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Marley's Mill, Listed on The National Register of Historic Places
10435 US Hwy 64E, Staley NC ( Get directions → )
IN EARLY 1800, Marleys Mill was a stagecoach way station between Fayetteville and Salisbury, welcoming travelers to rest themselves and their horses. In its heydey, there was grist mill, local supply store, sawmill and post office with folks coming and going from all walks of life. Since 1988, Greg Talbott and family restored the residence to its 1850 line and following his passion, brought log structures from 4 counties to the site for restoration. Over a dozen studio/workshops are used for arts and crafts including weaving, painting, blacksmithing, fiber dying, pottery, carpentry, writing, meditating. In beautiful condition, this historic place is ready for its next 100 years.
The original part of the Marley house is a log cabin built around 1816 for a miller and his new wife. Thomas Marley inherited his father's grist mill, the dam for which can be found in the woods east of the house and is listed as far back as 1790 in the North Carolina tax rolls. |
The house was renovated and expanded around 1850 with lumber sawed from Marley's Mill. It was renovated again around 1910 and again in the late 1980's. |
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Fireplace in kitchen |
The oldest part of the Marley house is a log cabin built around 1816 for a miller and his new wife. |
The original Federal style mantel and wainscoting remain in the cabin room seen here. |
The post and beam Ellis barn was deconstructed from the Ellis property about five miles south and west of here near Parks Cross Roads. The timber frame is original; some of the beams still have the soot-line marks used by the carpenters who hewed and mortised the logs. On April 7, 2009, the frame was raised in the manner it was raised 175 years ago. You can see a video here. |
Pluck Post Office building ca late 1800's. In small communities, a family would be designated to receive the mail for that area. This residence served the community of Pluck, near the current Castle Rock area near Silk Hope. This building is currently rented as a painting studio. |
Unlike other cabins of its day which would be constructed crudely and quickly with the anticipation of being replaced, the Womble House has the detail and finishing of a professional cabin maker and was constructed for long-term use. It belonged to the owners of Womble's Mill on the Rocky River just south of Pittsboro. |
The Nixon Barn is a 1925 tobacco barn moved from behind Kildee Church, Ramseur NC. Small by local standards, it has an interesting cantilevered shed. It is currently used as a dye studio. |
The McDuffie Barn from McDuffie family near the Tramway area south of Sanford, NC. The barn was used to prime tobacco The family farm remains but the barn was given to moved to this property to restore. |
General Info
- Multiple buildings
- Main house is has five fireplaces, two with gas logs
- 15 acres with two separately deeded tracts
- Old stack-stone dam on property
- Inspections are welcome, but the property is sold as-is