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9 <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 /> archaeologists noted approximately 15 fieldstones that could represent potential grave markers or <br /> could be naturally occurring. These fieldstones were not individually mapped, GPR survey was <br /> not conducted in this area, and the purpose of these fieldstones remains unknown; however, soil <br /> changes, vegetation, and the presence of a quartz-edged walking path in this area suggest it may <br /> be an additional burial area or an extension of the Cameron-Moore-Waddell Cemetery.$However, <br /> because this area lies outside of Moorefields property boundaries(it lies on land owned by Orange <br /> County), this additional burial area is not considered in this nomination. <br /> In September 2023, RGA carried out an archaeological survey at Moorefields in order to ground- <br /> truth anomalies identified during the geophysical investigations. A total of 31 50x5Ocm test units <br /> were placed within an approximately 4-acre portion of the yard immediately surrounding and to <br /> the north of the historic house site. These investigations recovered a total of 1,111 artifacts and <br /> identified six cultural features, with the densest concentration of cultural materials being to the <br /> east of the historic house. The findings supported Terrell's assertion that a kitchen and/or <br /> residential outbuilding(s) for individuals enslaved by the Moore and Waddell families had been <br /> situated east of the historic house. <br /> Above-ground survey of Moorefields was conducted on April 30, 2024 by Heather McMahon, <br /> Architectural Historian (HMAH). McMahon identified seven resources within the proposed, ten- <br /> acre Moorefields Historic District of which four are contributing resources (Table 1). Resources <br /> that are classified as non-contributing either postdate the historic district's two periods of <br /> significance(1784-1837 and 1949-1978) or lack integrity to convey their historic association with <br /> the district's areas of significance. <br /> Table 1:Inventory of resources in the Moorefields Historic District <br /> Map Feature Name Date(s) Resource Contributing <br /> Key Type Status <br /> 1 Moorefields House Ca. 1784-1805,ca. 1949-1978 Building Contributing <br /> renovations,ca. 1982 renovations <br /> 2 Cameron-Moore- Ca. 1837— 1967 Site Contributing <br /> Waddell Cemetery <br /> 3 Barn Site Ca. 1949-2014 Site Non-Contributing <br /> 4 Kitchen Yard Site Ca. 1784-1966 Site Contributing <br /> 5 South Lawn Ca. 1784-1978,after 1982 Site Non-Contributing <br /> 6 Draper-Savage Gardens Ca. 1949-1978,after 1982 Site Contributing <br /> 7 Moorefields Drive By 1938,reconfigured ca. 1955- Structure Non-Contributing <br /> 1978 <br /> Moorefields House: 1 Contributing building <br /> (Ca. 1784-1810, ca. 1949-1978 renovations, ca. 1982 renovations) <br /> Family lore maintains that Moorefields house was sited at the top of a ridge in order to capitalize <br /> on prevailing breezes and that it was built by enslaved persons circa 1785-1788.9 The tripartite <br /> form comprises a two-story, three-bay, one-pile central block (measuring 27-feet, 4-inches wide <br /> by 23-feet,2-inches deep) flanked by one-story, one-bay,two-pile wings (measuring 13-feet wide <br /> Section 7 page 7 <br />