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10 <br /> United States Department of the Interior <br /> National Park Service/National Register of Historic Places Registration Form <br /> NPS Form 10-900 OMB Control No.1024-0018 <br /> Moorefields (Additional Documentation) Orange County, N.C. <br /> Name of Property County and State <br /> by 31-feet deep). The central block comprises a side-passage and a parlor (see Photo Key 3 for <br /> first-floor plan).10 Each wing contains two bedchambers. The two western and eastern <br /> bedchambers are connected to each other by interior doorways, while the southwestern <br /> bedchamber is accessed from the hallway side passage; the southeastern bedchamber is accessible <br /> from the parlor; and both northern chambers have doors leading to the now-enclosed north porch. <br /> The first story's original footprint was a shallow U, as the recess between the extending wings on <br /> the rear(north) elevation was an open porch; either earlier tenants or Draper-Savage enclosed the <br /> north porch before 1955 (Figure 1). The second story of the main block contains a landing and <br /> three bed chambers. Although the original floorplan of this upper story remains, Draper-Savage <br /> converted the northeast bedchamber into a bathroom in the mid-20th century. <br /> k' <br /> v <br /> Figure 1: Oblique aerial view of Moorefields house(north elevation),showing barn to northwest of house, 1955. <br /> Courtesy Friends of Moorefields. <br /> The exterior is clad in original, molded weatherboards applied with rosehead nails, although <br /> portions may have been replaced over time. Although the majority of the fagade's sheathing <br /> overlaps, that portion of the core which is sheltered by the south porch is beaded flushboard <br /> sheathing; this section is most likely original planking. The walls were insulated by a clay mixture <br /> in between hand-rived laths of oak, assembled in a braced-frame construction. The main block has <br /> a shallow-pitched, side-gable roof clad in composition asphalt shingles. The wings have <br /> moderately-pitched, side-gable roofs, also clad in composition asphalt shingles. Originally, the <br /> roofs would have been clad in cedar or pine shingles. The slightly-splayed eaves obscure a simple, <br /> molded cornice. The wings of the house were likely originally raised on brick piers, but a <br /> continuous, parged concrete-block foundation was laid underneath the entire building in the mid- <br /> 20th century.t t <br /> Section 7 page 8 <br />