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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: December 15, 1998
Agenda Abstract
Item # $ -AU
SUBJECT: National Register Nomination for Cabe - Pratt- Harris House (Riverbend Farm)
DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING:
Yes
X
No
BUDGET AMENDMENT REQUIRED:
Yes
X
No
ATTACHMENTS:
(1) Letter from SHPO to Margaret Hauth
(2) CLG Comment Forms
(3) National Register Nomination, Cabe - Pratt- Harris House
(4) Letter from SHPO to Gregory and Dale Georgiade
(5) National Register Fact Sheets #1 and #5
INFORMATION CONTACT:
Donald R. Belk
Preservation Planner /X2594
PHONE NUMBERS:
Hillsborough 732 -8181
Mebane 227 -2031
Durham 688 -7331
Chapel Hill 967 -9251
PURPOSE: (1) To receive a nomination of the Cabe - Pratt- Harris House (Riverbend Farm) to
the National Register of Historic Places;
(2) To consider a recommendation from the Historic Preservation Commission to
hold a public hearing on the nomination on January 5, 1999 and authorize the
BOCC Chair to comment on the nomination on behalf of the Board
BACKGROUND: A National Register (NR) Nomination report on the Cabe - Pratt- Harris House
was received by the Planning Department on Friday, November 201. The
Cabe - Pratt- Harris House, also known as Riverbend Farm, is a National
Register - eligible property located on the west side of Pleasant Green Road, just
north of the Eno River.
This nomination will be considered by the North Carolina National Register
Advisory Committee at a meeting on January 14, 1999 in Raleigh. Preceding
this meeting is a 60 -day review - and - comment period, which began on
November 16.
As a participant in the Certified Local Governments Program administered by
the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), the County is afforded the
opportunity to review and comment on all National Register nominations
1 The report was delivered by Margaret Hauth, Planning Director for the Town of Hillsborough. The State
Historic Preservation Office sent the report to the Town of Hillsborough in error, mistakenly believing that
the Town and the Hillsborough Historic District Commission were the CLG entities involved.
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BACKGROUND: submitted to SHPO involving properties in the County's jurisdiction.
(continued) Furthermore, the Orange County Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) is
required to provide an opportunity for public comment on all such nominations
during the review - and - comment period.
However, scheduling a public hearing for the Cabe - Pratt- Harris House NR
nomination during the aforementioned 60 -day review period is problematic,
given the Christmas holiday period and the lack of a scheduled HPC meeting
during the month of December. Also, the Board of Commissioners' regular
January meeting is not scheduled until January 19, after the end of the 60 -day
review period.
The HPC discussed the Cabe - Pratt- Harris House NR nomination at their
meeting of November 24. The Cabe - Pratt- Harris House is a "rare example of
a one -story, hall parlor plan late Georgian house. "2 As an existing Study List
site, the structure is a high priority of the HPC for NR listing, and would be a
welcome addition to the County's fledgling roster of county landmarks.
Furthermore, the NR study is being funded privately by the property owner, a
trend the HPC encourages. It is the consensus of the HPC that the Cabe -Pratt-
Harris House is worthy of listing on the National Register of Historic Places.
The HPC also discussed the scheduling problem. Since they do not meet in
December, and their January meeting is not scheduled until the 27th, the HPC
voted to change their meeting date to Tuesday, January 5, and to hold a public
hearing on the Cabe - Pratt- Harris House NR nomination at that time. This
hearing will be properly advertised as required by the Historic Preservation
Ordinance, and adjacent property owners will be notified by certified mail.
As stated previously, there is insufficient time to present the NR nomination to
the Board subsequent to the public hearing on January 5, and meet the January
14 deadline of the review and comment period. Therefore, the HPC
recommended sending the nomination to the BOCC for its December 15
meeting for an opportunity to review and comment on the nomination prior to
the public hearing. Furthermore, the HPC recommended that the Board permit
the BOCC Chair to comment on this nomination on their behalf, prior to
January 14, 1999.
RECOMMENDATION:
The National Register nomination is provided for Board review and
consideration.
Administration recommendation. The Administration recommends that the
Historic Preservation Commission be permitted to hold a public hearing on this
National Register nomination on January 5, 1999, and further recommends that
the BOCC authorize the Chair to sign NR nomination comment form on their
behalf following the public hearing and prior to the end of the 60 -day comment
period on January 14, 1999.
2 Cabe - Pratt- Harris House National Register nomination, Section 8, p.9.
North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources
James B. Hunt Jr., Governor
Betty Ray McCain, Secretary
November 10, 1998
Ms. Margaret Hauth, Planning Director
Town of Hillsborough
P.O. Box 429
Hillsborough, NC 27278
RE: Cabe - Pratt-Hams House, Hillsborough, Orange County
Dear Ms. Hauth:
Division of Archives and History
Jeffrey J. Crow, Director
Enclosed is a copy of the nomination for Cabe - Pratt- Harris House, which is scheduled for
presentation to the North Carolina National Register Advisory Committee on January 14, 1998.
A copy of the notification letter sent to the property owners is enclosed for your information.
As a Certified Local Government, you have sixty (60) days in which to comment on the proposed
nomination. If you do not respond by January 14, 1998, on the proposed nomination, approval of
it will be assumed. Please note that the town is to provide an opportunity for public comment on
this nomination according to the terms specified in the certification agreement the town signed
with this office. A copy of your notice to the public should be forwarded to our office along with
any comments you wish to make on the nomination to satisfy federal and state requirements.
Please use the enclosed comment forms to send us your response.
If you have any questions concerning this nomination, we will be happy to help.
cerely,
Jeffrey row
State Historic Preservation Officer
JJC/hlb
Enclosures
cc: The Honorable Horace H. Johnson, Sr.
The Honorable Margaret Brown
109 East Jones Street • Raleigh, North Carolina 27601 -2807
THE CHIEF ELECTED LOCAL OFFICIAL OR THE LOCAL GOVERNING BOARD SHOULD
COMPLETE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING COMMENT PARAGRAPHS:
C. We, the CW4M9dW1AKd02kW , or We, the 11"9 3-- -4B—d, have
reviewed the nomination for the Cabe - Pratt - Harris House and find that the property meets the criteria
for listing in the National Register of Historic Places as stated in Section 8 of the report. We therefore,
recommend that the property be submitted for listing in the Register.
Additional Comments:
Chief Local Elected Official's signature and date
D. We, the �� LAW 0fikW , or We, the LowidowwtBoad, have
reviewed the nomination for the Cabe - Pratt - Harris House and find that the property does not meet the
criteria for listing in the National Register of Historic Places as stated in Section 8 of the report. We
therefore, do not recommend that the property be submitted for listing in the Register. The reasons for
my (or our) findings concerning this nomination are stated below (use additional sheet if necessary).
Additional comments:
Chief Local Elected Official's signature and date
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THE CLG COMMISSION SHOULD COMPLETE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPHS:
A. We, the MO c„m„w- , have reviewed and discussed the nomination for the
Cabe - Pratt - Harris House and find that the property meets the criteria for listing in the National Register
of Historic Places as stated in Section 8 of the report. We therefore, recommend that the property be
submitted for listing in the Register. "
Commission chair's signature and date
B. We, the cwc, , have reviewed and discussed the nomination for the
Cabe -Pratt- Harris House and find that the property does not meet the criteria for listing in the National
Register of Historic Places as stated in Section 8 of the report. We therefore, do not recommend that the
property be submitted for listing in the Register. The reasons for our findings concerning this nomination
are stated below (use additional sheet if necessary).
Commission chair's signature and date
MPS Form 10 -900
(Oct. 1990) OMB No. 10024 -00tb
United States Department of the Interior
National Park Service
National Register of Historic Places
Registration Form
This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations for individual properties and districts. See instructions in How to Complete fife
National Register of Histonc Places Reg /stratbn Form (National Register Bulletin 16A). Complete each item by marking "x" in the appropriate box or
by entering the information requested. If an Rem does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions,
architectural classification, materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategories from the instructions. Place additional
entries and narrative items on continuation sheets (NIPS Form 10- 900a). Use a typewriter, word processor, or computer, to complete all items.
1. Name of Property
historic name Cabe - Pratt - Harris House
other names/site number Riverbend ..Farm
2. Location
street & number W side SR 1567f .9 mi. N of Eno River bridge ❑ not for publication N/A
city or town
Hillsborough
It vicinity
state North Carolina code NC county Orange code 135 Zip code 27572
3. State /Federal Agency Certification
As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, I hereby certify that this ® nomination
❑ request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of
Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property
❑ meets ❑ does not meet he National Register criteria. I recommend that this property be considered significant
❑ nationally 11 statewide locally. (❑ See continuation sheet for additional comments.)
Signature of certifying officiallTitle Date
State of Federal agency and bureau
In my opinion, the property ❑ meets ❑ does not meet the National Register criteria. (❑ See continuation sheet for additional
comments.)
Signature of certifying officiaV itle Date
State or Federal agency and bureau
4. National Park Service Certification
I hereby certify that the property is: Signature of the Keeper Date of Action
❑ entered in the National Register.
❑ See continuation sheet.
❑ determined eligible for the
National Register
❑ See continuation sheet.
❑ determined not eligible for the
National Register.
❑ removed from the National
Register.
❑ other, (explain:)
Cabe - Pratt - Harris House Orange Co., NC
Name of Property County and State
5. Classification.
Ownership of Property Category of Property Number of Resources within Property
(Check as many boxes as apply) (Check only one box) (Do not include previously listed resources in the count.)
f] private
12 building(s)
Contributing Noncontributing
❑ public -local
11 district
1 1
❑ public-State
❑ site
buildings
❑ public - Federal
❑ structure
sites
❑ object
1
structures
objects
1 2
Total
Name of related multiple property listing
"N
Number of contributing resources previously listed
(Enter /A" if property is not part of a multiple
property listing.)
in the National Register
N/A
0
6. Function or Use
Historic Functions
Current Functions
(Enter categories from instructions)
-
(Enter categories from instructions)
Domestic: single
dwelling
Domestic: single dwelling
Domestic: secondary structure
Agriculture: animal facility
7. Description
Architectural Classification
Materials
(Enter categories from instructions)
(Enter categories from instructions)
Georgian
foundation stone
walls ,uoncl
roof m P t A l
other brick
Narrative. Description
hi
(Describe the storic and current condition of the property on one or more continuation sheets.)
_rahA_Pratt_HaTris House
Name of Property
County an to
8
S. Statement of Significance
Applicable National Register Criteria Areas of Significance
(Mark "x" in one or more boxes for the criteria qualifying the property (Enter categories from instructions)
for National Register listing.) Architecture
❑ A Property is associated with events that have made
a significant contribution to the broad patterns of
our history.
❑ B Property is associated with the lives of persons
significant in our past.
® C Property embodies the distinctive characteristics
of a type, period, or method of construction or
represents the work of a master, or possesses
high artistic values, or represents a significant and
distinguishable entity whose components lack
individual distinction.
FJ D Property has yielded, or is likely to yield,
information important in prehistory or history.
Criteria Considerations
(Mark "x" in all the boxes that apply.)
Property is:
A owned by a religious institution or used for
religious purposes.
O B removed from its original location.
C a birthplace or grave.
❑ D a cemetery.
❑ E a reconstructed building, object, or structure.
❑ F a commemorative property.
❑ G less than 50 years of age or achieved significance
within the past 50 years.
Narrative Statement of Significance
(Explain the significance of the property on one or more continuation sheets.)
Period of Significance
c_ 1820
1983
Significant Dates
c. 1820
1983
Significant Person
(Complete if Criterion 8 is marked above)
N/A
Cultural Affiliation
Architect/Builder
9. Major Bibliographical References
Bibliography _
(Cite the books, articles, and other sources used in preparing this form on one or more continuation sheets.)
Previous, documentation on fiie-(NPS): Primary location of ndditionel data:
• preliminary determination of-individual listing (36
CFR 61) has been requested
• previously listed in the National Register
• previously .determined eligible by the National
Register-
El designated a National Historic Landmark
• recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey
• recorded by Historic American Engineering
Record #
RI State Historic Preservation Office
❑ Other State agency
❑ Federal agency
❑ Local. government
J3 UnKlilrsity�
❑ Otlier
Name of repository:
NC Collection, UN/,'s Wilson Library
Cabe - Pratt - Harris House
Name of Property
10.. Geographical Data
Acreage of Property
27.3 acres
UTM References
(Place additional UTM references on a continuation sheet.)
Orange Co., NC
County and State
N
A 1 1117 1 «7 191 313 151 13? PA 1211 101 C 3 o� a 1 141 4 R _ iZone Easting Northing sting
Northing
B 2 1!1J 617 , 91 6140 1 139 0 , X1,4 ,0 D 4 1 117 �7 , 91 21 , 81 13 1 91 9i1 �3
❑ See continuation sheet
Verbal Boundary Description
(Describe the boundaries of the property on a continuation sheet.)
Boundary Justification
(Explain why the boundaries were selected on a continuation sheet.)
11. Form Prepared By
name /title Patricia S. Dickinson, Consultant
organization
date October 15, 1998
street & number 4606 Hunt Rd. telephond 919) 732-5439
city or town Hillsborough state NC zip code 27278
Additional Documentation
auomu me rquow,ng items with the completed form:
Continuation Sheets
Maps
A USGS map (7.5 or 15 minute series) indicating the property's location.
A Sketch map for historic districts and properties having large acreage or numerous resources.
Photographs
Representative black and white photographs of the property.
Additional items
(Check with the SHPO or FPO for any additional items)
Property Owner
(Complete this item at the request.of -SHPO or FPO.)
name
-- Gregory - -and -Dale Georgiade
street & number3929,�.,e,S,nt •green Rd, telephone "�.9.1*9a �8,
city or town Durham state NC $gdia. '
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7. Narrative Description
The Cabe- Pratt - Harris douse is located on approximately
twenty -seven acres near the Eno River in rural eastern Orange
County. The house and acreage, known by its twentieth - century
name, Riverbend Farm, is located at the end of a long gravel
driveway off Pleasant Green Road (SR 1567), with no neighbors
or roads in sight. The c.. 1820, one - and - one -half story,
gable- roofed frame house faces north, and is sited on the crest
of a small 'moll. It is surrounded by mowed, grass fields,
which once produced large quantities of corn and wheat. The
house is shaded by large oak, dogwood, magnolia, and chinaberry
trees. A kitchen garden is located immediately south of a
substantial rear and side addition which includes an attached
garage, appended to the house in the mid - twentieth century and
remodeled, on the same footprint, in the late- twentieth century.
The old section of the house retains its early hall- and - parlor
plan and original interior finishes, which include the original
flush board pine sheathing, chair rails, six -panel doors, flush
wainscot in the parlor, and arched and square fireboxes with
needed, raised -panel mantelpieces.
The Cabe - Pratt- Harris House is a significant and rare
example of a small but substantial early- nineteenth century
farm house of the Eno River Valley. The main block of the house
stands on a raised fieldstone foundation (with a crawlspace
below) and is bracketed by large stone chimneys with offset
brick stacks. The gable -side roof, originally covered by shakes,
is now sheathed with decorative v- crimped metal. The' house
has a boxed cornice and nine - over -nine windows. Four - over -four
windows in the gable ends light the loft sleeping area. The
window muntins are delicate and narrow and the double -hung sash
retains some early glass panes.
The original main entrance to the old part of the house
is approached via a flight of five slate steps which broaden
and curve at the rase and have holes drilled where an iron
handrail formerly stood. A standing seam metal, shed -roof
portico shelters a replacement six raised -panel front door.
At present, the principal entrance is located on the west side
of the rear addition. The addition has multi -pane windows and
and a multi -pane French door. The principal main entrance is
marked by a landscaped brick side patio surrounded by a picket
fence and gate.
The original interior plan is basically two rooms. The
square hall is entered directly from outdoors, with an arched
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firebox with a handsome, tall, raised -panel mantelpiece centered
in the end wall. This room is used at present as a formal living
room. An interior door with raised panels separates the hall
from a slightly smaller parlor, which has a square firebox and
a tall, raised -panel mantelpiece centered in its end wall.
An open china closet built in 1983, replaces a door which once
led outside. This room is used at present as the formal dining
room. A narrow, boxed -in staircase formerly stood in the
northeast corner of the hall and ascended to the sleeping loft.
These stairs were removed about 1942 and the floor and loft
opening were repaired with wide pine boards, which match the
original floors and ceilings. The walls, ceilings, floors and
mantelpieces in the old rooms are all of unpainted heart pine.
It is rare, but not unheard of, to see an interior from this
period that was apparently never painted.
At present, the second story is accessed by a staircase
(installed when the house was first expanded in the 1940s)
that ascends along the north wall of a hallway located at the
rear of the two original rooms. Upstairs, the original loft
area retains the pegged oak ceiling beams, and is now used as
one large bedroom. The hallway is at the core of the renovated
rear addition and gives access to the kitchen and half bath,
family room, and master bedroom and bath on the first floor.
There are two other second floor bedrooms and baths in the wing
addition.
The 1940s large rear addition and its 1980s renovation,
both covered by plain clapboards, were respectful of the
materials used in old house. The addition expanded the house
greatly and added twentieth century amenities, but the original
house was little altered except for the loss of the original
enclosed stairs. Even then, the repairs to the floor and ceiling
were carefully done with like materials. The 1940's addition
had metal - trimmed casement windows, but these were replaced
in the 1980s with multi -pane sash windows, replicas of the
originals in the old house. The present owners are determined
to preserve the old house and enjoy it, while they also enjoy
their sensitive renovation of the spacious 1940s addition.
No original outbuildings survive. The dog pens (1983)
and c. 1950 barn which stand a short distance north of the house,
are non - contributing resources.
Integrity Assessment:
The most significant alterations to the original Cabe - Pratt-
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Harris House occurred when the house was remodeled in the 1940s.
At that time the boxed stair to the upstairs sleeping loft was
removed and the house gained a substantial rear addition. This
rear wing addition was remodeled in 1983 using the same
footprint.
Despite these alterations, the property retains its
integrity, or the ability to convey its significance. The house
remains on its original location and its immediate setting is
unaltered. The house retains most of its original materials
and design elements, most prominently its hall- and - parlor plan,
mantelpieces, windows, doors, and unpainted heart pine floors,
walls and ceilings. The house reflects the aesthetic and
historic sense of the early nineteenth century construction
date, and its association with the original builders, the Cabe
family who owned the property until the and of that century.
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8. Statement of Significance:
Summary:
The Cabe - Pratt- Harris Mouse is significant under National
Register Criterion C. It- embodies the distinctive
characteristics of late- Georgian design and is notable as an
example of a small but substantial early- nineteenth century
farm house of the Eno River valley. The house was probably
built in the 1820s by Jamima Cabe and her husband, Jehu Brown.
She inherited this tract of land after her father William Cabe's
death in 1828. William Cabe was the son of Barnaby Cabe, an
early land grantee in the area. The house and farm were later
owned by the Pratt and Harris families. Although mid - twentieth
century additions (remodeled in the late - twentieth century;
expanded the house, the old section retains its early form,
and its handsome late - Georgian hall- and - parlor interiors. The
interior, unusually sophisticated for a small rural dwelling
of the period, retains its flush board sheathing, six -panel
doors, and arched and raised -panel mantels.
Historical Background:
The Cabe- Pratt - Harris House, or Riverbend Farm, stands
on a tract which dates to the mid - eighteenth century. The farm
began as several hundred acres, but has been partitioned over
the years, and at present contains approximately twenty -seven
acres. No original farm outbuildings survive. The early barns,
and livestock pens were replaced with a c.1950 cinder block
barn and fenced pens for the current owner's hunting dogs.
The land is first associated with the McCabe (shortened
to Cabe at an early date) and Few families who were among the
earliest settlers in the Eno River Valley. The farm stayed
in the Cabe family until the mid- nineteenth century and has
had two owners in the twentieth century. Much of the historical
data about the Cabe family, and other early Eno River Valley
settlers, was compiled by Hugh Conway Browning (1896 - 1983),
a family descendant. His meticulous genealogical research
revealed facts of births, marriages and deaths and the tight
web of kinship among the area's early families, and the tangle
of land transactions that were a part of their fortunes.
The McCabe family originated in Scotland and joined
Protestant families who migrated to Ireland in the seventeenth
century, and thence to America before the Revolutionary War.
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The clan followed the migration pattern from Philadelphia into
the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. In the 1750s and 1760s the
migration pattern extended southwestward into piedmont North 3
Carolina, with some of the family going on west to Tennessee.
Barnaby McCabe (or Barney Cabe, as the name was later
shortened) settled in Orange County, North Carolina in 1758.
He may have been one of William Few's Maryland neighbors who
had come down to look for land the previous year. After buying
half (330 acres) of Few's large tract which lay on the northeast
bank of the Eno, he registered his cattle mark and, with his
wife Betsy Perkins, settled down to farming. A Presbyterian
zealous about providing an education for his six children, he
was probably one of group of neighbors who hired a teacher and
erected a school (no longer in existence) at Few's Ford at the
end of the present -day Cole dill Road. The school 'house was
built on ungranted land adjoining Barney Cabe's land at the
south.
Barnaby Cabe did not depend entirely on farming for his
livelihood. He found wagonage more lucrative. An expense
account record from 1771 indicates that he served as a "waggoner"
for Governor Tryon's Militia, carrying supplies for them as
well as hauling prisoners to New Bern and serving as4a witness
against the Regulators after the Battle of Alamance. Apparently
Cabe became disillusioned with the royal government. In July
1730, Dr. Thomas Burke of Hillsborough (later elected Governor)
wrote to the commander of the King's army in the South, Horatio
Gates, advising that "my neighbor n1r. Cabe carries to your camp
a wagon load of flour which he will deliver only to your order.
He is disgusted with the haughty manners ?f the Commissaries
and therefore will deliver them nothing." Barnaby Cabe was
a supporter of the Royal government of the Province during the
Regulator troubles in Orange and other counties, but he :•cgs
a supporter of the Patriots' cause during the Revolution.
According to local historian Jean Anderson, Barnaby also achieved
another form of immortality: "His naine is that of magical docy
in a South Carolina folktale from John's Island. All through
the tale and through the years has come the refrain, 'Barney
:IaCabe, Doodle- le -doo and Soo -Boy, your Massa calling you.'"
Barnaby Cabe had two sons, both prominent and influential
citizens in their community with extensive land 'holdings and
political clout. His eldest son, John (born c. 1752) was elected
to represent Orange County at the Provincial Congress in 1776.
lie t✓as Orange County's representative in the House of Commons
for four terms, and was for many years a justice of the peace
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at the county court. He also managed a grist mill, 4000 acres
of land and fathered nine daughters. He believed mills were
good investments and encouraged his daughters to marry millers,
which five of them did. William Cabe (born c. 1760 ?), Barnaby's
younger son, lived at his father's homeplace and pursued the
precarious life of a farmer.
Both John and William Cabe had ample land and extra cash
to donate to the fund for establishing a state university and
to invest in a state bank. In February, 1793 William married
Jamima Piper, daughter of John Piper Sr. who owned a large
plantation adjoining the Cabe lands$ William and Jamima had
ten children between 1794 and 1813.
In 1782 Barnaby Cabe obtained title to a lot in the town
of Hillsborough. It is probable that Barnaby retired from the
farm on the Eno River and took up residence in Hillsborough.
Apparently his son, William, continued to reside on the 330 -acre
homeplace tract. William published a broadside in July 1785,
signed by his brother John and twenty -eight of their neighbors,
notifying "certain persons who have from time to time made a
practice of hunting with dogs and guns on the lands of the
subscribers, whereby their cattle and hogs have been driven
off and lost to their respective owners. They will prosecute
all persons whom they sha�l find offending with every rigour
the laws will vindicate."
At some time after 1777 William Cabe became of owner of
the 330 acres purchased by his father from William Few in 1759,
and an adjoining 112 -acre tract purchased by Barnaby in 1760.
In 1786, after the conclusion of the Revolutionary War, William
Cabe purchased an additional sixty -four acre tract that adjoined
his land and lay on the same side of the river.
William Cabe owned and operated a large corn and wheat
plantation; records in the North Carolina Land Grant Office
show that between 1780 and 1799, grants for approximately one
thousand acres of land were issued to him. Several of these
grants adjoined land which 1tad been his father's and others
were in the same vicinity. In 1790 there were only ten
landowners in the St. Mary's District with one thousand acres
(17901tax district records), including brothers John and William
Cabe. An old Eno River valley resident, William Garrard,
remembered a story about William's death. It is said that when
William Cabe was dying, he ordered the slaves to cut a path
through the wheat so t� t they would not trample it as they
went to the graveyard.
The homesteads of William and Barnaby Cabe were located
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on the north side of the Eno approximately one -half mile west
of the point where the present day Pleasant Green Road crosses
the river. A well - traveled road survived into the twentieth
century from the Pleasant Green Community, passing the old Barney
Cabe homestead where it dead ends at the river. The Cabe Familv
cemetery is located approximately 300 yards southwest of the
present day residence. There are twelve graves there, but only
two of them are clean y marked, including one for "W.-Cabe.
Died June 13, 1828."
William Cabe died apparently without leaving a will and
his property was divided among his heirs. An advertisement
in the September 24, 1823 Hillsboro Recorder, a local newspaper,
gave notice that his dwelling house, furniture, livestock,
farming tools, a wagon and gear, wheat and corn crop and "many
other articles too tedious to mention" were to be sold October
22, 1828. Another notice in the paper on December 8, 1828,
again offTied for sale his "late residence and 14 or 15 likely
Negroes.
In February, 1829, commissioners were appointed to make
a division of his land which then totaled 1,389 acres. They
divided that land into nine lots. Lot number three, 160 acres,
was assigned to his daughter Jamima (named after his wife),
who married twice, first to John Burton in February, 1825 who
died early in the marriage, and next to Jehu Brogan in August,
1827. Jamima Cabe's will, dated !larch 5, 1845, states that
she "bequeath(s) to my daughter Mary Burton the plantation which
I purchased from my son -in -law Jehu Brown, adjoining the lands
on which I now live. . .I give to my grandson John Burton the
wagon and gear and all of last year's crop; one of the heifers
and one -third of the stock of hogs. . .to my affectionate
granddaughter Mary A. Burton one bed and clothing, and corner
cupboard with all ttg wares it contains, together with one of
the young heifers."
It appears that William Cabe left the tract number three,
where the Cabe - Pratt- Harria house is located, to his daughter
Jamima, using her husband's name, Jehu Brown. It is unclear
whether the Cabe - Pratt - Harris House was already standing (making
either William Cabe or John Burton the builder), or whether
Jehu and Jamima built the house. Stylistically, the house
appears to date from the late- eighteenth century or the first
quarter of the nineteenth century. It seems more likely that
Jehu 'built the handsome house with his wife's inheritance, and
lived there until they moved to Arkadelphia, Arkansas about
1845 where he operated a successful lumber business which
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continues in existence today. He may have left his North
Carolina business affairs in the hands of John Burton, Jamima's
son from her first marriage. Burton Told the Jehu Brown tract
to J. H. Pratt in a deed dated 1860.
The 1850 population and agricultural censuses for Orange
County record that James H. Pratt (age forty four) and wife,
Malvina (age thirty) were living on the farm which had 300
improved acres, 500 unimproved acres and forty -seven slaves.
The farm had a cash value of $2,000 with $200 worth of farming
implements and machinery. The livestock, valued at $500,
included four horses, seven milch cows and fourteen other cattle,
eighteen sheep, and eighty -five swine. His principal crops
were wheat (240 bushels), Indian corn 1,1035 bushels) and oats
(500 bushels). The sheep produced twenty pounds of wool, and
the cows produced 200 pounds of butter. He also raised peas
and beans (five bushels), Irish potatoes (ten bushels) and hops
(5 pounds). He grew one �jndred pounds of flax and had on hand
five pounds of flax seed.
In 1860 Pratt acquired 130 adjoining acres which had been
Nancy Cabe's inherited portion of her father William Cabe's
land. At age thirty -two Nancy Cabe married George Faucett and
probably had died without children to inherit the land. Her
share of William Cabe 's1�and had descended to her brothers and
sisters or their heirs.
In his 1885 will, Pratt deeded "the Cabe tract of land
containing 140 acres and the Jehu Brown tract containing 150
acres" to the Lucinda Harris family for her lifetime, after
which her children Emma and Jane Harris were to have it.
(Lucinda's husband, Benton Harris, died during the Civil War
and Pratt had promised to provide for the family.) Lucinda
Harris also received "one horse, two cocas andlgalves, ten head
of sheep and ten of hogs, one plow and gear.
members of the Harris family owned the property until 1942,
when Douglas and Frances Hill purchased the house and
approximately 180 acres. A photograph from the early 1940s
shows the house before the Hills appended a new rear addition
about 1942. A photo taken in 1954, after Hurricane Hazel ravaged
piedmont North Carolina, shows a large uprooted tree which had
apparently narrowly missed falling �b the new addition which
had metal- trimmed casement windows. In the 1970s and 1980s
the Hills sold portions of the acreage for the Eno River State
Park.
Dr. and Mrs. Gregory Georgiade purchased the house and
27.3 acres in December, 1983 from the Hills' son, Robert. The
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National Park Service
National Register of Historic Places
Continuation Sheet
Cabe - Pratt - Harris House
Section number a Page 9 Orange Co., NC
Georgiades remodeled the rear addition, carefully preserving
the old portion of the house.
Architectural Context:
An architectural survey of Orange County was conducted
in 1997 and it revealed that, while a large number of
one -story log houses from the nineteenth century still survive,
frame houses from the early part of the century are very rare
and those which display fine late - Georgian style interiors are
rarer still. While log houses flourished, the development of
back- country North Carolina brought substantial houses of
frame and occasionally, even brick construction. Most
surviving frame houses from the early- nineteenth century are
gable- roofed structures, usually with shed - roofed front porches
and exterior -end chimneys. Most of the dwellings are one room
deep and three bays across with hall - parlor plans and a
variety of vernacular decorative features, such as reeded
mantelpieces, a familiar decorative element in Hillsborough.
Carpenters erected these houses using familiar timber -frame
construction. Heavy corner posts, either hewn by hand or sawn
at local water - powered mills, were connected by large horizontal
timbers, the .rain members held in place with sturdy, pegged
mortise - and -tenon joints. Many continued to follow the hall -
parlor plan with an enclosed corner in the :Hain (hall) room.
The Cabe - Pratt - Barris House is rare example of a one - story,
hall - parlor plan late Georgian house. "Fashionable domestic
architecture was also drawn into Hillsborough's orbit including
a small but notable collection of stylish country houses. .
. .these residential designs were influenced by architectural
publications that disseminated the norms of classical
architecture through plans, elevations, and a wide range of
decorative motifs. The creation of a regional network of
artisans and rich clients inevitably produced common elements
of design, such as mantelpieces, stairs, wainscoting, do2rls
and porticoes, that expressed mutual tastes and values."
Architectural historian Catherine Bishir has observed that "for
the gentlemen of the Piedmont, these handsome and well- crafted
houses represg�ted their success and taste in terms shared within
their class."
Three notable examples of late - Georgian frame farmhouses
are located in rural areas on the outskirts of the nearby
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eighteenth- century town of Hillsborough or in rural areas of
adjacent Durham County, which was formed from Orange County
in 1881. The rural examples, all intact and in good condition,
include Moorefields constructed in 1785 (NR 1972), Stagville,
c. 1790 (NR 19731, and Fairntosh built in 1810 (NR 1973). Both
Stagville and Fairntosh are located in present -day Durham County.
The main house on each of these properties is a two -story frame
structure, with fine late- Georgian details. The
Cabe - Pratt - Harris House is smaller than these two -story examples,
but the details are equally fine and well- executed.
The Georgian style continued to be popular in back- co�jtry
North Carolina much longer than in urban areas nationally.
Some substantial middle -class dwellings continued to follow
the hall- parlor plan with an enclosed corner stair in the hall
room as late as the mid- nineteenth century. Late examples
include the 1848 Samuel Couch House near Durham and the 1850s
Smyth House near Chapel Hill. Both houses clearly demonstrate
their owners' economic achievement and social standing. 4
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Section number Page 11 Orange Co., NC
FOOTNOTES
1Jean Bradley Anderson. "The History of Few's Ford." Eno
River Association, 1985. Transcript of a talk given by Anderson
at the first of a annual series of "Talks at the Ford' sponsored
by the Eno River Association.
2Hugh Conway Browning compiled the history of all of the
grist mills once located on the Eno River banks. For each he
traced a chain of title from the earliest land owners in the
Eno River to the latest, including pertinent family and local
history as original documents revealed them. This wealth of
information has not been published to date, but a typescript
is located in the North Carolina Collection of the Wilson Library
at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. The
information has been utilized by the designers of the Eno River
Association's annual calendar since the late 1970s.
3Elsie Cabe Wheatcroft. Genealogy of 1,500 Descendants
of Cabe (`1cCabe) (Franklin, NC: Macon Graphics, 1983), p. 118.
4The Regulators, a citizen group which organized in Orange
County about 1768, were angered by the abuses of power by the
Colonial government. These forerunners of the Revolutionary
War patriots were defeated by Tryon's forces at the Battle
Alamance in May, 1771.
5Hugh Conway Browning. More Orange County Families: The
Descendants of Barnaby Cabe (McCabe). 1967, n. 2. Typescript
located in ?North Carolina Collection, Wilson Library, Chapel
Hill, NC. Also see Browning's "Information Relating to the
Division of the Lands of William Cabe ", an appendix. of the
Cabe Family study, February, 1968.
6Browning, p.2.
7Jean B. Anderson. Eno River calendar, February, 1986.
8Browning, p.8.
9Broadside, published July 25, 1785. In collection of
the North Carolina Collection, Wilson Library, Chapel Hill.
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Section number 8 page 1= Orange Co., DTC
10 Browning, p. 9.
11 Jean Bradley Anderson. Durham County. (Durham, NC: Duke
University Press, 1990), p.45
12 Jean B. Anderson. Eno Calendar, February, 1986.
13 Browning, p. 9.
14 1illsboro Recorder, September 24, October 33 and December
8, 1828.
15 Browning, p. 11.
16 Browning, p. 12.
17 Population and Agricultural Censuses. Orange County,
North Carolina. 1850.
18 Browning, p. 12.
19 Last and Will and Testament of James H. Pratt, probated
October 10, 1885. Copy in possession of Dale Georgiade.
20 Photographs in possession of Dale Georgiade.
21 Richard Mattson. Orange Count Survey g 1 y ..ublication Draft
Manuscript. (Raleigh: NC Division of Archives and History files,
1996.)
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p. 47. Also see Catherine W. 3ishir.
Architects and Builders in North Carolina: A History of the
Practice of Building. (Chapel dill, LTC: University of North
Carolina Press, 1990) Chapter 2, "A Proper Good Nice and
Workmanlike :•fanner: A Century of Traditional 3uilding Practice,
1730 - 1830."
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architectural historians from the North Carolina State Historic
Office. Before the renovations of the 1940s addition began
in 1983, Michael Southern of the State Historic Preservation
Office examined the structure for the then new owners, the
Georgiades. A letter he sent to Dale Georgiade (located in
the files of the Survey and Planning Branch) reads in part:
United States Department of the Interior
National Park Service
National Register of Historic Places
Continuation Sheet
Cabe- Pratt - Harris House
Section number 8 Page 13
Orange Co . , NC
"Its overall form and hall- and - parlor plan (originally with
an enclosed stair) places it in a general type 'built from the
mid -13th to the mid -19th centuries. The cornice treatment and
the nine- over -nine sash . . .would make me place it no later
than the end of the first quarter of the 19th century. . . .the
excellent mantels have a late Georgian character and the doors
are the old six- raised -panel Georgian type, though their form
and their butt hinges (rather then the old HL hinges) make me
think they're very late versions of the type. . . . I'd be
inclined to think the house was standing before the death of
William Cabe in 1829, perhaps even a decade or two before..
. .Fairntosh (NR) is a late example of the Georgian, so it hung
around these parts for a long time. . .It's rare to see an
interior from this period that was never painted, but since
our visit I've been reminded of one or two and I concur with
your decision not to paint the interior woodwork."
` Mattson, p. 49.
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Cabe- Pratt - Barris House
Section number to Page 14 Orange Co., NC
10. Geographical Data
Verbal Boundary Description:
The boundary of the nominated property is delineated by the
square whose vertices are marked by the following UT.M reference
points:
A 17 679335 3992210; B 17 679640 3992140; C 17 679510 3991810;
D 17 679218 3991943
The acreage is described in Orange County Deed Book 444, page
524. It is further identified as Tract #9 as shown on a plat
and survey recorded in Plat Book 38, page 33, Orange County
Registry.
Boundary Justification:
The boundary includes the Cabe - Pratt - Harris Mouse and attendant
oubuildings (dog pens and barn). The 27.3 acres are the
remaining land of the original tract owned by the Cabe family.
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North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources
James B. Hunt Jr., Governor
Betty Ray McCain, Secretary
November 10, 1998
Gregory and Dale Georgiade
3929 Pleasant Green Rd.
Durham, NC 27705
RE: Cabe - Pratt -Hams House, Hillsborough, Orange County
Dear Mr. and Mrs. Georgiade:
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Division of Archives and History
Jeffrey J. Crow, Director
We are pleased to report that the nomination of the above - referenced property to the
National Register of Historic Places has been scheduled for presentation to the North
Carolina National Register Advisory Committee at its meeting on January 14, 1998, in
Raleigh. The Committee will decide whether to authorize me as State Historic
Preservation Officer to sign the nomination and submit it to the U.S. Department of the
Interior, National Park Service, for final review and listing in the National Register.
The National Register is the nation's official list of historic buildings, districts,
archaeological sites, and other resources worthy of preservation. Enclosed is a set of
National Register Fact Sheets which includes a list of the criteria under which properties
are evaluated. More than 2000 North Carolina properties are now listed in the National
Register.
Listing in the National Register does not affect the rights of a private property owner to
dispose of listed property in ...any manner. The results of National Register listing are
enumerated on the enclosed National Register Fact Sheet 1.
Owners of private property nominated to the National Register have an opportunity to
concur in or object to listing in accord with the National Historic Preservation Act and 36
CFR 60. The procedure for objecting to the listing of your property is indicated National
Register Fact Sheet 5. If you choose to object to the listing of your property, the objection
must be submitted to me at 109 East Jones Street. We would appreciate receiving your
comments by January 14, 1998, but 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
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than 45 days after the nomination is received by the Keeper of the National Register
following the National Register Advisory Committee meeting.
A copy of the nomination and information on the National Register and Federal tax
benefits for historic properties are available from the above address upon request.
Sincerely,
Jeffrey J. Crow
State Historic Preservation Officer
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Enclosures
cc: The Honorable Horace H. Johnson, Sr.
The Honorable Margaret Brown
NORTH CAROLINA DIVISION OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY
STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE
NATIONAL REGISTER FACT SHEET I
WHAT IS THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC 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 are 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 or 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 confused 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 local 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 Carolina Historic Preservation Office will negotiate with the responsible federal agency in an effort to
eliminate or minimize the effect on the historic property. ThisIreview procedure applies to properties that are
determined eligible for the National Register in the day -to -day environmental review process as well as those
actually listed in the National Register.
Similarly, North Carolina 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: National Register Fact Sheet I, Page 2 28
Tax Benefits. Under the Tax Reform Act of 1986, a privately -owned building that is listed in the National Register
or is a contributing building in a National Register historic district may be eligible for a 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, 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. 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 numbered National Register Fact Sheets:
2: "National Register Criteria for Evaluation'
3: "How Historic Properties Are Listed in the National Register of Historic Places"
4: "The National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina: Facts and Figures"
See the handout entitled "A Comparison of the National,,tegister 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, 919/733 -4763.
Written inquiries to each of these branches may be sent to the State Historic Preservation Office, N.C. Division of Archives and History,
109 E. Jones Street, Raleigh, North Carolina 27601 -2807.
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.
NORTH CAROLINA DIVISION OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY
STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE
NATIONAL REGISTER FACT SHEET 5
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
Historic 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, ca11919/733 -6545.
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.
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.
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