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NPS Form 10 . QMoa OMB AOMovovl No IP24- 018 <br /> United States Department of the Interior <br /> National Park Service <br /> National Register of Historic Places <br /> Continuation Sheet <br /> Haucle Faucette I•Iouse <br /> Section number �; Page Orange County , et C <br /> Section 8 : Significance <br /> Summary , <br /> The c . 1820 Plaude Faucette house , significant under National <br /> Register Criterion C , is a good representative example of an <br /> early - nineteenth century , two - story frame farm house of the <br /> Eno River valley . The largely unaltered house retains its early <br /> form and its original setting overlooking the 33anks of the Fano . <br /> lop <br /> Tlie house was built by David Faucette , son of Richard Faucette <br /> whose faa.lily settled in orange County in 1763 , The house was <br /> owned by the Faucette faimily members until 1977 when the property <br /> was ioought by the Shearin faMily , who shared the - house with <br /> the '� aude Faucette , the last descendant of Joseph amaucette , <br /> until her death on 1983 at the age of ninety - seven . The house <br /> retains many of its early original' features including the <br /> co ,imion - bone-; brick e .: terior - end chimneys with slender <br /> freestan (zing brie '., stacks , six - over - six and six - over - four <br /> windows , :(Iantejlpieces with vernacular sawn work , flush hoard <br /> interior sneathing , / six - panel doors , and enclosed staircase. . <br /> The house is larcrely intact . although it shows evidence of minor <br /> remodeling over the years including, Greek Revival corner blocks <br /> ot <br /> iro ( tI the raid - nineteenth century , and a c . 1880 Victorian - stl,rle <br /> f Mob <br /> ront porch , combed wood draining added to the interior doors <br /> an .. flusiool wainscot c . 1904 , and a sinall one - story side wing <br /> added ;cy the ; hearins in the 1970s . ".1he property displays the <br /> seven aspects of integrity , retaining its ability to <br /> convey si niI.Licance : location , design , setting , material , <br /> worlcraans 'Aiip , Feeling an ( association , the house ra rains in <br /> its original isolate. (? location and settin �j on the i� an ! ; s of the <br /> Eno Diver . ► \To otrier pro ) erties are: within imayiediate sight which <br /> contr_ ' butes to its historic zeeling of the hoiIiestead of a yeeNoliian <br /> f arguer . The vernacular r' ec? eral style of the two - story frame <br /> farlil 'riouse is largely intact , as are its gnat % rials , such as the <br /> f ee *1 .1 stone fount ation , frame ai �.tinq , freestanding; colut:orlon - bored <br /> chimneys , and the six - over - four and six - over - six windows . The <br /> house, is associated with the Faucc•otte fa ►llily , ' Early settlers <br /> in the Hillsborotucorh area , andwas occupl' . e << by *' Iau ' e FaucC� tte , <br /> a direct descendaant of the ori �jinal bull ( ler until her c eat ' l <br /> in 1983 . <br /> historical `Iac :Ccjrolln <br /> ' � ' An '_,' � II1 (: (', tt: r3 1: ii ; u 1. �� oriclinat (_*A( 61 li :l !' ?" aticn ai *o (. '. 1 �., � t (. . iil illr.i <br />