . While log houses flourished , the development of back - country North Carolina brought substantial houses of frame and occasionally , even brick construction . Most surviving frame houses from the early - nineteenth century are gable - roofed structures , usually with shed - roofed front porches and exterior - end chimneys . Most of the dwellings are one room deep and three bays across with hall - parlor plans and a variety of vernacular decorative features , such as reeded mantelpieces , a familiar decorative element in Hillsborough . Carpenters erected these houses using familiar timber - frame construction . Heavy corner posts , either hewn by hand or sawn at local water - powered mills , were connected by large horizontal timbers , the main members held in place with sturdy , pegged mortise - and - tenon joints . Many continued to follow the hall - parlor plan with an enclosed corner in the main ( hall ) room . The Cabe - Pratt - Harris House is rare example of a one - story , hall - parlor plan late Georgian house . " Fashionable domestic architecture was also drawn into Hillsborough ' s orbit including a small but notable collection of stylish country houses . . . these residential designs were influenced . by architectural publications that disseminated the norms of classical architecture through plans , elevations , and a wide range of decorative motifs . The creation of a regional network of artisans and rich clients inevitably produced common elements of design , such as :mantelpieces , stairs , wainscoting , doc� r� s and porticoes , that expressed mutual tastes and values . Architectural historian Catherine Bishir has observed that " for the gentlemen of the Piedmont , these handsome and well - crafted houses repres � tead their success and taste in terms shared within their class . " Three notable examples of late - Georgian frame farmhouses are located in rural areas on the outskirts of the nearby