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evt FWW to+oo.. <br /> lode" Oki* <br /> United States Department of the Interior <br /> National Park Service <br /> National Register of historic Places <br /> Continuation Sheet <br /> Cabe - Pratt - Harris House <br /> Section number 8 Page 10 orange Co . , NC <br /> eighteenth - century town of Hillsborough or in rural areas of <br /> adjacent Durham County , which was formed from Orange County <br /> in 1881 . The rural examples , all intact and in good condition , <br /> include Moorefields constructed in 1785 ( NR 1972 ) , Stagville , <br /> c . 1790 ( NR 1973 ) , and Fairntosh built in 1810 ( NR 1973 ) . Both <br /> Stagville and Fairntosh are located in present - day Durham County . <br /> The main house on each of these properties is a two - story frame <br /> structure , with fine late - Georgian details . The <br /> Cabe - Pratt - Harris House is smaller than these two - story examples , <br /> but the details are equally fine and well - executed . <br /> The Georgian style continued to be popular in back - co <br /> North Carolina much longer than in urban areas nationally . <br /> Some substantial middle - class dwellings continued to follow <br /> the hall - parlor plan with an enclosed corner stair in the hall <br /> room as late as the mid - nineteenth century . Late examples <br /> include the 1848 Samuel Couch House near Durham and the 1850s <br /> Smyth House near Chapel Hill . Both houses clearly demonstrate <br /> their owners ' economic achievement and social standing . 4 <br />