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Nrs Form tO 9Mos <br /> (8 8A) nA48 Appreva/ Nn f0?I • Ml1d <br /> United States Department of the Interior <br /> National Park Service <br /> National Register of Historic Places <br /> Continuation Sheet <br /> allC'. e% Faucekttfa fTouse <br /> Section number `j page 5 Orange CountSAW <br /> y , �� c . <br /> OEM — <br /> Maude %sl" a ucette compiled her family history and recorded <br /> a history . of the farlily hornesteiac? in 1980 , she wrote that the <br /> " ho ;le was built near a , sprincr wher :? food was kept fresh . <br /> :: elvinators were un ;anown at that time , OutlafWS were trulgv a <br /> off <br /> r:ienace . Whey lived in caves approximately 2 :Hiles south of <br /> the home . :Then tiney became hungry they would make a raid o1n0 <br /> tine food at tine spring sometimes leaving a •thank you note . <br /> all <br /> aude rememlbered a huge kitchen [ no longer in existence] located <br /> OEM <br /> in the northeast corner of the yard where food was prepared <br /> azcq carried uo to the main duelling . � were also cottac{ es <br /> occupier,: by ff:stu cents who .•lisped to have a higher degree of <br /> off <br /> c ,duCation ;0y t,Jall .. inlc to schools nearby , : Ir , Sam HUCThes c aC etliy <br /> and my being one . ` 1 She recorded that " zv great - crfrandfathe- r <br /> [ navic? Faucette ] 'built the house and o"oyou rarely hear a will <br /> mentioned . It has just been passes: on ) y the succee %•Ling <br /> generations . " She also rams e �bered that the combed tv ? gd graining <br /> found on the doors and wainscot was done in 1904 - 05 . <br /> The Shearins , also educators , 'sought the property in the <br /> �T( id - 1970s . The 5hearins befriended ? iss Faucette and shared <br /> the house with her until she r7ied in 1903 at age .ninety - seven . <br /> In filer wol11 ciuc-? e left one - quarter .of ? per property , including <br /> off <br /> sora %e family portraits to the nearbv Fairfinlel Presbyterian Church <br /> Mon <br /> of Efland ;. where she had been a life - long r,icambe r , and <br /> one - quarter of her estate to the Christian Child. ren ' s fund of <br /> off <br /> chmon . She l ], P.' f *t the remainder � of her e state to ? iley and <br /> � r1iCa Shear Xin . , Si silver teas .) oonS d':iiae C . �' � V <br /> 133U b _y Lemuel <br /> T, ynch , were discovered in her safe deposit lox arc are now <br /> i illshorough Historical L � us � u � n .J � <br /> In ' iav and Jule , 1997 Robert Golan anc? , is � Jife , Diana <br /> Montgomery , purchase ('i tine house andT 5 . 5 acres . f^ he? y livC.�, <br /> there at "es ent �-•llth their t �' enam."? son . <br /> Architectural Content , <br /> An architectural survey of Oranqt.:� County contluctec? in 1997 <br /> revealed: that , wi11l e a large r_ ur(iber of one - story log houses <br /> from the nineteenth century survivor A. latively unaltered frame <br /> houses from the earlyv wart of that century are rare . <br /> Architectural historian '? ic } iarc ' :oiattson noL#. in Orange County <br /> Archit :� ctu .ral History , ' ' . , in a yeoician society dooff � ninat � d .� y <br /> offSrL: a ? l loc* . � r ` llinr� , , the tall fra O « e tlous !� s . .�'� to0 ('I a �� r� rt , evoking <br /> a kinsi11 �7 In form and itiateri als with t !le neighL) orincr *oLa1 'tation <br /> in3t3 O :L file Lt ;7 bier class . `.i' hls fri'story V71 1 l EICCO � iDEE1 ?1y t :lo <br /> rC ?litectur •a1 survey of Oran .omorle C; ounli. r when it i s ; ') u '.;ll. i ; 11 �? 0 lit <br />