HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 01-19-1999 - 8kORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: January 19. 1999
Agenda Abstract
Item #~k
SUBJECT: 1999 HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND GRANT APPLICATION
DEPARTMENT: Environment and Resource Conservation PUBLIC HEARING: _ Yes X No
BUDGET AMENDMENT REQUIRED: _ Yes X No
ATTACHMENTS:
(1) 1999 Historic Preservation Fund Grant Application:
The Oaks Rural Historic Landscape District National
Register Nomination
(2) Application Packet from State Historic Preservation Office
(3) National Register Fact Sheets
(4) Memorandum from Don Belk, 12/7/98
INFORMATION CONTACT:
Donald R. Belk
Preservation Planner/ X2594
PHONE NUMBERS:
Hillsborough 732-8181
Mebane 227-2031
Durham 688-7331
Chapel Hill 967-9251
PURPOSE: To consider a 1999 Historic Preservation Fund grant application for recommendation and
submission to the State Historic Preservation Office.
BACKGROUND: The State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) has announced the application period for
1999 federal Historic Preservation Fund grants. Eligible projects include azchitectural and
azcheological surveys, preparation of nominations to the National Register of Historic
Places, and preservation plans.
This yeaz, an estimated $70,000-$130,000 (depending upon Congressional action) may be
available for preservation grants to local communities or nonprofit organizations. In
accordance with federal requirements, $65-70,000 is reserved for grants to communities,
such as Orange County, that participate in the Certified Local Government (CLG)
program. Grant awazds, representing up to 60% of estimated project costs, aze generally
in the $5-15,000 range.
Grant applications must be completed and submitted to the SHPO by January 31, 1999.
Grant awazds will be announced in late March or early April 1999. All grant-awazded
projects must be completed by September 30, 2000.
The attached 1999 Historic Preservation Fund grant application requests funding of $6,000
to complete a nomination of The Oaks Rural Historic Landscape District to the National
Register of Historic Places. The total project cost of the National Register nomination is
estimated to be $12,000. The grant would be matched by $4,000 County funds and
$2,000 County in-kind services. The County match would be included in the FY1999-
2000 budget.
During the inventory of historic resources in the unincorporated portions of Orange
County, The Oaks Crossroads was placed on the National Register Study List as a district
deemed potentially eligible for the National Register by the North Carolina National
BACKGROUND: Register Advisory Committee. The rural crossroads community centers on the historic
(continued) crossroads of Old Hillsborough Road and Old Fayetteville Road, now the intersection
of North Cazolina Highway 54, Mebane Oaks Road, Saxapahaw Road, and Lloydtown
Road. The community is comprised of a small, dispersed collection of buildings dating
to vazious periods in the 19th and early 20th centuries-including several domestic
single-family residences, a church, and a historic academy that now serves as abed-
and-breakfast. There are also several unoccupied cultivated and forested tracts within
the area.
The Oaks crossroads and environs contain suitable contributing chazacteristics to qualify as
a rural historic district. The Oaks azea exhibits elements of a historic cultural landscape,
a landscape that has evolved through use by the people whose activities and occupancy
have modified the physical environment. Affected by the processes of land uses, patterns
of spatial organization, responses to the natural environment, and cultural traditions, The
Oaks is reflective of anagricultural-based, tightly-knit community that was self-reliant and
innovative in chazacter. The Oaks possesses a significant concentration, linkage, and
continuity of land uses, buildings and structures, roads, and natural features that would
qualify it as a National Register Rural Historic District.
Grant funds would be used to develop a National Register nomination for The Oaks
Rural Historic Landscape District. Funds would be used to hire a consultant to conduct
survey work aimed at developing a thorough historic context of the rural landscape of the
azea. The scope of work would include: determination of historic area boundaries and
evaluation of the landscape elements; expanded surveys on historic structures and potential
azcheological sites; evaluation of significance and historic integrity of the landscape and
built environment; application of the National Register criteria, and preparation of the
National Register Multiple Listing forms. The work would also include the required
photography for the nomination forms and preparation of a color slide presentation.
Listing in the National Register of Historic Places is an honorary designation which
recognizes the importance of a site to the Nation's heritage. National Register designation
imposes no restrictions on property owners; however, it does offer a degree of protection
by ensuring a review of federally-funded projects to determine if they pose adverse
impacts to National Register sites. This requirement is described in Section 106 of the
National Historic Preservation Act. Similarly, North Carolina law (General Statutes Sec.
121-12a) provides for consideration of National Register sites in state-funded or state-
licensed projects. (The attached National Register Fact Sheets provide additional
information on the National Register. )
RECOMMENDATION: At their January 5, 1999 meeting, the Historic Preservation Commission recommended
submission of the subject CLG Grant Application and forwarding the recommendation to
the Boazd of County Commissioners for consideration and approval.
Administration Recommendation. The Administration recommends that the County
Manager be authorized to apply for up to $6,000 from the Historic Preservation Fund
Grant Program. If the grant proposal is accepted by the State Historic Preservation
Office, the Environment and Resource Conservation Department will request $4,000 in
the FY1999-2000 Budget as a cash match. The grant and matching funds would be used
to complete a National Register nomination for the Oaks Rural Historic Landscape
District.
1999 HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND (HPF) APPLICATION FORM
State Historic Preservation Office
North Carolina Division of Archives and History
I. PROJECT INFORMATION (Please type or print with black ink)
Title: The Oaks Rural Historic Landscape District
Project Type:
Archaeological Investigation
Architectural Survey
Survey Manuscript
X National Register (NR) Nominations
Architectural/Engineering Studies
Restoration/Rehabilitation (NR Property
Other (Specify)
II. APPLICANT INFORMATION
Contact Person: Donald R. Belk Title: Preservation Planner
Address: 306F Revere Road
Hillsborough. NC 27278 Telephone: (919) 732-8181 x2594
fax: (9191644-3002 a-mail: dbelk(c~co.orange.nc.us
Applicant Organization or Agency: Orange Countv
Applicant Organization or Agency federal ID #:
Certified Local Government (if applicable): Certification effective April 13, 1993
Local Matching Funds: (non-federal) Attach list if necessary
Donor: Orange Countv
Source: General Fund
Date Available: July 1, 1999 Kind (cash/other) Cash/In-Kind Amount: $4,000/$2,000
Local Project Coordinator: Same as Contact Person (above)
Address:
fax:
Telephone:
e-mail:
John Link. Countv Manager
SIGNATURE AND TITLE: Officer of Applicant Organization DATE
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III. ABSTRACT OF PROPOSED PROJECT (SEE ATTACHED ABSTRACT.)
On a separate sheet, please describe in one well developed paragaph what will be accomplished with
the gant and matching funds, and how the project meets the goals of Legacy, North Carolina's
comprehensive historic preservation plan for the 1990s (see enclosed information).
Applications for architectural surveys should include the estimated number of acres and properties to
be surveyed. Archaeological survey project abstracts must be accompanied by a map (USGS Quad)
showing the area(s) to be covered and a narrative statement/estimate of the acreage to be covered.
Historic Preservation Office staff are available for assistance in developing the project description,
including an estimated budget (see contact information).
Please limit the abstract to three double spaced typewritten pages.
IV. BUDGET: AN ESTIMATE OF PROJECT COSTS
Below is an itemized budget for work to be accomplished with both gant and matching funds
during the estimated project period of 12 months beginning August 1, 1999 and ending _
September 30, 2000.
(Matching funds must constitute at least 40% of actual costs).
Budget Items:
Principal Consultant's
Project Coordinator
Film/Developing
Mapping/GIS Coordination
'Consultant's fee is all-inclusive of professional fee, travel, and per diem.
Estimated Cost:
$ 9,000
1,500
500
1,000
TOTAL PROJECT COST $ 12,000
GRANT REQUEST $ 6,000 MATCHING FUNDS $ 6,000
Budget Notes:
(1) Cash funds must be available for payment of direct costs, such as salaries or contractor fees,
travel, film and developing. Be sure that gant funds are matched with sufficient nonfederal cash
match to meet this requirement.
(2) In-kind contributions may include office costs, use of equipment, donated labor or material,
indirect costs (universities only), and project coordination, provided they are essential to the project
and property documented.
(3) Matching funds must constitute at least 40% of actual costs.
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1999 HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND (HPF) APPLICATION FORM
State Historic Preservation Office
North Carolina Division of Archives and History
III. ABSTRACT OF PROPOSED PROJECT
During the inventory of historic resources in the unincorporated portions of Orange County,
The Oaks Crossroads was placed on the National Register Study List as a district deemed
potentially eligible for the National Register by the North Carolina National Register Advisory
Committee. The rural crossroads community centers on the historic crossroads of Old
Hillsborough Road and Old Fayetteville Road, now the intersection of North Carolina Highway
54, Mebane Oaks Road, Saxapahaw Road, and Lloydtown Road. The community is comprised
of a small, dispersed collection of buildings dating to various periods in the 19th and early 20th
centuries-including several domestic single-family residences, a church, and a historic academy
that now serves as abed-and-breakfast. There are also several unoccupied cultivated and
forested tracts within the area.
The Oaks crossroads and environs contain suitable contributing characteristics to qualify as
a rural historic district. The Oaks area exhibits elements of a historic cultural landscape, a
landscape that has evolved through use by the people whose activities and occupancy have
modified the physical environment. Affected by the processes of land uses, patterns of spatial
organization, responses to the natural environment, and cultural traditions, The Oaks is reflective of
an agricultural-based, tightly-knit community that was self-reliant and innovative in character. The
Oaks possesses a significant concentration, linkage, and continuity of land uses, buildings and
structures, roads, and natural features that would qualify it as a National Register Rural Historic
District. Furthermore, this district contains significant examples of mid-to-late 19th and early 20th
century vernacular and stylish azchitecture. Among these aze the Bingham School, a National
Register property.
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Grant funds would be used to hire a consultant to conduct survey work aimed at developing
a thorough historic context of The Oaks rural landscape. The scope of work would include:
determination of historic area boundaries and evaluation of the landscape elements; expanded
surveys on historic structures; evaluation of significance and historic integrity of the landscape and
built environment; application of the National Register criteria and preparation of the National
Register forms. The work would also include the required photography for the nomination forms
and preparation of a color slide presentation.
National Register designation would be the basis for a more extensive citizen-based
planning initiative, wherein the residents of The Oaks would work toward a consensus on a vision
of their community's future. Local district designation and design guidelines would be among the
tools for implementing the community-based plan.
A National Register nomination for The Oaks Rural Historic Landscape District would
address several objectives of the county's Historic Preservation Element; namely, promoting
nominations to the National Register and broadening the base of support for historic preservation
in the community.
This proposal fora 1999 CLG grant would provide a model for meeting the goals and
objectives of the Legacy plan. Orange County is already implementing its own historic
preservation plan through a number of initiatives. These include an active local landmarks
designation program, a recent National Register listing for the Cedar Grove Crossroads Rural
Historic District, a preservation planning study for the St. Mary's Road/Indian Trading Path
Corridor. The County has created a Environment and Resource Conservation Department to
effectively integrate historic preservation concerns into the planning process. Therefore, the
proposed project, under the auspices of the County's ongoing preservation program, meets all the
objectives of Legacy Goal #2 (Planning). In addition, the project immediately addresses
Objective #4D. Upon listing of The Oaks Rural Historic Landscape District in the National
Register, Objectives #SD through #SG will be addressed through the County's continued
commitment to historic preservation.
STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE
DIVISION OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY
NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL RESOURCES
Addendum to Subgrant Applications
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT
THE NORTH CAROLINA HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROGRAM RECEIVES FEDERAL
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR IDENTIFICATION AND PRESERVATION OF HISTORIC
PROPERTIES. UNDER TITLE VI OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964 AND SECTION 504
OF THE REHABILITATION ACT OF 1973, THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE
INTERIOR PROHIBITS DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF RACE, COLOR, CREED,
NATIONAL ORIGIN, SEX, RELIGION, AGE OR HANDICAP IN ITS
FEDERALLY-ASSISTED PROGRAMS. IF YOU BELIEVE YOU HAVE BEEN
DISCRIMINATED AGAINST IN ANY PROGRAM, ACTIVITY OR FACILITY, AS
DESCRIBED ABOVE, OR IF YOU DESIRE FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE WRITE
TO: OFFICE OF EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR,
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20240.
Signed: John M. Link. Jr.
Title: County Manager
Date of Signing:
Project:
Note: Acknowledgement of the Equal Opportunity Statement above shall accompany each
application for federal funding. Receipt of this signed and dated statement will fulfill this
requirement.
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North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources
James B. Hunt Jr., Governor
Betty Ray McCain, Secretary
MEMORANDUM
October S, 1998
TO: Potential Grant Applicants ~._~
FROM: David Brook, Administrator ,~ ; ±~,~ _ j~
Historic Preservation Office v' ~ (.WC~
RE: 1999 Historic Preservation Fund Grants
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Division of Archives and History
kffrey J. Cmw, Diisctor
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This memorandum is to announce the application period for 1999 federal Historic Preservation
Fund. (IMF) grants. An estimated $70-130,000 (depending on Congressional action) maybe
available in matching funds for preservation grants to local communities or nonprofit
organizations. In accordance with federal requirements, $65-70,000 of the state's allocation must
be reserved for grants to communities that participate in the Certified Local Government (CLG)
program (see enclosed list).
I enclose a 1999 Grant Application packet. The narrative information and application form can be
used by both CLG and non-CLG applicants and for aU types of projects. A competitive process is
used to select all recipients. Grants aze awazded on a 60/40 matching basis, and range from
$1,500 to $10,000. All projects must be completed by September 30, 2000..
Eligible projects include architectural and azchaeological surveys, prepazation of nominations to
the National Register of Historic Places, local government preservation plans, and the
preservation of properties listed in the National Register. Educational programs, reseazch, and
publications are usually not funded. Grants for restoration or rehabilitation of historic properties
aze extremely limited.
If you have any questions please feel free to contact Linda Harris Edmisten, grants administrator,
at (919) 733-4763.
Enclosures
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GRANT APPLICATION TABLE OF CONTENTS s
• 1999 Historic Preservation Fund (HPF) Application Form
• Instructions for completing the 1999 Historic Preservation Fund Grant Application
• Goals and Objectives of Legacy
• Equal Opportunty Statement
• List of North Carolina Historic Preservation Commissions (with Certified Local
Governments indicated) '
~5end the complete original application and two copies by 1131199 to:
Grants Administrator
State Historic Preservation Office
N.C. Division of Archives and History
109 East Jones Street
Raleigh, NC 27601-2807
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INSTRUCT{ONS FOR COMPLETING THE
` 1999 HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND GRANT APPLICATION
State Historic Preservation Office
Division of Archives and History
North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources
Deadline for Submission: January 31, 1999
(note special deadline for projects in CLG areas)
INTRODUCTION
Please use the attached application form for proposed projects funded by the 1999
Historic Preservation Fund (HPF), a federal matching grant program made available to
the State Historic Preservation Office (HPO) through the United States Department of
the Interior's National Park Service. All projects must address one or more goals
included in Legacy, North Carolina's comprehensive historic preservation plan (see
enclosed list of Goals and Objectives).
Grant funding for 1999 is estimated to range between $70,000 and $130,000,
depending on Congressional action. In accordance with federal requirements, $65-
70,000 of the state's allocation will be reserved for grants in communities that
participate in the Certified Local Government (CLG) program (see enclosed list).
New projects may include survey and planning activities or predevelopment and
development projects. Priority will be given to projects involving completion of the
statewide architectural and archaeological surveys.
After review by the HPO, your proposed project(s) may be included in the 1999
Application for Federal Assistance to the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the
Interior. If federal assistance becomes available, you may be asked to submit additional
information.
NOTE: SPECIAL DEADLINES FOR PROJECTS IN CLG AREAS.
Preservation organizations sponsoring projects that are located within a CLG
jurisdiction must be reviewed and submitted to the HPO by the authorized CLG (or its
designated CLG commission). These applications should be delivered to the
appropriate CLG staff, not the HPO, by December 15, 1998. The CLG will evaluate all
appl~cat~ons and send them to the HPO with tt eir cocomments by the January 31, 1999
deadline.
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STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES
All projects must address one or more of the goals included in Legacy, North Carolina's
comprehensive historic preservation plan. Reference to specific goals objectives and a
statement of how the project will accomplish them (see enclosed information) should be
included in the Abstract of the Proposed Project (Part III of Application Form).
Activities funded under this program will be perFormed in compliance with the
applicable Secretary of the Interior's "Standards and- Guidelines for Archeology and
Historic Preservation," and shall be conducted under the supervision of the Historic
Preservation Office.
Professional qualifications of the staff, consultants, or principal investigators
undertaking the grant project(s) must meet the applicable minimal professional
qualifications in 36 CFR 61, Appendix A. .
All federal grant applications include an Equal Opportunity Statement form which
must be completed and returned with the application. Applications without this form will
not be considered for funding.
SELECTION CRITERIA
All proposals will be reviewed and evaluated on the basis of the following:
• contribution to statewide architectural or archaeological inventory of historic
resources
• soundness of project application
• emphasis in areas of known development activity
• benefit to minority and/or disabled populations
• quality of resources in project area
• impact on local community
For more information contact Linda Harris Edmisten, grants administrator, Historic
Preservation Office, 109 East Jones Street, Raleigh, NC 27601-2807. Telephone: (919)
733-4763
ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS AND ACTIVITIES
Eligible applicants include: Local governments; universities; private nonprofit
organizations; Certified Local Governments (CLGs) or potential CLGs which will be
certified by March, 1999. Information on the status of CLG certification may be obtained
from Melinda Coleman, CLG coordinator, at (919) 733-6545.
Eligible activities: Survey and Planning. Priority consideration for funding will be
given to projects for comprehensive architectural or archaeological surveys and
nominations to the National Register of Historic Places. Preservation planning
activities, development of educational materials, and preparation of publishable
manuscripts from approved architectural surveys are also eligible for consideration.
Publication of surveys, museum exhibits, research, and educational programs usually
are not funded.
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Predevelopment projects may include: archaeological investigations, architectural
plans and specifications, engineering services, or feasibility studies for restoration.
Development projects may include archaeological excavations or
restoration/rehabilitation of historic resources. Structures or sites must be listed in the
National Register of Historic Places, either individually or as a contributing property
within a National Register historic district.
Preservation Agreements are required for all grant-assisted development projects.
Deed Covenants are required on an escalating scale for development grants in excess
of $10,000. These time-limited covenants are registered with the deed to the property.
APPLICATION PROCESS
Projects in CLG Jurisdictions: Send the completed original application and three
copes to the CLG in whose jurisdiction the project will take place by December 15,
1998. The CLG commission will evaluate all applications received by the December 15
deadline and submit the original and two copies to the HPO by January 31. 1999 (one
copy should be retained for the CLG's files).
Projects in Non-CLG Areas: Send the completed original application and two copies
to the HPO by January 31, 1999.
Mail original and two copies of applications to: Grants Administrator,
State Historic Preservation Office, 109 East Jones Street, Raleigh, NC 27601-2807.
(Note: applicafions sent by fax ore-mail are not acceptable)
Successful applications will be announced in March 1999. Projects may begin
April 1, 1999.
Projects must be completed by September 30, 2000.
YOU SHOULD ALSO KNOW THAT:
• HPO staff will work with applicants to fully develop project proposal, including a
realistic budget (see contacts below).
• Grant funds may represent up to 60% of total project costs. The nonfederal
matching share must constitute at least 40% of project costs.
• Federal standards and accounting procedures apply to grants.
• Payment of grant funds is on a reimbursement basis.
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SAMPLE PROJECTS
Examples of recent HPF matching grants include:
• A $10,000 CLG grant to update the survey of a National Historic Landmark district.
• A $4,000 CLG grant to conduct a planning study for a historic corridor in a rapidly-
developing county.
• A $3,500 Survey and Planning grant to prepare a National Register nomination and
conduct architectural and engineering studies for small agricultural market town.
• A $5,800 CLG grant to restore the roof on a historic municipal building.
• A $9,000 Survey and Planning grant to conduct archaeological investigations .at the
site of an early mountain-region settlement.
CONTACTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
General questions about HPF grant applications
Linda Harris Edmisten (919) 733-4763; fax: 733-8653
e-mail: sward@ncsl.dcr.state.nc.us
yrcnitectural JUN@yS, survey Updates, 5urvey Manuscripts
(Piedmont) Catherine Bishir (919) 733-6545; fax: 715-4801
e-mail:crbrown@ncsl. dcr. state.nc. us
(East) Scott Power (919) 830-6580; fax: 830-6583
(West) Clay Griffith (704) 274-6789; fax: 274-6995
Nominations to the National Register
Jennifer Martin (919) 733-6545; fax: 715-4801
e-mail:crbrown@ncsl.dcr.state.nc. us
Preservation Planning/Historic District 8~ Landmarks Commissions
maa ~oieman (y1 y) i;~:i-6545; tax: /1
e-mail:crbrown@ncsl.dcr.state.nc.us
Archaeology
Stephen Claggett (919) 733-7342; fax: 715-2671
e-mail: archaeology@ncsl.dcr.state.nc.us
Predevelogment or Development
A. L. Honeycutt, Jr., (919) 733-6547; fax: 715-4801
e-mail:sward@ncsl.dcr. state.nc.us
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GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF LEGACY
North Carolina's Comprehensive Historic Preservation Plan
All projects funded by the State Historic Preservation Office with federal Historic Preservation
Fund (HPF) grants must address one or more of the goals included in Legacy, North Carolina's
comprehensive historic preservation plan for the 1994s. The goals and objectives aze printed
below for your reference.
Please include in your project narrative reference to~ecific Goals and Objectives (e.g.#4A), as
well as describing how the project will meet the goals and objectives (e.g. by updating the 1976
azchitectural survey of Anytown, NC). Applications which do not address Legacy goals and
objectives will be eliminated from funding consideration. If you wish to discuss the goals and
objectives and whether the project you plan to submit will qualify under them, feel free to call the
staff members listed on page 4 of the instructions.
Goal #1--Education/Technical Assistance
Educate the gublic and public officials about the state's historic resources and preservation
programs.
Objectives:
A Develop statistics and data on the economic benefits of historic preservation and how
successfully preservation antivities aze working in North Carolina.
B. Promote historic preservation and North Carolina.'s historic resources through educational
materials and programs tha± are easily understood and accessible to all the state's citizens
and its leaders.
C. In partnership with preserv 3tion and educational organizations, including the Departmern
of Public Instruction and lc :al boazds of education, develop historic preservation materials
and programs for grades R through 12.
D. Cooperate with colleges and universities to incorporate historic preservation courses and
research projects into history, anthropology, planning, conservation, and any other related
curriculunns.
E. Work with community colleges and vocational training programs to develop technical
courses and apprenticeship programs that teach preservation skills and techniques.
F. Conduct workshops for building and planning professionals and cultural resources
consultants to enhance their knowledge of preservation techniques and programs relevant
to delivery of their services.
G. Provide technical assistance and expertise on historic preservation matters.
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Goal #2--Planning
Integrate historic preservation into all levels of public planning to ensure the development and
implementation ofpreservation-compatible public policies and activities.
Objectives:
A Clearly define the purpose and value of historic preservation in the lazger context of
resource conservation and the quality of life in North Cazolina,.
B. Encourage the development of a statewide comprehensive land use plan with a strong
preservation element.
C. Encourage the incorporation of historic preservation into local and state comprehensive
planning.
D. Promote stewardship of historic resources as part of the conservation and protection of
the state's natural and historic environment.
E. Encourage local governments to integrate preservation with and make it relevant to high-
prionty local needs and improvements such as housing, neighborhood conservation,
community and economic development, beautification, an efficient infrastructure, and
delivery of service.
Goal #3-Enabling
Enable public agencies, private organizations, and the state's citizens to carry out successful
historic preservation planning, programs, and projects.
Objectives
A Promote historic preservation's role in fostering and protecting a community's identity, its
livability, and its citizens' enjoyment of daily activities.
B. Provide support, information, and assistance for local governments and commissions in
carrying out successful preservation activities.
C. Support and facilitate the preservation efforts of local organizations, businesses, other
cultural and ethnic groups, special populations, volunteers, and individuals by providing
technical assistance, information, training, and grants.
Goal #4-Identification and Evaluation
Identify and evaluate the historic resources of North Cazolina, including archaeological,
azchitectural, historical, and traditional cultural properties.
Objectives
A Complete and periodically update the statewide azchitectural and azchaeological surveys to
recognize the diversity of the state's historic resources and the people and cultures that
produced them.
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B. Develop strategies to focus surveys in areas not yet inventoried and unable to match
survey and planning grants,
C. Integrate the results of all surveys and evaluations, including those generated by
Environmental Review, into the statewide survey.
D. Evaluate and nominate all properties eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic
Places (NhtF~).
E. Publish and publicize survey results and NRHP nominations.
F. Clarify the purpose of the NRFB' and the nomination process.
G. Incorporate new technology into survey procedures, data gathering, and storage.
Goal #5-Protection and Enhancement
Protect and enhance the state's significant historic properties and resources.
Objectives:
A Coordinate with federal, state, and local agencies to ensure eazly consideration of historic
properties and cooperation in the environmental review process.
B. Strengthen state laws to protect historic resources affected by state or local governmental
plans or actions.
C. Strengthen North Gazolinia:~s' understanding of how they can make a difference in the
future of a historic property.
D. Promote the conservation ~- ~id preservation of historic districts and landmazlcs through
local designation.
E. Develop incentives and legal mechanisms to preserve historic properties and stronger
disincentives for damaging or destroying them.
F. Foster a sense of stewardship for historic properties owned or controlled by public
agencies.
G. Promote the stewardship and restoration of privately owned archaeological and historic
properties.
H. Provide for safe and efficient storage and retrieval of information about and artifacts from
historic properties.
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Goal #VI-Coordination
Provide support and a statewide framework for historic resources and local preservation
programs.
Objectives:
A. Provide .opportunities for preservation, conservation/environmental, educational, and other
interested or affected agencies, organizations, or individuals to build partnerships and
communication.
B. Foster communication among local preservation commissions to exchange information and
strengthen their role in local planning and preservation issues.
C. Facilitate coordination among local, state, and federal government agencies in preservation
and in community and economic development.
D. Support the advocacy efforts of historic preservation and archaeological organizations and
revolving funds.
E. Foster a multicultural approach to preservation that encourages alliances across racial and
class lines.
F. Recommend statewide policies and priorities for the expenditure of public funds to include
historic properties and preservation.
G. Maintain a professionally staffed and adequately funded HPO within the DCR to
administer the state's historic preservation program.
H. Continue to develop and revise Legacy to reflect the changing needs, issues, and trends of
historic preservation.
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STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE
DIVISION OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY
NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL RESOURCES
Addendum to Subgrant Application
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT
THE NORTH CAROLINA HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROGRAM
RECEIVES FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR
IDENTIFICATION AND PRESERVATION OF HISTORIC
PROPERTIES. UNDER TITLE VI OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF
1964 AND SECTION 504 OF THE REHABILITATION ACT OF 1973,
THE UNTIED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
PROHIBITS DISCRIl~lINATION ON THE BASIS OF RACE, COLOR,
CREED, NATIONAL ORIGIN, SEX, RELIGION, AGE, OR
HANDICAP IN ITS FEDERALLY-ASSISTED PROGRAMS. IF YOU
BELIEVE YOU HAVE BEEN DISCRII~IINATED AGAINST IN ANY
PROGRAM, ACTIVITY, OR FACILITY, AS DESCRIBED ABOVE, OR
IF YOU DESIRE FURTI~R INFORMATION, PLEASE WRITE TO:
OFFICE OF EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, WASHINGTON, DC 20240.
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Note: Acknowledgement of the Equal Opportunity Statement above shall
accompany each application for federal funding. Receipt of this signed and dated
statement will fulfill this requirement.
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- ~. Historic Preservation Commissions in North Carolina and
the Local Governments They Serve, by County
September 22, 1998
County Name of Preservation nmmicc~~n
Name of Local Government
Alamance Alammance County Historic Properties C'omm;SS;nn (Joint)
Alamance County [CLG 5/31/85]
Village of Alamance [CLG 5/16188]
Town of Elon College [CLG 5/16/88]
City of Graham [CLG 5/16/88]
Town of Haw River [CLG 5/16/88]
City of Mebane [CLG 5/16/88]
B rlinston Historic Preservation Commiss;on
City of Burlington [CLG 12/28/88]
Graham Historic DiStr;ct ommi a;on
City of Graham
Beaufort Bath Historic District Commission
Town of Bath
Washington Historic Preservation Commission
City of Washington [CLG 4124/92]
Buncombe Asheville-Buncombe County Historic Resources Cnmmits;nn (Joint)
Buncombe County [CLG 1/15/37]
City of Asheville [CLG 3/;0/87]
Burke Morganton Historic Properties Commission
City of Morganton [CLG 7/24/85]
Cabarrus Concord Historic Preservation commission
City of Concord '
Carteret Beaufort Historic Preservation Commission
• Town of Beaufort [CLG 7/28/87]
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Caswell
Catawba
Chowan
Cleveland
Craven
Cumberland
Duplin
Milton Historic Preservation .nmm;ceinn
Town of Milton
Hickory Historic Preservation _ommi Sinn
Ciry of Hickory [CLG 5/12/86]
Edenton Historic District Commie. ion
Town of Edenton
Kings Mountain Historic T-andmarke Commie. ion
City of Kings Mountain
rTew Bern Historic Preservation ommicc;nn
City of New Bern [CLG 1/24/90]
F~vetteville Historic Reen ~rce Commi ion
City of Fayetteville
Warsaw Historic Preservation Commission
Town of Wazsaw
Durham Durham Historic r rv~ion .nmm;eei~n (,Joint)
Durham County [CLG I/19/87]
City of Durham [CLG 8/28/89]
Edgecombe Tarboro Historic District Commission
Town of Tarboro
Forsyth Forsyth _ounty Toint Histnri~ Prod rhPS l ,nmmlCClnn (,joint)
Forsyth County [CLG 3!1/85]
Village of Ciemmons [CLG 11/7/94]
Town of Kernersyille [CLG 8/2/85]
City of Winston Salem jCLG 10/31/85]
Winston-Salem Historic District _ommi ion
City of Winston-Salem
Franklin Fran_k_lin County Historic Pt°onerties nmm;ceinn
Franklin County
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Gaston Gaston COUntV Hissori - ArPCPrvatinn (~nrr,miec;n., (/O1111)
Gaston County [CLG ~i19i94]
City of Belmont
City of Bessemer City
City of Cherryville
Town of Dallas
Ciry of Gastonia
City of High Shoals
City of Lowell
Town of McAdenville
Ciry of Mount Holly
Town of Ranlo
Town of Spencer Mountain
Town of Stanley
Gastonia Historic District .ommic ion
City of Gastonia
Granville Granville ounty-Oxford Hictnric ProFerriPs Co miccic,n (,Joint)
Granville County
City of O.cford
Guilford rreensboro Historic District Commiccion
City of Greensboro [CLG 3/24/88]
Guilford Coun~v Joint Hi uric PTPCPfVAT1nn C'nmmiccinn (fD1Yit)
Guilford County
Town of Gibsonville
City of Greensboro
City of High Point
Town of Jamestown
Nigh Point Historic Di triet Commie ion
City of High Point [CLG 1/19196]
Whitsett Historic District Commis ion
Town of Whitsett
Halifax Weldon Hicroric Pre ervation .ommis ion
Town of Weldon
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Haywood
Henderson
Hertford
Wavnesvii_le Historic Preservation nmm;sc;nn
Town of Waynesville
Hendersonville Historic Preservation nmm;gcinn
City of Hendersonville [CLG 3/9/98]
Hertford County Historic Pronert;PS C'nmm;cc;nr,
Herford County
Murfreesboro Historic District nd Properties Comm,~,c;nn
Town of Murfreesboro
Iredell Iredell County Historic Properties (~nmm;cs;nn (Joint)
Iredell County
Town of Mooresville
Town of Troutman
Statesville Hictc,r;~ T~; ctri rt ('n.r,rr,i¢¢;nn
City of Statesville [CLG 3111/92]
Johnston Selma Historic Properties Commission
Town of Selma
Smithfield Historic Properties Commission
Town of Smithfield
Lee Sanford Historic Preservation Commission
City of Sanford [CLG 8/1?/97]
Lenoir Kinston Historic District Commission
City of Kinston [CLG 1/12/94]
Lincoln Lincoln County Historic Pro n;P ~ommis~~~*+ (Joint)
Lincoln County [CLG 6/18/92]
City of Lincolnton
Mecklenburg Charlotte Historic District Commi sion
City of Charlotte [CLG 6/16/87]
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Charlotte-N(ecklenburQ Hictnric T.andmarks Commissinn (,Dint)
Mecklenburg County [CLG 8/5/$7]
City of Charlotte
Town of Davidson
Town of Huntersville
Town of Matthews
Town of Mint Hill
Davidson Historic Preservar;nn C'nmmiSSinn
Town of Davidson
Moore Aberdeen Historic Preservation Commi sion
Town of Aberdeen
Southern Pines Historic District Commission
Town of Southern Pines
Nash/Edgecombe Roc v ytount Historic Preservation ommissi ~
City of Rocky Mount
New Hanover Wilmington Historic District Commission
City of Wilmington [CLG 4/1/86]
Wri;htsville Beach Historic PrPSPrvation Commission
Town of Wrishtsville Beach
Northampton Woodland Historic Preservation Commission
Town of Woodland
Orange Chapel Hill Historic District Commi sion
Town of Chapel Hill [CLG 120/90]
Hillsboro~i,h Historic District Commission
Town of Hillsborough [CLG 4/16/91]
O_-_~n;e o n v Historic Preservation Commi sion
Orange County [CLG 4/13/93]
Onslow Swansboro Historic District Commission
Town of Swansboro
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Pasquotank Elizabeth City Historic District Commi sion
City of Elizabeth City [CLG 7/I 1/90)
Pitt Greenville Historic Preservation Comctijssion
City of Greenville [CLG ?/3l90]
Randolph T.i_ berry Historic Preaerva inn C'nmmit~inn
Town of Liberty
Richmond Rockingham Historic Preservat"on Commi ci n
City of Eockingham [CLG 4/3/9?]
Rockingham F_den Historic Preservation Commission
City of Eden
Madison Historic District and Properties Commi ion
Town of Madison
Reidsville Historic Preservation Commission
City of Reidsville
Robeson Pembroke Historic Prorzerties Commission
Town of Pembroke
Rowan Granite u~v Historic District Commission
Town of Granite Quarry
Rowan County Historic Prq~gerties Commission
Rowan County
Salisbury Historic Preservation Commission
City of Salisbury [CLG 12/11/96]
Spencer Historic District Commission
Town of Spencer
Scotland Scotland County Historic Properties Commission
Scotland County
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Stanley Albemarle-Stanley County Historic Presen,ar;nn ('nmmiccinn (Joint)
Stanley County
City of Albemarle
Surry Nlount Airy Historic Preservation Commission
City of Mount Airy
Transylvania Tran vlvania County Historic Prope ies Commissinn (,point)
Transylvania County [CLG 6/I/89]
City of Brevard
Town of Rosman
Union Monroe Historic District Commission
City of Monroe [CLG 3/5/86]
Monroe-Union County Histnr;r properties Commi s; n (Joint)
Union County
City ~~f ivionroe
Town of ~Iarshville
Town of Wa~chaw
Town Wingate
Weddin;ton Historic Preservation commission
Towr. of Weddin~on
Wake Raleigh Hist~~ric Districts Commission
Cin~ :~f Raleigh [CLG 1/20/88]
Wake County Historic Preservation Commission (Joint)
Wake County [CLG 6/20/94]
Town of Apes [CLG 6/20/94]
Town of Cary [CLG 6/20/94]
Town of Fuquay-Varina [CLG 6/20/94]
Town of Garner [CLG 6/20194]
Town of Holly Springs [CLG 6!24/94]
Town of Knightdale [CLG 6/20194]
Town of ~•Iorrisville [CLG 6/20/94]
City of Raleigh
Town of Rolesville [CLG 5/20/94]
Town of Wendell [CLG 6!20/94]
Town of Zebulon [CLG 6/20/94]
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Wake Forest Hictnric p*P~Pryation Commicc;nn
Town of Wake Forest [CLG 10/29/97]
Wilson Wilson County Joint N;crnrir p*^nerties Commicc;on (,point)
Wilson County
Town of Stantonsbur;
City of Wilson
Wilson Hictori Di trict ommiccinn
City of Wilson [CLG 3/3I/86]
Watauga Valle CI'L1C1 Hisctoric Prec rvation nmmiccinn
Watauga County
Wayne Goldsboro Hicroric Dictr;ct ommiccinn
City of Goldsboro
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NORTH CAROLINA DIVISION OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY
STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE
NATIONAL REGISTER FACT SHEET
WHAT IS THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF ffiSTORIC PLACES?
The National Register of Historic Places is the nation's official list of buildings, structures, objects, sites, and
districts worthy of preservation for their significance in American history, architecture, archaeology, and
culture. The National Register was established by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966. The purpose
of the Act is to ensure that as a matter of public policy, properties significant in national, state, and local history
aze considered in the planning of federal undertakings, and to encourage historic preservation initiatives by state
and local governments and the private sector.
What the National Register Means for the Private Property Owner
The listing of a property in the National Register places no obligation or restriction on a private owner using
private resources to maintain or alter the property. Over the years, various federal incentives have been
introduced to assist private preservation initiatives. A private owner of a National Register property becomes
obligated to follow federal preservation standards only if federal funding of licensing is used in work on the
property, or if the owner seeks and receives a special benefit that derives from National Register designation,
such as a grant or a tax credit described below.
National Register listing should not be con,~'used with local historic property and historic district designations.
These designations are made by a local governing board on the recommendation of a local historic
preservation commission. This program of local designations is an option available to local governments
under North Carolina enabling legislation (G.S. 160A-400). Properties and districts listed in the National
Register sometimes also receive lacal designation in jurisdictions where local preservation commissions have
been established according to the state enabling legislation, but there is no direct correlation between
National Register listing and local designation.
National Register listing means the following:
1. Consideration and Protection in Public Planning:
All properties and districts listed in or eligible for listing in the National Register are considered in the planning
of federal undertakings such as highway construction and Community Development Block Grant projects.
"Federal undertakings" also include activities sponsored by state or local governments or private entities if they
are licensed or partially funded by the federal government. "Federal undertakings" do not include loans made by
banks insured by the FDIC or federal farm subsidies.
National Register listing does not provide absolute protection from federal actions that may affect the property.
It means that if a federal undertaking is in conflict with the preservation of a National Register property, the
North Cazolina Historic Preservation Office will negotiate with the responsible federal agency in an effort to
eliminate or minimize the effect on the historic property. This review procedure applies to properties that are
determined eligible for the National Register in the day-today environmental review process as well as those
actually listed in the National Register.
Similarly, North Cazolina law (G.S. 121-12a) provides for consideration of National Register properties in
undertakings funded or licensed by the state. Where a state undertaking is in conflict with the preservation of a
National Register property, the North Carolina Historical Commission is given the opportunity to review the
case and make recommendations to the state agency responsible for the undertaking. The commission's
recommendations to the state agency are advisory.
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2. Incentives for the Preservation of National Register Properties:
Tax Benefits. Under the Tax Reform Act of 1986, aprivately-owned building that is listed in the National Register or
is a contributing building in a National Register historic district may be eligible fora 20% federal income investment
tax credit claimed against the costs of a qualified rehabilitation of the building. These credits apply only to income-
producing, depreciable properties, including residential rental properties. The credits do not apply to owner-occupied
residential properties. The cost of the rehabilitation must equal or exceed the adjusted basis of the building (original
cost minus land value, minus previous depreciation, plus previous capital improvements). Plans for the rehabilitation
are reviewed by the North Carolina Historic Preservation Office and the National Park Service, and work on the
building must meet federal rehabilitation standards. For more information and applications, contact the Tax Act
Coordinator at the address given below, or telephone (919) 733-6547.
Effective January 1, 1994, taxpayers who receive the federal income tax credit for rehabilitating certified historic
structures are allowed to take as a credit against North Carolina income taxes an amount equal to one-fourth of the
federal credit.
The Tax Treatment Extension Act of 1980 provides federal tax deductions for charitable contributions of partial
interests (easements) in historically significant properties for conservation purposes. Interested individuals should
consult legal counsel or the local Internal Revenue Service office for assistance in determining the tax consequences of
the provisions of this act.
Grants and Loans. A limited program of matching grants for the rehabilitation of National Register properties,
including those that are privately owned, was authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, but has not
been funded to a significant degree since the early 1980s. A loan program authorized by the Act has never been
funded.
In 1993 and 1994, the North Carolina General Assembly passed bills which provided funding to the Department of
Cultural Resources for grants to local historic organizations for fiscal years 1993-94 and 1994-95. The purpose of the
grants is to encourage the protection, preservation, and interpretation of historic assets with local or regional
significance. Priority consideration is given to properties listed in or eligible for listing in the National Register. The
deadline for grant applications for the second year of funding was October 15, 1994. Continuation of this program in
future years is dependent upon additional funding by the General Assembly.
NOTE: A privately owned property may not be listed in the National Register over the objection of its owner or, is the case of a
property with multiple owners, over the objection of a majority of owners. A district may not be listed is the National Register over the
objection of a majority of owners of private property within the proposed distrieL For a complete description of procedures for
objecting to a National Register nomination, see National Register Fact Sheet 5: "Procedure for Supporting or Objecting to National
Register Listing."
See also the following aumber~ed National Register Fact Sheets:
2: "National Register Criteria for Evaluation"
3: "How Historic Properties Are Listed is the National Register of Historic Places"
4: "Tire National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina: Facts and Figures"
See the handout entitled "A Comparison of the National Register of Historic Places with Local Historic Landmark and District
Designations" for a review of the differences between these two programs.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Historic structures and the National Register: Survey and Planning Branch, 919!733-6545.
Archaeological sites and the National Register. Office of State Archaeology, 919/733-7342.
Preservation tax credits and technical restoration assistance: Restoration Branch, 919/ 733-6547.
Environmental protection and planning: Environmental Review Coordinator, Administration Branch, 919/133763.
Written inquiries to each of these branches may be sent to the State Historic Preservation Office, N.C. Division of Arrhives and
History, 109 E. Jones Street, Raleigh, North Carolina 27601-2807.
The National Register program is governed by the following federal and state rules sad regulations: 36CFR Part 60 (interim rule),
36CFR Part 61 (final rule), and North Carolina Administrative Code T07:04R .0300.
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NORTH CAROLINA DIVISION OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY
STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE
NAT70NAL REGISTER FACT SHEET
NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION
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The following criteria are designed to guide the states, federal agencies, and the Secretary of the Inte-
rior in evaluating potential entries for the National Register.
The quality of significance in American history, architecture, archaeology, and culture is present in
districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects that possess integrity of location, design, setting,
materials, workmanship, feeling, and association, and:
A. that are associated with events that have made significant contribution to the broad patterns of
our history; or .
B. that are associated with the lives of persons significant in our past; or
C. that embody the distinctive characteristics of a type, .period, or method of construction, or that
represent the work of a master, or that possess high, artistic values, or that represent a significant
and distinguishable entity whose components may, lack individual distinction; or
D. that have yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history.
Criteria Considerations (Ex lions): Ordinarily cemeteries, birthplaces, or graves of historical fig-
ures, properties owned ~by religious institutions or used for religious purposes, structures that have
been moved from their original locations, reconstructed historic buildings, properties primarily com-
memorative in nature, and properties that have achieved sign~cance within the past SO years shall
not be considered eligible for the National Register. However, such properties will qua1~ if they are
integral parts of districts that do meet the criteria or if they fall within the following categories:
A. a religious property deriving primary significance from architectural or artistic distinction or his-
torical importance; or
B. a building or structure removed from its original location but which is significant primarily for
architectural value, or which is the surviving structure most importantly associated with a historic
person or evens; or ~ '
C. a birthplace or grave of a historical figure of outstanding importance if there is no other
appropriate site or building directly associated with his or her productive life; or
D. a cemetery that derives its primary significance from graves of persons of transcendent impor-
• lance, ,from age, from distinctive design features, or from association with historic events; or
E. a reconstructed building when accurately executed in a suitable environment and presented in a
dignified manner as part of a restoration master plan, and when no other building or structure
with the same ~ association has survived; or
F. a property primarily corrinienwrative in intent if design, age, tradition, or symbolic value has
invested it with its own historical signi, ficance; or
G. a property achieving significance within the past 50 years if it is of exceptional importance.
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National Register Fact Sheet 2, Page 2
AFPZYIN(~ THE CRITERIA
The two principal issues to consider is detumining eligibility for the National Register are "significance" and "integrity,"
A property may have "significance" for association with important events or patterns of history (criterion A); for association with
as important historical figure (criterion B); as as important example of period architecture, landscape, or engineering (criterion C);
or for the information it is likely to yield (criterion D, applied to archaeological sites and districts, and sometimes applied to certain
types of struchues). A National Register nomination must demonstrate how a property is significant in at least one of these four
areas. For properties nominated under criterion A, frequently cited areas of significance are agriculture, community planning and
development, social history, commerce, industry, politics and government, education; recreation and culture, and others. For tech-
nical reasons, criterion B (significant person) nominations are rare. Criterie~n C (architecture) is cited for most, but not all, nomina-
tions of historic buildings. Archaeological sites are always nominated under criterion D, but may also have significance under one
or more of the other three criteria. '
Properties are nominated at either a local, state, or national level of significance depending on the geographical range of the impor-
tance of a property and its associations. The laud of significance must be justified in the nomination. The majority of properties
(about 7096) are listed at the local level of significance. The level of signficance has no etyect oa the protections or benefits of list-
ing. ,
Besides meeting one or more of the above criteria, a property must also have "integrity" of 'location, design, setting, materials,
workmanship, feeling, and association.' This means that the property must retain enough of its historic physical character (or is the
case of archaeological sites, intact archaeological features) to represent its historic period and associations adequately,
All properties change over time, and in some cases past alterations can take oa historical significance in their own right. The degree
to which more recent, incompatible, or non~istoric alterations are acxeptable depends on the type of Property, its rarity, and its
period and area of significance. Buildings with certain types of alterations are usually tamed down by the National Register
Advisory Committee. For example, 19th and early 20th century wood frame.buildings that have beau brick veneered in the mid-
20th century are routinely turned down for loss of historic integrity.
Criteria E~cceptions
The criteria exclude birthplaces sad graves of historical figures, cemeteries, religious properties, moved buildings, reconstructions,
commemorative properties, and properties less thaw 50 years old, with certain exceptions. The following excxptions are sometimes
encountered:
Historic churches that retain sufficient architectural integrity can usually be successfully nominated under criterion C (architecture),
sometimes together with criterion A for social or religious history.
Cemeteries may sometimes sci~fully be nominated wader criterion C when they retain important examples of historic stone carv-
ing, funerary art, and/or landscaping, and they also may be eligible under criterion A or criterion D. However, both the National
Register Advisory Committee and the National Register have turned down nominations of graves when the historical importance of
the deceased is the sole basis for the nomination. The National Register was created primarily to recognize and protect historic
Places and environments that represent how people lived, worked, and built in the historic past. Human burials are recognized and
protected under other laws and programs. '
Moved buildings may sometimes be successfully nominated wader criterion C for architecture when they remain in their historic
communities and the new setting adequately replicates the original setting. The point to remember is that the program is called the
National Register of Historic places. not Historic Buildings or Historic Things, because sigaificaacx is embodied in locations and
settings as well ss in the structures themselves. Buildings moved great distances, buildings moved into incompatible settings (such
as a farmhouse moved into an urban neighborhood or a downtown residence moved to a suburb), and collections of buildings
moved from various locations to create a pseado-historic "village" are routinely turned down. Ia some cases, the relocation of a his-
toric building to a distant or incompatible setting may be the last and only way to save it, and such an undertaking may be
worthwhile. However, sponsors of such a project must understand that the property subsequently may ztiot be eligible for the
National Register,
If a ProP~Y ~ less than 50 years old, it can be nominated only if a strong argument can be made for exceptional significance. For
example, Dorton Arena on the State Fairgrounds was completed is 1953. It was successfully nominated to the National Register in
1973 as one of the most important examples of modernism is post-WWII American architecture,
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NORTH CAROLINA DIVISION OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY
- ~ STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE
NATIONAL REGISTER FACT SHEET
HOW HISTORIC PROPERTIES ARE LISTED IN
THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
Who Administers the National Register Program?
The National Register of Historic Places is a list maintained by the National Pazk Service of build-
ings, structures, sites, objects, and districts that are significant in American history, azchitecture,
archaeology, engineering, and culture, and that meet criteria for evaluation established by the
National Historic Preservation Act of 1966. Nominations to the National Register are submitted from
each of the states by the State Histaric Preservation Officer (SHPO). In North Carolina, the SHPO
is the Director of the Division of Archives and History. The section within the Division that admuiis-
ters the National Register and related programs is the Archaeology and Historic Preservation Section,
also called the Historic Preservation Office (HPO). The personnel of the Historic Preservation
Office serve as staff for the SHPO in National Register activities and duties.
In every state, a review board examines potential nominations and makes recommendations to the
SHPO regazding the eligibility of properties and the adequacy of nominations. In North Cazolina, the
review board is called the National Register Advisory Committee (NRAC}. The NRAC meets
quarterly (January, April, July, October) to consider the eligibility of properties for nomination to the
National Register. ~ Nominations prepared under the supervision of the HPO staff and approved by the
NRAC are forwarded to the Keeper of the National Register in the National Pazk Service in Washing-
ton, D.C. Final authority to list properties in the National Register resides with the National Park Ser-
vice.
How are Eligible Properties Identified?
Properties and districts that may be eligible for the National Register are usually brought to the atten-
tion. of the HPO staff and the NRAC either (1) through a county or community survey of historic
properties co-sponsared by the Historic Preservation Office and a local government or organization;
(2) by interested individuals who provide preliminary information about properties to the HPO staff;
or (3) through historic property surveys conducted as part of the environmental review process.
Persons who seek National Register listing for properties that have not been recorded in survey
projects co-sponsored by the Historic Preservation Office may submit a "Study List Application" to
the HPO. If adequate information and color slides of the property are included with the application,
the NRAC will consider the property at its next quarterly meeting. If in the opinion of the NRAC the
property appeazs to be potentially eligible for the National Register, it is placed on the Study List.
This action by the NRAC authorizes the HPO staff to work with the owner to coordinate a formal
nomination of the property to the National Register.
The NRAC can best evaluate the eligibility of an individual property within the context of a
community-wide or regional inventory of historic or prehistoric properties. This provides a basis for
comparing the relative significance of similar types of historic or .prehistoric properties in a com-
munity or region. In counties or communities where no such inventory has been assembled, the NRAC
will sometimes find it necessary to defer a decision about the eligibility of an individual property until
a comprehensive survey of historic properties has taken place. Likewise, the. NRAC ma consider
some properties as contributing components within larger districts but not as individually eligible.
Information about grants to local governments for local historic property surveys and nominations is
available from the Historic Preservation Office.
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National Register Fact Sheet 3, Page 2
What is a National Register Nomination?
A National Register nomination is a scholarly and authoritative document that thoroughly describes
and evaluates a property's setting and physical characteristics, documents its history, assesses its sig-
nificance in terms of its historic context, and demonstrates how it specifically meets National Register
criteria for evaluation. It is supported by professional quality black and white photographs, maps
delineating the pr 's boundaries, and other materials and information. The nomination must be
prepared according-to federal and state guidelines.
Who Prepares National Register Nominations?
Most nominations are prepared by private consultants hired either by individual property owners or by
local governments or organizations. Nominations of archaeological sites are sometimes prepazed by
professional archaeologists as part of their on-going research. HPO National Register staff is
responsible for reviewing, editing, and processing nominations prepared in these ways. Due to the
great demand for National Register nominations, the small HPO staff is unable to prepaze nominations
as a public service.
An owner of a Study List property who seeks to have it listed in the National Register may hire a pri-
vate consultant to prepare the nomination. A list of qualified consultants is available from the His-
toric Preservation Office. HPO staff cannot quote fees, and fees will vary depending on the consul-
tant and the complexity of the nomination. An owner may expect to pay a professional historian,
architectural histonan, or archaeologist the equivalent of 40 to 80 hours of time at a professional
hourly wage.
Some owners are interested in preparing their own nominations and are capable of doing so. A packet
that includes the NPS instruction manual, the supplementary state instruction manual, and sample
nominations may be purchased from the Historic Preservation Office for $10.00. The level of
description, historical documentation, analysis, and writing in every nomination must meet accepted
professional standards. The SHPO will not submit substandard nominations to Washington, and HPO
staff cannot make major revisions or provide detailed critiques of inadequate nominations. Because
documentation of archaeological .properties always involves excavation, analysis, and interpretation
requiring specialized training, nominations of azchaeological properties are always prepared by profes-
sional archaeologists.
What Happens to the Fuiished Nomination?
The nomination is reviewed by members of the National Register Advisory Committee at one of the
regular quarterly meetings. If the NRAC recommends that the nomination be submitted to the
National Register, it is signed by the State Historic Preservation Offices and forwarded to the Keeper
of the National Register. At the National Register office, the nomination is reviewed and the decision
to list or not list is made within not less than 15 and not more than 45 days of receipt. If the property
is listed, the HPO will notify the owner and provide a certificate stating that the property has been
listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Owners who desire plaques may order them from
private commercial suppliers. The HPO does not provide plaques or recommend any particular sup-
plier, but a list of manufacturers is available on request.
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: National Register Coordinator
Survey and Planning Branch
State Historic Preservation Office
N. C. Division of Archives and History
109 East Jones Street
Raleigh, North Carolina 27601-2807 9191733-6545
Offices of the Survey and Planning Branch are at 515 N. Blount Street in Raleigh. For information about archaeological
sites and the National Register, contact the Office of State Archaeology at the above address or telephone 919/733-7342.
NORTH CAROLINA DIVISION OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY
_ STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE
NATLONAL REGISTER FACT SHEET /~
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THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES IN NORTH CAROLINA:
FACTS AND FIGURES
• There aze over 62,000 listings of historic buildings, structures, sites, objects, and districts in the
National Register across the United States and its territories.
• The first nominations from North Carolina were submitted in 1969. Today there are approximately
1,900 National Register listings in the state. In recent years the state has submitted an average of
60 new nominations per yeaz to the National Register. Most nominations aze prepared by private
consultants working for local governments or for private property owners. Nominations are
carefully prepared and screened in the review process, and 9996 of .all nominations from North
Cazolina have been successfully listed. A list of all National Register entries in North Carolina as
of the end of the most recent half-calendar ~eaz, arranged alphabetically by county and giving
name, town or vicinity, and date listed, is available from the State Historic Preservation Office for
$5.00. .
• Of the 1,900 total listings in North Cazolina, about 250 are historic districts, some of which
contain several hundred contributing historic buildings or sites: ',Types ~ of districts include
residential neighborhoods, commercial districts, prehistoric and historic archaeological districts,
industrial complexes, mill villages, and rural farming districts; Since the first historic district
nominations did not include complete lists of all properties within district boundaries, it is not
possible to determine the precise number of historic properties in North Carolina that are listed in
the National Register. ~ The National Pazk Service .estunates that approximately 30,000 historic
properties in North .Carolina aze listed in the National Register either as individual listings or as
contributing properties within districts. Properties within districts that contribute to the historic
character of the district aze eligible for federal environmental protections and benefits to the same
extent as if they were individually listed. ~ .
. Of all North Cazolina properties listed in the National Register, approximately 85 % are privately
owned and 1596 publicly owned. About 70 % aze listed at a local level of significance, 2596 at a
statewide level, and 596 at a national level of significance. The level of significance at which a
property or district is listed does not affect its eligibility for benefits or the consideration it receives
m environmental review processes. .
. North Camlina's National Register listings reflect the whole spectrum of the state's human
experience through its long history: prehistoric Indian sites; shipwreck sites; modest log houses of
settlers and slaves; houses and outbu>ldings of ordinary farmers and townspeople; the mansions of
wealthy planters and merchants; churches of all sizes and denominations; courthouses, schools and
other public buildings; commercial buildings of many types; and industrial and transportation
buildings and sites. Listings vary from 10,000-year-old archaeological sites to the 1953 Dorton
Arena at the State Fairgrounds. What all these places have in common is that they reveal in a
tangible way some important aspect of past life in North Carolina and its diverse communities.
• The State Historic Preservation Office reviews over 2,500 federal and state actions annually to
determine their potential effects on properties listed in or eligible for listing in the. National
Register. Where a federal or state undertaking is in conflict with the preservation of a National
Register property, the State I~istoric Preservation Office will negotiate anth the responsible agency
in an attempt to eliminate or min;m;~P the effect under procedures prescribed by federal law
(Section 106 of the National l'3istoric Preservation Act of 1966) or state law (G.S. 121-12a).
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National Register Fact Shea 4, Pagt 2
. Between 1976 and 1993, 803 National Register properties in North Carolina were rehabilitated
under federal historic preservation tax incentive programs, representing an investment of over
5286,000,000 in National Register properties in the state.
. The Restoration Branch of the State Historic Preservation Office offers technical restoration
consultation services to owners of historic properties, including municipal and county governments,
churches, businesses, and private property owners. Restoration Branch staff provides consultation
services to more than 1,500 historic properties in a typical year. Restoration staff is located in
Raleigh (919/733-6547), Asheville (704/274-6789), and Greenville (919/830-6580).
. Since the mid-1970s three-fifths of North Carolina's 100 counties and scores of municipalities have
participated in survey and planning grant projects co-sponsored with the State Historic Preservation
Office to conduct comprehensive surveys of histonc properties and prepare nominations of
properties and districts to the National Register of Historic Places. Many other counties have
participated in regional reconnaissance surveys. The Survey and Planning .Branch maintains an
estimated 65,000 survey files with photographs and information about historic structures. The
Office of State Archaeology maintains information concerning the approximately 25,000
prehistoric and historic archaeological sites recorded in the state. ~ Thirty-seven counties and twent~+-
five municipalities have published historic architecture survey catalogues, many of which are still
in print and available for purchase from the State Historic Preservation Office.
For infomoatian about why the National Register was created sad what listing means to a property owner, see NATIONAL
REQSTER FACT SHEET 1, "WHAT IS THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES?"
For sa explanation of National Register criteria for evaluation, see NATIONAL REGISTER FACT SHEET 2, "NATIONAL
REGISTER CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION.'
For information about how properties and districts are listed is the National Register, see NATIONAL REGISTER FACT
SHEET 3, 'HOW HISTORIC PROPERTIES ARE LISTED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES."
See the handout titled "A COMPARISON OF TAB NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES WITH LOCAL
HISTORIC LANDMARK AND DISTRICT DESIGNATIONS" for an explanation of the differences between the two
programs.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Historic stlvchu~es and the National Register; Survey and Planning Branch, 919/733-6545.
Archaeological sites and the National Register: Office of State Archaeology, 919/733-7342.
Preservation tax credits end technical restoistion assistance: Restoration Branch, 919/733547.
Greats to local governments and organisations for historic property surveys and National Register nominations: Grants
Coordinator, Administration Branch, 919/733763.
Lists of available architectural survey publications: Administrative Assistant, Administration Branch, 919/733-4763.
Addrzss correspondence to the appropriate breach named above at the State Historic Preservation Office, N.C. Division of
Archives and Aistory, 109 E. Jones Street, Raleigh, N.C. 27601-2807.
The National Register program is governed by the following. federal sad state cults sad mgulations: 36CFR Part 60
(interim rule), 36CFR Part 61 (final rule), and North Carolina Administrstive Code T07: 04R .0300.
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STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE
NA770NAL REGISTER FACT SHEET
PROCEDURE FOR SUPPORTING OR OBJECTING TO
NATIONAL REGISTER LISTING
Under federal law a privately owned property may not be listed in the National Register over the objection of its owner
or, in the case of a property with multiple owners, over the objection of a majority of owners. A district may not be listed
in the National Register over the objection of a majority of owners of private property within the proposed district.
Supporting a National Register Nomination:
Private owners who seek National Register listing for their properties are not required to submit statements of
concurrence, though letters of support of the nomination are welcomed and become a permanent part of the nomination
file. Owners who wish to support are nomination are encouraged to submit letters of support to the State Historic
Preservation Officer prior to the National Register Advisory Committee meeting at which the nomination is to be
considered.
Objecting to a National Register Nomination:
Any owner or partial owner of a nominated private property who chooses to object to listing must submit to the State
Hista~ric Preservation Officer a notarized statement certifying that he or she is sole or partial owner of the private
property and objects to the listing. Each owner or partial owner of the property has one vote regardless of what part of
the property or how much property the individual owns. Owners who wish to object are encouraged to submit statements
of objection prior to the meeting of the National Register Advisory Committee at which the nomination is being
considered. However, statements of objection may be submitted and will be counted up until the actual date of listing,
which usually takes place at least 15 days but not more than 45 days after the nomination is mailed to the Keeper of the
National Register following the National Register Advisory Committee meeting.
If a majority of private property owners should object, the property or district will not be listed. However, in such cases
the State Historic Preservation Officer is required to submit the nomination to the Keeper of the National Register for a
determination of eligibility for the National Register. If the property or district is determined eligible for listing,
although not formally listed, it will be treated as a listed property or district for purposes of federal undertakings in the
environmental review process. Such properties are not eligible for federal preservation grants or tax credits until the
objections are withdrawn and the property is listed.
Address letters of support or objection to:
State Historic Preservation Officer
N.C. Division of Archives and History
109 E. Jones Street
Raleigh, North Carolina 27601-2807
National Register Advisory Committee meetings are open to the public. Meetings normally are held the second
Thursday of January, April, July, and October in room 211 of the Archives and History Building, 109 E. Jones
St., Raleigh. For more information, call 919/733-6545.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Historic structures and the National Register: Survey and Planning Branch, 919/733545.
Archaeological sites and the National Register: Office of State Archaeology, 9191133-7342.
Preservation tax credits and technical restoration assistance: Restoration Branch, 919! 733-6547.
The National Register program is governed by the following federal and state rules and regulations: 36CFR Part 60 (interim rule),
36CFR Part 61 (final rule), and North Carolina Administrative Code T07:04R .0300.
INTEROFFICE MEMO
Date: December 7, 1998
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To: John Link, County Manager
From: Don Belk, Preservation Planner
cc: Gene Bell, Interim Planning Director
Subject: Draft: 1999 Historic Preservation Fund Grant Application: The Oaks Rural Historic
Landscape District National Register Nomination
The application period for 1999 federal Certified Local Government (CLG) grants is
underway. As you know, Orange County's historic preservation effort has benefited
enormously from this program in past years. Our historic architectural and archeological
surveys, the historic preservation element of the Orange County Comprehensive Plan,
and our architectural history manuscript were all funded in large part by CLG grants. The
upcoming St. Mary's Road Corridor preservation planning study is also being funded
partially by this grant program administered by the State Historic Preservation Office.
At their November 24 meeting, the Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) voted to
recommend to the Board of Commissioners to apply fora 1999 CLG grant in the amount
of $6,000 for the purpose of completing a nomination of The Oaks Rural Historic
Landscape District to the National Register of Historic Places.
During the inventory of historic resources in the unincorporated portions of Orange
County, The Oaks Crossroads was placed on the National Register Study List as a district
deemed potentially eligible for the National Register by the North Carolina National
Register Advisory Committee. The rural crossroads community centers on the historic
crossroads of Old Hillsborough Road and Old Fayetteville Road, now the intersection of
North Carolina Highway 54, Mebane Oaks Road, Saxapahaw Road, and Lloydtown
Road. The community is comprised of a small, dispersed collection of buildings dating
to various periods in the 19th and early 20th centuries-including several domestic
single-family residences, a church, and a historic academy (the Bingham School,
individually listed on the National Register) that now serves as abed-and-breakfast.
There are also several unoccupied cultivated and forested tracts within the area.
The total project cost of the National Register nomination is estimated to be $12,000. The
grant would be matched by $4,000 County funds and $2,000 County in-kind services. A
draft grant application is attached.
Grant applications must be completed and submitted to the SHPO by January 31, 1999.
Grant awards will be announced in late March or early April 1999. All grant-awarded
projects must be completed by September 30, 2000.
The final draft Application will be presented to the Board of County Commissioners for
consideration of approval on January 19. If the grant is awarded by SHPO and
subsequently accepted by the Board of Commissioners, it would require a commitment of
$4,000 in the FY1999-2000 County budget.
If you have any further questions, please let me know. The HPC will discuss the draft
grant application at their January 5 meeting.
DECEMBER 7, 1998