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Home My WebLink AboutAgenda - 12-12-2017 - 8-b - Designation of the Dr. Arch Jordan House as an Orange County Local Historic Landmark 1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: December 12, 2017 Action Agenda Item No. 8-b SUBJECT: Designation of the Dr. Arch Jordan House as an Orange County Local Historic Landmark DEPARTMENT: Environment, Agriculture, Parks and Recreation (DEAPR) ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Proposed Ordinance Designating the Dr. Arch Jordan House as an Orange County Local Peter Sandbeck, 245-2517 Historic Landmark PURPOSE: To consider and adopt an ordinance to designate the Dr. Arch Jordan House as an Orange County Local Historic Landmark. BACKGROUND: The adoption of the attached ordinance is the final step in the process for designating the Dr. Arch Jordan House as a local historic landmark, as outlined in the County's Historic Preservation Ordinance. The BOCC held a required joint public hearing with the Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) on December 4, 2017 to obtain public input/comment about the proposed designation. At the close of that hearing, the BOCC returned the draft ordinance back to the HPC for final processing. The attached landmark ordinance has been approved by the HPC and the County Attorney and is ready for consideration and adoption by the BOCC. FINANCIAL IMPACT: The designation of the Dr. Arch Jordan House as a Local Historic Landmark will make the owner of the property eligible to apply for a 50% (fifty percent) property tax deferral as provided by state law and local ordinance, as an incentive to maintain the property in its historic condition for the public benefit. Calculations provided by Tax Administration show a property tax reduction from the present amount of$3,174.89 to $1,388.83 after the historic designation, based on the proposed landmark parcel size of 8 acres. The entire parcel is 47.17 acres. SOCIAL JUSTICE IMPACT: There are no Orange County Social Justice Goals applicable to this item. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board adopt and authorize the Chair to sign the attached ordinance to designate the Dr. Arch Jordan House as an Orange County Local Historic Landmark, and thank the owner, Ms. Elizabeth Davidson, for her ongoing efforts to preserve this important historic property. 2 ORD-2017-029 AN ORDINANCE OF THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS DESIGNATING THE PROPERTY KNOWN AS THE DR. ARCH JORDAN HOUSE IN ORANGE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA AS A LOCAL HISTORIC LANDMARK Whereas, all of the prerequisites to the adoption of this ordinance prescribed in Part 3C, Article 19, Chapter 160A (Historic Districts and Landmarks) of the General Statutes of North Carolina and an Ordinance Creating the Historic Preservation Commission of Orange County (the "Historic Preservation Ordinance")have been met; and Whereas, the Orange County Board of Commissioners has taken into full consideration all statements and information in the application and the designation report prepared by the Orange County Historic Preservation Commission and presented to the Board of County Commissioners on the 4 ' day of December, 2017, on the question of designating the property known as the Dr. Arch Jordan House as a historic landmark; and Whereas, the property known as the Dr. Arch Jordan House, located in the Caldwell community in Little River Township in the County of Orange and more particularly described in Exhibit A attached hereto, is significant as one of the County's best preserved late 19th century Italianate Style farmhouses; and Whereas, the original house constructed c. 1875 retains a high degree of architectural integrity, with most of its original historic exterior and interior features still preserved, along with a significant historic smokehouse and barn, all in an intact rural setting; and Whereas, the Dr. Arch Jordan House was built for Dr. Archibald Currie Jordan, a leading medical doctor for the northeastern portion of the county and a founder, trustee and teacher at the nearby Caldwell Institute. The house subsequently served as the Manse for the area's important Presbyterian congregations from 1905 to 1929. Whereas, the Orange County Historic Preservation Commission has recognized the historic, architectural and cultural significance of the property known as the Dr. Arch Jordan House and has recommended that the property be designated a"historic landmark" as outlined in Article 3 of the Orange County Historic Preservation Ordinance; and 3 Whereas, the State Historic Preservation Office, an agency of the Office of Archives and History of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, has reviewed and commented on the findings of the Orange County Historic Preservation Commission, and has approved the Dr. Arch Jordan House for designation as a local historic landmark; Now, therefore, be it ordained by the Board of County Commissioners of Orange County, North Carolina that: Section 1. The property known as the Dr. Arch Jordan House, located in Little River Township, Orange County, North Carolina jurisdictional area, consisting of approximately 8 acres more particularly described in Exhibit B, is hereby designated a historic landmark pursuant to Part 3C, Article 19, Chapter 160A of the General Statutes of North Carolina and the Orange County Historic Preservation Ordinance. Section 2. The owner(s) and occupant(s) of the property known as the Dr. Arch Jordan House be given notice of this ordinance as required by applicable law, and that copies of this ordinance be filed and indexed in the office of the County Clerk, Orange County Register of Deeds, Orange County Tax Supervisor and Orange County Department of Environment, Agriculture, Parks and Recreation, as required by the applicable law. Section 3. In accordance with Part 3C, Article 19, Chapter 160A of the General Statutes of North Carolina and the Orange County Historic Preservation Ordinance, the exterior and site features of all historic landmarks are always under the purview of the Historic Preservation Commission's Certificate of Appropriateness provisions. In the case of Dr. Arch Jordan House, the site features include: the historic smokehouse built ca. 1875 and the barn, built ca. 1900. The HPC shall determine Certificates of Appropriateness for the Dr. Arch Jordan House based on the HPC's approved design standards, with reference to the designation ordinance, the application materials and the designation report. Section 4. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict with this ordinance. Section 5. Any part of this ordinance determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be in violation of any law or constitutional provision shall be deemed severable and shall not affect the validity of the remainder. Section 6. This ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its adoption. 4 NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Orange County Board of Commissioners does hereby officially designate the Dr. Arch Jordan House as an Orange County Local Historic Landmark. This the 12th day of December, 2017. Mark Dorosin, Chair Orange County Board of Commissioners Attest Donna Baker, Clerk to the Board 5 EXHIBIT A The Dr. Arch Jordan House, located at 7015 NC 57, Little River Township, is referenced in Orange County Land Records as Parcel Identification Number(PIN) 9898445102, containing 47.17 acres more or less. Only that portion of this parcel containing the historic house, smokehouse and historic barn is being designated, consisting of approximately 8 acres as shown in Exhibit B. The property is owned by Elizabeth Davidson, 7015 NC 57, Rougemont, NC 27572. 6 EXHIBIT B . Pecritt: :'-' 1111)6111.4 -* r" .. Li* I ''tit M�/`" ". '1:�k� M � _ -„I R n ' l�'�r t ii •.. " ..:1„;r a ' � 4' r +, r e . . 434 i ,}. • ,. , ‘ *4, ..„. ii, . i. ',-;-44,. S, 4 � 't��n Eti Portion of property being ,� , A V*.. �, ' p-` ` 7 proposed for landmark �- �,� ., 1`$ ;>. designation '' 7t4Y" 1_I` ; . l'. , ...y,/id.i. t 10. -04141 . ' . .„.:-... A -III, Dr. Arch Jordan House Landmark Boundary ,. '''= "',. - Proposed boundary for historic landmark status ' �s 'i t is shown inside yellow lines,totaling M,� � r" '`-', t `; acres.This is a portion of the larger parcel of L{� " a_ 47.17 acres,shown outlined in red. 1 'j "."/ ,m. ,; ,'r c? I. 1 ��.. - , v h. �w '.7