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19 - <br />United States Department of the Interior <br />National Fork Service <br />National Register of Historic Places <br />Continuation Sheet <br />HoldcnRoberts Farm <br />Secllonnumber 7 page_ a cfrarge County, NC <br />GEEERALDESCRIPffON: <br />Encompassing "alight -and seem -tenths aacr of fields and woodlands in Eno Towneh,p of <br />Orono County, North C mina dad coastal appmxunately three miles east of the area of <br />HJlabomugla the HoldenROberls Famy houses today as RWvig Arrea Farm, contains a rue <br />�struction -period 1-house and a largely -tart gmnpmg of paref ero outbadings. <br />Imcted at various tiles Eom 1900 through 1950. Located in the proposed St. Mvl's <br />Road .4vcfin, Deanctrmnhof State Route face (St. Mary's Road) and appmximamly one nine <br />,act of State Rmse 1538 (New Sharon Read), the farm takes the shape of an inaruivur prlegort <br />The west boundary travels an straitht line through woodlands, the oath and cast motorman <br />angle along a s,&h, sioa road and a fence line, and the jagged south boundary iodate, Once <br />Wires and a faun lane. <br />In the nmihacented sector, the focal point of the tams is a handsome and wehismseroed 1 -horse <br />with modest Gmek ReAVal detadbtg that was built in 1993 and 1679 for Addiann Holden, halt - <br />brother of Noah Carolina's Rttnnstrudion Govemor, Witham Woods lighten CAtc of a very <br />few dwelling, land, doting Reconstruction in Orange CmoTy, the (arMrwx mtaina marry <br />SSul.archt,ctoral detaaa, and latentrade addatone and re ovationshambeen sen sba, and <br />ul. To replace a demched kitchmy Addison Hoden atkoaea the amthem twothiNS of a <br />large porch on the east devafion as a kdvhcfn and pathos around 1900. At the score time, be <br />tended a stWlow mrc1� scan the east elevation of the eadoeure and added a small front, <br />savchve at the north cod. Abort 1930, C:m¢e Gin Roberts, who purchased the farm Goan <br />as made uaal m.1970 wtav the orreiu owners, <br />d a barroom in a portion of the ca. 1900 porch <br />asking on all porches, and imdenhizea the wing with <br />Eight outbmtdirtgs also contribute to rise bacteria character of the term. Addison Holden <br />constructed a granary southeast of the fanmlhoum at 1900. Gin Roberta erected three fswte <br />Roberts addeca. ere hedareno garden as Ore ca. 1915 mrrh the tamterranh and n, <br />Roberts equipment she a brick ash ,uffi f the M1ouce m. 1915 north o[ she farmM1OUSd and an <br />ondna,aa rs,. ca. ] the mouth of Art 'Sue along the lane. After Robic" an death. Its <br />widow, Cunrt, leale tltefamn to50 stuff of the Ganarour r awithhss wow 'Vic" and "Julian;' <br />mratruked hvr polebams ca. 1950 mouth o(ibe fsrmM1OUSe sheen the lard. <br />Six additional ou&+Ntlmga retecr agacaturad uses but are noremttnbutiag. A frame Rdrken <br />hone nortM1west of the boathouse, and a small frame building near the eastern boundary of the <br />