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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda 05-16-2023; 5-a - Joint Public Hearing with the Historic Preservation Commission Regarding the Proposed Designation of Three Properties as Orange County Local Landmarks 1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: May 16, 2023 Action Agenda Item No. 5-a SUBJECT: Joint Public Hearing with the Historic Preservation Commission Regarding the Proposed Designation of Three Properties as Orange County Local Landmarks DEPARTMENT: Environment, Agriculture, Parks and Recreation (DEAPR) ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: 1) Local Landmark Application and Peter Sandbeck, 245-2517 Report for Harvey's Chapel AME Church 2) Local Landmark Application and Report for Eno Quaker Burying Ground 3) Local Landmark Application and Report for the David Faucette House 4) November 2, 2022 Historic Preservation Commission Meeting Minutes 5) Letters from State Historic Preservation Office PURPOSE: To conduct a joint public hearing with the Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) to receive public comment on the applications to designate the Harvey's Chapel AME Church, Eno Quaker Burying Ground, and David Faucette House as Orange County Local Landmarks. This is a routine joint public hearing required by state enabling legislation and the County's Historic Preservation Ordinance. BACKGROUND: In 1991, the BOCC adopted the "Ordinance Creating the Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) of Orange County," also referred to as the "Historic Preservation Ordinance." In 1997, the BOCC adopted the Local Landmark Program, a voluntary program allowing the HPC to designate properties of local historic and/or architectural significance, as authorized by NC General Statute 160D-9-40 - 160D-9-51. One of the HPC's duties is to recommend properties to the BOCC for local landmark designation. Properties must meet a high standard of historic and/or architectural significance to be designated as a landmark. The higher standard is appropriate since landmark property owners are eligible for a 50 percent property tax deferral as provided by state law, as long as the property retains its historic character. The intent of this tax treatment is to provide a modest benefit for owners who face high costs to maintain, paint and repair their historic buildings, usually by employing local tradespeople. The historic landmark designation process involves several steps culminating with the adoption of an ordinance by the BOCC for each individual landmark. The HPC adopted a motion at its 2 November 2, 2022 meeting stating that the three proposed properties possess special historical and/or architectural significance and are worthy of landmark designation. The November 2, 2022 HPC meeting minutes are provided at Attachment 4. The application materials for each eligible property (Attachments 1-3) were then submitted to the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) for review and comment as required by state law. The SHPO provided positive reviews (Attachment 5). The next step is for the HPC to hold a joint public hearing with the BOCC, as required by the County's Historic Preservation Ordinance. (It should be noted that a fourth property, the Davis Cotton Gin and Barn, also received HPC approval at the HPC's November 2, 2023 meeting and was forwarded to the State Historic Preservation Office. However, the SHPO is still reviewing that property, so it is not eligible for further consideration at the County level at this time.) Following this joint public hearing, the BOCC and the HPC will take into consideration public comments, if any. It is projected that the HPC will then present final draft landmark ordinances to the Board of Commissioners for consideration and adoption, likely at the June 6, 2023 Business meeting. FINANCIAL IMPACT: Should these properties move forward and the Board adopt the ordinances at a future meeting designating these properties as Local Landmarks, the owners of the properties will be eligible to apply for a 50-percent property tax deferral as per state law and the County's Historic Preservation Ordinance. Of these three properties, only one, the David Faucette House, is privately owned, and the owners of this house presently pay property taxes. A preliminary calculation by DEAPR staff shows a proposed reduction from the present property tax bill of $3,699.67 for the David Faucette House, to approximately $1,835, representing a reduction in property tax revenue by$1,835. The final calculation will be generated by Tax Administration staff. SOCIAL JUSTICE IMPACT: There is no Orange County Social Justice Goal impact associated with this item. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT: There is no Orange County Environmental Responsibility Goal impact associated with this item. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board hold a joint public hearing with the Historic Preservation Commission to receive public comment on the proposed designation of these three properties as candidates for designation as Orange County Local Landmarks. It is projected that the HPC will then present final draft landmark ordinances to the Board of Commissioners for consideration and adoption, likely at the June 6, 2023 Business meeting. Attachment 1 Local Landmark • i • • Harvey's Chapel AME Church and Historic Cemetery •^tri .••� •�,� #� t' _ 'E. v. � `y �•FP�, .Fr 'r � Y'T l�yv � .��x �a�'i HARVEYS CHAPEL AME CHURCH PASTOR nay - •- �� .R �' .�S +ir '�.•,��., ` , r�. ��' * � _ 4 ORANGE COUNTY LOCAL LANDMARK APPLICATION PART I DATE OF APPLICATION September 22, 2022 Please type, if possible, or print. All submitted materials become the iproperty of the Orange Count Historic Preservation Commission and cannot be returned. 1. HISTORIC NAME OF PROPERTY (if historic name is not known, use current name or address) Harvey's Chapel (present site and original site with historic cemetery) 2, LOCATION (physical location, not mailing address) A. Street or Highway Present Church: Two locations: 2507 Dimmock's Mill Rd, Efland, NC 27243 PIN 9853837051 Original Site/cemetery: No street address: PIN 9853593781 B. Township Cheeks C. Crossroads CommunityNicinity Hillsborough 3. LEGAL OWNER OF PROPERTY (please indicate Mr., Mrs., Ms., Dr., or other appropriate title) DAY-TIME cell: 919-260-6144 NAME Harvey's Chapel AME Church TELEPHONE home: 919-732-1283 FIRM and/or ADDRESS 622 McAdams Road Hillsborough NC 27278 CITY/STATE ZIP CODE E-MAIL ADDRESS hr622(c_embargmail,com> BRIEF STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE On a separate piece of paper, please provide a brief statement or summary outlining the historical, architectural, cultural and/or landscape elements that make the site significant. (This statement should be expanded for question#5 of Part 2 of the application.) See Attached Landmark Designation Report *Please submit current photographs of the property including all elevations of the main house and any other important buildings. Please also include general photographs of the property and include any important landscape features. (If you wish to use digital photography, please submit hard copy printouts.) **Please also submit a sketch plan of the property showing the footprint of all key buildings and the location of all driveways or farm roads. I 5 ORANGE COUNTY LOCAL LANDMARK APPLICATION PART 2 DATE OF APPLICATION Sept. 22, 2.022 4. GENERAL DATA A. Date(s) of Historic Resource(s): 1942: Present chapel structure Originai construction c. 1892 original chapel built(only foundation piers and cemetery remain) Subsequent additions, if applicable one-story addition built c. 1985 at west wend of original chapel B, Outbuildings: Yes No X , If yes, number; C, Have any buildings on the property been moved? Yes No If yes, please give the date, reason, and details of the move. Use an additional sheet if necessary. D, Approximate Acreage; present chapel site: 2.19 acres;original site and cemetery: 1.,06 acres E. Architect and/or Builder/Mason (if known), Unknown F. Original Use: _ church and cemetery G. Present Use: church and cemetery 5. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE See attached Landmark Designation Report 6. ARCHITECTURAL OR PHYSICAL. DESCRIPTION See attached Landmark Designation Report. 7. HISTORICAL OVERVIEW See attached Landmark Designation Report. 8. PHOTOGRAPHS See photographs of the exterior and interior of existing church and former site and cemetery that accompany this application. 9. SITE PLAN/ SURVEY/ MAPS See GIS aerial photo maps 1-3, along with surveys 1 and 2, attached. 10, REASON FOR REQUEST Please offer a brief explanation of how you heard about the Local Landmark Program and why you would like to participate in it. Church members heard about the landmark program and believe it is a wayto help ensure the preservation of their church and its original site/cemetery for the future, in light of declining church membership, This is being submitted on behalf of the owners at their request as the first step in a planned project to donate the original church site and cemetery to Orange County so that it can be added to the county's existing Seven Mile Creek Nature Preserve, which adjoins the site of the original church/cemetery. 11. If formally designated by the County Commissioners, will the property owner seek the tax deferral? Yes---No X Not sure This information is for budgeting purposes only, it will not impact the HPC's decision toward your application.) 2 6 ORANGE COUNTY LOCAL LANDMARK APPLICATION 12. APPLICANT/ CONTACT PERSON ! PREPARER Name Telephone Peter Sandbeck Orange County Cultural Resources Coordinator 919 245-2517 Address PO Box 8181 City/State Hillsborough Zip Code 27278 Signature c�/t�~ —� Date Nov. 22, 2022 E-mail; psandbeck@orangecountync.gov 13. This application is submitted (check one of the following]: XX at the request of the owner. with the owner's knowledge but not at his or her request. without the owner's knowledge. Return to: Cultural Resources Coordinator Orange County Department of Environment, Agriculture, Parks and Recreation P.O. Box 8181 Hi[Isborough, NC 27278 (919) 245-2517 3 7 Harvey's Chapel AME Church (OR0867) and Historic Church/Cemetery Site Landmark Designation Report Prepared by Rachel Cotterman; edited by Peter Sandbeck February 26, 2019; edited Dec. 2022 2507 Dimmock's Mill Rd. Hillsborough,NC 27278 Cheeks Township, Efland vicinity STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: A small "family church" established by a group of African-American families who gathered as a brush arbor worship community after the Civil War, the c. 1940s Harvey's Chapel AME Church is significant for the history of its congregation as well as for its importance as the most intact surviving example of a small frame carpenter-Gothic-style Black church in Orange County. In addition to the extant 1940s church and its small cemetery,the nearby original 1890s site of the first Harvey's Chapel and its associated cemetery have been preserved. This older site possesses considerable significance as an undisturbed archaeological site that exemplifies the burial practices and cultural landscape traditions of sites of sacred importance to African Americans in Orange County during the post-Civil-War era. The congregation was compelled to abandon the original site after the only road leading there fell into a state of disrepair in the late 1920s due to a lack of county maintenance. The story of Harvey's Chapel illustrates the negative impact of discriminatory road maintenance policies on rural African-American communities during the Jim Crow era, as well as the resilience and adaptation of these communities. This landmark designation includes the current 1940s church and cemetery (OR0867), visible from a public road, as well as the original site of the church and cemetery, acquired in 1892 and located in what is now a heavily wooded setting adjacent to a county-owned nature preserve. While the original c.1901 frame church was dismantled in the l 940s, its exact location and size are still clearly marked at its original site by the remarkable survival of its fieldstone foundation piers and white rock path markers. ARCHITECHTURAUSITE DESCRIPTION: Note: This landmark designation report includes both the current Harvey's Chapel AME Church building and cemetery (OR0867) on SRI 134 (2507 Dimmock's Mill Road) and the historic site of the original church and cemetery, located approximately .4 miles 1 8 northwest of SRI 135 (Moorefields Road) where that road makes a 90 degree turn to the south. Both sites are located in Cheeks Township, approximately 2 miles southwest of Hillsborough,NC. (See Map 1) Current Church -Architectural Description (Photos 1-14): The current church sanctuary is a small vernacular frame Gothic Revival style chapel built in the early 1940s by members of the congregation. It is located on the west side of Dimmock's Mill Road, a public paved road, in a rural community surrounded by forest, fields, and dispersed residences. The chapel is a one-story rectangular building of light frame construction with lancet-arched stained glass windows. The chapel has a front gable roof and plain weatherboard exterior, now covered with vinyl. The interior of the chapel follows a simple aisled nave plan. The building has been maintained in good condition. The front elevation features a central double door topped by a lancet-arched transom and flanked by a pair of windows with similar lancet-arched tops. Centered at the front of the roof ridge is a diminutive bell tower with small louvered openings on each face, covered by a pyramidal roof. The side elevations feature pairs of lancet-arched windows like those on the facade. Modern vinyl siding was applied over the original plain weatherboards of the church and tower in 2006. Vinyl also covers the original exposed rafter ends to form a simple boxed eave treatment. All of the original wood window and door frames remain exposed and in place. The roof is covered with modern asphalt shingles. Extending westward from the rear of the main chapel a is a one-story gable- roofed addition, wider than the church itself, constructed in the 1980s to provide an expanded area for the altar and choir for the main chapel, along with space for church meeting rooms and a kitchen. The present stained glass windows are memorials installed in 2006. A documentary photo from 1977 (photo 7) shows the chapel with its original clear glass windows having a two-over-two configuration,along with a matching clear glass transom above the front doors. The same photo reveals other original details including exposed rafter ends at the eaves, paired front doors having five horizontal panels, and a brick exterior chimney centered on the south elevation to serve the wood stove inside. This view also shows the tower having larger louvered openings on each face; these are presumably still in place beneath the modern vinyl and smaller modern louvers. 2 9 The interior of the original chapel is simply Finished, looking much as it did when originally constructed, with vertical beaded board wainscoting around the entire room and drywall above. The ceiling is also finished with plain drywall having wood molding strips applied over the joints between large panels. Portions of the ceiling slope for short span above each side, where it is applied to the undersides of the rafters of the main roof. All doors and windows have plain board trim. The existing oak pews date from the late 20'h century. The stained glass panels are all the work of the same maker and follow a unified design, with rectangular opaque panes surrounded by three bands of colored glass and topped by lancet arched panels containing red crosses. The upper portion of each window features a circular panel depicting a biblical scene, with a memorial panel across the bottom. The paired wood front doors are presently of a six-panel configuration; these replaced the original five-panel paired doors shown in the 1977 exterior photo of the church (]photo 7). At the west encs of the church, the interior was expanded with the addition in the 1980s of a small chancel extending from the west end of the original sanctuary, providing more space for a piano and several choir pews. The addition, which extends to the west of the original structure, also houses a small meeting room with an accessible entrance at the south side of the chancel, with a larger kitchen/dining room located along the north side. Both connect to the original chapel through doors flanking the chancel. The existing altar platform with its simple railing dates from the 1940s. Site of Current Chapel (Map 2; Photos 1 and 6, Survey 2), The two-acre church site, located on the west side of Dimmock's Mill Road, is open and grassy along the road frontage with a stand of mixed hardwoods extending along the rear or west half of the lot. The chapel is sited near the road, approximately mid-way between the north and south property lines. There is a modern asphalt paved parking lot located south of the chapel, providing spaces for approximately twenty cars. The modern cemetery is centered in the cleared grassy area to the north of the chapel. There are 20-25 graves marked by a combination of modern granite gravestones and funeral parlor markers, dating from 1956 through 2014. These site features are shown in more detail in Survey 2, which depicts the 1996 property survey plat.' Orange County Plat Book 76,page 71, 1996. 3 10 Site of First Church and Cemetery (Photos 15-23, Map 3, Survey 1): The historic site of the first Harvey's Chapel is located on a broad high ridge in a forested area, approximately 0.5 miles west of the western boundary of the Moorefields property (OR0010), surrounded by creeks on three sides: Seven Mile Creek to the north, Crabtree Creek to the east, and Watson's Creek to the west. Visible remains of the small frame chapel built c. 1901 are provided by the remarkable survival of a distinct rectangular pattern of stone foundation piers for a structure measuring approximately 16' wide by 20' deep (photos 20-22).2 The foundation stones also show the outline of a small rectangular entrance porch or vestibule at the west or front end, facing the old road that ran north- south along the ridge. A portion of an old cast-iron wood stove that once heated the old church lies in the woods nearby. Small white quartz rocks of a type commonly found throughout this section of the county are arranged in parallel lines to outline two distinct paths leading from the road—one to the church and the other to the old cemetery, located just to the north of the old church. These site features are shown in more detail in a 2019 survey plat(Survey 1).' The prominent geographic location of the site suggests that it may have been a ritual gathering place for indigenous peoples as well as members of nearby enslaved black communities before the founding of the church.'The clear waters of nearby Crabtree Creek provided a convenient location for regular baptism ceremonies.5 Graves in the cemetery are primarily unmarked; the date of the earliest burial is unknown. The cemetery contains at least 40 burials that are identifiable by plain fieldstones placed at the head and sometimes also at the foot. At least three burials are marked by traditional small metal funeral home markers for local funeral homes: one of these is for"Forrest and Forrest, Efland" and another reads "Walker's Funeral Home" (photo 19)which was an established business in Hillsborough in the early decades of the 201h century. There are numerous additional unmarked depressions of the correct size for a simple burial, aligned in regular rows, indicating that there are as many as 100 burials or more. This large number suggests that this may have been an existing burial ground prior to the congregation's purchase of the land in 1892---or that other nearby families may have buried relatives in the cemetery in addition to those directly associated with.the small 2 The congregation first built a temporary log structure, which they replaced in 1901 with a more permanent frame chapel. Interview with Harold Russell, descendent of founding trustee John Wesley Thompson, by Rachel Cotterman, 10/21/2016. 3 Orange County Plat Book 120, page 172. 4 Interview with Dr. Arwin Smallwood,professor of History and Political Science at NC A&T, 12/21/2016 by Rachel Cottcrman. 5 Interview with.Harold Russell, 10/21/2016 4 11 congregation. The most recent known grave (photo 17), dated 1935, is marked by a US Army issued marble gravestone, for Private Eddie Haithcock of Hillsborough, who was drafted to serve in France in WW I as a cook in the 534 Engineering Service Battalion, 1918-19.1 . ARCHAEOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION The original site of Harvey's Chapel AME Church includes the visible foundation piers of the earlier frame church structure (Photos 20-22), and also was the site of the original log meeting house. It also contains numerous graves (100 or more marked and unmarked) associated with the first cemetery site. In addition, the site is located in an area where local native tribes were likely to have hunted and assembled, given its position on a high bluff overlooking Crabtree Creek near its confluence with Seven Mile Creek. HISTORICAL OVERVIEW: Harvey's Chapel AME Church was founded in the late 19"century by a group of African-American families who gathered to worship together in the woods as a"brush arbor" community outside of Hillsborough,NC. This founding coincided with the strong growth of the presence of the AME church in Orange County in the post-Civil War era- ---a time when at least six other AME churches were established here. In 1892,these families joined together to purchase land from a local white landowner and county commissioner, E.C. Thompson (1839-1925), where they wished to build a chapel.& The trustees named in the 1892 deed include Abraham Harvey, Zilman Carr, Harper Allison, Albert Riley, John Wesley Thompson, and Richard Poteat. 9 John Wesley Thompson, from whom many of the current church members are descended,was enslaved at the Poplar Hill plantation near Hillsborough where he met his wife Mariah. According to an interview with his great-grandson Harold Russell, Thompson taught himself to read with 6 Service Card for Eddie Haithcock, available online at https://www.blacksoldiersmattered.com/soldier?id=WW-1-Card World-War-I-Service- Card-2-i I I052.tif. Last viewed 11/22/22. 7 The presence of six AME Churches as of 1915 was documented by the Rev. Walter Patten in his UNC Master's Thesis, "Negro Churches and Sunday Schools in Orange County,North Carolina—A Field Study," May 15, 1916. This included a map that shows the location of the original church site, prior to the move to the present site. s.Russell, Harold. "Harvey's Chapel AME Church: About Us." Online, available htti)://www.harveys-chapel-ame.org/'About.htm accessed 1/31/2019 9 Orange County Deed Book 53,Page 242. 5 12 the help of his slave master's son and kept up correspondence with an acquaintance in Liberia.10 After purchasing the land, the congregation built a log chapel and began hosting services inside. The church's first pastor was Reverend Sandy Aikens. Services were held once a month, as circuit ministers rotated between local AME churches. In 1901, the congregation constructed a new frame chapel building." In 1912, they purchased an additional acre of land adjacent to the church site from E.C. Thompson.12 It is likely that this purchase was made to formalize their ownership of the existing cemetery where burials had already been taking place, given the date of this deed. The original church was located on a small spur road off a public road, as illustrated on a c. 1910 Orange County postal map as part of Rural Delivery Route Number 4 and is more clearly shown on the 1918 Soil Map of Orange County (Photo 23).13 Census data and ruins of chimneys and cellars nearby indicate that the area was home to several small farms and homesteads in addition to the church in the early 20th century14. Several members of the congregation owned land nearby during early years of the church, while many walked or travelled by wagon from several miles away in Hillsborough or Efland. In the late 1920s, after Orange County transitioned to a new system of road maintenance, the road on which the church was located gradually fell into a state of disrepair. Up until the 1910s, roads in the county were maintained by teams of local landowners organized by publicly appointed supervisors. In 1912, Orange County joined the fervor of the "Good.Roads Movement" sweeping the rural south, passing an act to raise funds for a new system of road maintenance that employed professional engineers and convict labor. The next two decades brought massive change to the entire state's road system. The State Highway Commission was formed in 1915, and in 1931 its authority was expanded to include all rural roads. While this infrastructural reform movement brought higher quality to Interview with Harold Russell, 10/21/2016. 11 Interview with Harold Russell, 10/21/2016. 12 Orange County Deed Book 65, Page 448. 13 United States Post Office Department. "Rural Delivery Routes, Orange County N.C." Online at: https://dc.Iib.unc.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/nemaps/id/6666/rec/21, accessed 1/31/2019. The road and church are most distinctly shown on the 1918 Soil Map of Orange County: Soil Map, North Carolina, Orange County sheet," 1918. State Archives call number MC.073.1918v. Online at: https://web.lib.unc.edu/nc- maps/interactive/MC_073_1918v.php 14 1910 US Census, Orange County,North Carolina, Cheeks Township, Pages 9A-913. 6 13 roads to some areas, roads in some rural communities—particularly those with African- American and less affluent white populations—were not surveyed or included in the new system. Many people in rural areas had already begun to relocate to urban areas to seek employment in the emerging textile and tobacco manufacturing industries, and without consistent public maintenance of their roads,the communities in these areas declined.15 The road that provided access to Harvey's Chapel became so degraded that it was difficult for the congregation to reach the church, forcing members to make the hard decision to relocate. For several years,they held services in the nearby Harvey's Chapel School on Moorefields Road. Harvey's Chapel School was one of many one-room segregated schoolhouses built for African-American students in the early twentieth century. The school enrolled 14 students in the 1934-35 school year 16 and was closed in 1939.17 After it closed, the schoolhouse briefly became home to the Breeze family, who later obtained an FHA loan to build a house on the property.]$ This history demonstrates how African-American communities employed creative strategies of survival during the Jim Crow era, as well as the close relationships between black schools, churches, and families during this time period. The congregation continued to visit the original site for significant events like baptisms, burials, and homecomings throughout the 1930s. In 1943, they purchased two acres of land from two of their trustees, George and Robina Walker. Robina(1877-1967)was the daughter of founding trustee John Wesley Thompson and a midwife in the local community, and with husband George (1877-1968) farmed on over 100 acres of land adjacent to the new location,which they purchased from A.J. Ruffin in 1907.19 The church bell and several of the foundation sills from the original chapel were moved to the new site, where the congregation built the current Gothic Revival frame chapel.20 15 Cotterman,Rachel. "Setting Inequality in Stone: Race and `Good Roads."' Online, available http://backways.web.une.edu/2016/10/10/settinjZ-inequality-in-stone/,published 10/10/16 16 NC Department of Public Instruction. "1936 Study of Orange County Schools."North Carolina State Archives. 17 Moore, Rosetta Austin. "Slavery and the Impact of Education on Blacks in Orange County,North Carolina." Self-published, 2015. " Interview with Willie Breeze, 11/1512016. 19 Orange County Deed Book 63, Page 429. 24 Interview with Clinton Thompson, descendent of founding trustee John Wesley Thompson, 1119/2017, by Rachel Cotterman. 7 14 An article published in the Durham Morning Herald 21 in 1977 (Photos 7-8) captures the spirit of the church, a simple structure kept clean and warm by a small, close-knit congregation. In the reporter's interview with Josephine Russell (1913-1996), the granddaughter of founder John Wesley Thompson, Russell testifies to the congregation's commitment to maintaining the chapel despite the small membership. "We're gonna try to keep it open as long as we can," she says, "It's a family church. We have a good time. I feel just as good walking into Harvey's Chapel as l would walking into a big church with carpet on the floor." Russell explains that only two members of the congregation are unrelated, and describes how the "old faithful" members of the church show up week after week to sing and pray together, some arriving early on Sunday morning to start a fire in the woodstove. In the 1980s, church services were increased to twice a month, and the congregation undertook renovations on the chapel, with members providing most the labor. The congregation continues hosting services in the chapel to this day. In this "family church," most of the members are descendants of the original founders. Despite the obstacles they have faced,Harvey's Chapel remains an active and cherished worship community. Highlighting the experiences of a rural African-American community in the early 20th century, this historic site is a significant element of Orange County's cultural heritage. 21 Freeland, Sherry S. "Spirit Large in Doll-House Size Church." Durham Morning Herald. 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The rectangular structure had a small entrance vestibule or possibly the base of a small bell tower projecting from the front or west elev. r • do a In m m i • • . . • , . - Map 2: Harvey's Chapel Present-Day Site 20 f J 9 r I Pi Y � ' _ 5 • eAt � ;iF'.thJG�47R i�T This map contains parcels prepared fort he inventory of real property within Orange County,and is compiled from recorded deed,plats,and other public records and data. Users of this map are hereby notified that the aforementioned December 20, 20 public primary information sources should be consulted for verification of the information contained on this map. The county and its mapping companies assume no legal responsibility for the information on this map. PIN: 9853837051 SIZE: 2.19A BUILDING COUNT 2 OWNER 1: HARVEYS CHAPEL DEED REF: 0001000 LAND VALUE: OWNER 2: HARVEYS CHURCH RATECODE: 03 BLDG—VALUE: ADDRESS 1: 622 MCADAMS RD DATE SOLD: 12/31/1969 USE VALUE: ADDRESS 2: BLDG SQFT: 1220 TOTAL VALUE.- CITY: ALUE:CITY: HILLSBOROUGH YEAR BUILT: 1985 1:3,600 STATE, ZIP: NC 27278 0 0.03 0.06 0.12 mi LEGAL DESC: W/S SR 1134 P76/71 Map I Harvey's Chapel Original Site 21 Qf 1 it This map contains parcels prepared forthe Inventory of real property within Orange County,and is compiled from recorded deed,piats,and other public records and data. Use rsofthis map are hereby notifed that the aforementioned December 20, 20 public primary information sources should be consulted for verification of the information contained on this map. The county and its mapping companies assume no legal responsibility for the information on this map. PIN: 9853593781 SIZE: 1.06A BUILDING COUNT: OWNER 1: HARVEYS CHAPELAME CHURCH DEED REF: 661448 LAND VALUE: $1 OWNER 2: RATECODE: 03 BLDG—VALUE'. $0 ADDRESS 1: 622 MCADAMS RD DATE SOLD: 3/2612001 USE VALUE: $0 ADDRESS 2: BLDG SQFT. TOTAL VALUE: $1 CITY: HILLSBOROUGH YEAR BUILT: 1:4,800 STATE, ZIP: NC 27278 0 0.04 0.08 0.16 mi LEGAL DESC: NWIO MOOREFIELD RD SIO 185-40 P120/172 , . .�—�I �y� I 22 Attachment 2 Local Landmark Application for Eno Quaker Burying Ground T. _ '+• �� �°Lr ~` '� 'ud�. .. T• i^ 4� �' iy��S �M j. - �'.-fir., ,,w g; s r F MEE TINS r44 M '�giro•-.� - _ � ''��-� )A i(ER 4 16154 Oro qui, _ � � ,�� Z 0e G , ' joy .{� 23 ORANGE COUNTY LOCAL LANDMARK APPLICATION PART 1 DATE OF APPLICATION: May 22, 2020 1. HISTORIC NAME OF PROPERTY Eno Quaker Burying Ground 2. LOCATION A. Street or Road: West side NC 57, adjacent (north of) 1700 NC 57, PIN: 9876100265 B. Township: Hillsborough C. Crossroads Community/Vicinity: North of junction with Stroud's Creek Road, Hillsborough vicinity 3. LEGAL OWNER OF PROPERTY NAME: Owner Unknown DAY-TIME TELEPHONE: NIA FIRM and/or ADDRESS: N/A CITY/STATE: NIA LIP CODE: NIA E-MAIL ADDRESS: NIA BRIEF STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE See Part 2, 45. PART 2 DATE OF APPLICATION: May 22, 2020 4. GENERAL DATA A. Dates) of Building(s): NIA Original construction: late 18"' century (rock wall and gravestones) Subsequent additions, if applicable: gravestones mostly from the early I9"' century, but added until 1910. B. Outbuildings: N/A C. Have any buildings on the property been moved? N/A D. Approximate Acreage: 0.87 acres E. Architect and/or Builder/Mason: N/A I 24 ORANGE COUNTY LOCAL LANDMARK APPLICATION F. Original Use: Cemetery G. Present Use: Inactive cemetery 5. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE See attached. 6. ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION See attached. 7. HISTORICAL OVERVIEW See attached. 8. PHOTOGRAPHS See attached photo list and digital photographs on disk. 9. SITE PLAN/SURVEY MAPS See attached. 10. REASON FOR REQUEST Local Landmark designation is being sought not only to recognize this highly significant property related to Quaker settlement in Orange County during the eighteenth century but also to encourage the cemetery's preservation for the future. 11. If formally designated by the County Commissioners, will the property owner seek the tax deferral: No. 12. APPLICANT/CONTACT PERSON/PREPARER INFORMATION Preparer: Name: Laura A. W. Phillips,Architectural Historian Telephone: 336/727-1968 Address: 59 Park Blvd, City/State: Winston-Salem,NC Zip Code: 27127 Email: lawpgbel lsouth.net Applicant: Name: Peter Sandbeck, Orange Co. Dept. of Environment, Agriculture, Parks and Rec. Address: PO Box 8181 Telephone: 919/245-2517 City/State: Hillsborough,NC Zip Code: 27278 Signature: Date: Email: psandbeckAorangecountync.gou 13. This application is submitted at the request of the Orange County Department of Environment, Agriculture, Parks, and Recreation. 2 25 ORANGE COUNTY LOCAL LANDMARK APPLICATION STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE The Eno Quaker Burying Ground is highly significant at the local level as one of the very few rural cemeteries in Orange County dating from the eighteenth century and as a tangible reminder of the Quakers who came primarily from Pennsylvania to settle in the area west and north of where Hillsborough developed as the county seat. These Quakers established the Eno Friends Meeting in 1754, first congregating in the homes of members. In 1759, William Comb leased the Quakers a tract of land north of Hillsborough for their meeting house, school, and burying ground, and with their various occupations, the Quakers took an active role in the life of both the county seat and the surrounding area. After a large group of the Eno Quakers moved to Georgia in the late 1760s, the Eno Quaker Meeting weakened during the last decades of the eighteenth century, and by the early nineteenth century, it appears that the Meeting existed in name only. In 1847, the Yearly Quaker Meeting was compelled to "lay down" the Eno Meeting for its lack of activity. The Eno Meeting House burned in 1877, and the school, which had become the Mars Hill Public School by the early twentieth century, was demolished by the mid-twentieth century. However, the Eno Quaker Burying Ground survives relatively intact, and although it has deteriorated due to the course of nature and lack of adequate attention over the last century, its collection of marked and unmarked gravestones that exhibit both folk art and the work of professional stone carvers, along with its surrounding rock wall, remain a testament to the thriving Eno Quaker community that once played an important role in the early history of Orange County. 3 26 ORANGE COUNTY LOCAL LANDMARK APPLICATION PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION Located on a .87-acre parcel, the Eno Quaker Burying Ground is hidden within a wooded setting off the west side of NC 57 north of its junction with Stroud's Creek Road. After 1847, when there was no longer an active Quaker Meeting associated with the cemetery, it continued to be used, though to a much lesser extent, with eight known burials during the second half of the nineteenth century and three during the first decade of the twentieth century, the last burial being that of William J. Freeland in 1910. Without an active Quaker Meeting associated with the cemetery, its upkeep has been limited during the last century, and trees have been allowed to grow throughout the site. In recent years, however,there have been several efforts to remove fallen trees and undertake general maintenance. Today, trees still fill the cemetery; a few are medium-sized, but most are saplings. Periwinkle and leaves provide ground cover.' i The most dominant feature of the Eno Quaker Burying Ground is the dry-laid rock wall that surrounds the cemetery. (Photos 1—6) The last two-and-a-half centuries have taken their toll on the stability of the wall, and today it varies in height from about one foot to four feet. On the south, the wall follows the south boundary of the cemetery property. On the west,the wall nearly follows the west property line, running slightly over the boundary line near the north end. Then the wall angles to the northeast to about the midpoint of the north property line. From there, the wall drops southeastward at an angle, then turns northeast, and finally it runs southeast to the point where the east and south boundary lines meet. 1 Orange County GIS;Cemetery Census: Orange County North Carolina Cemeteries: 064: Old Eno Quaker Burying Ground(1759).httns://cetnetervicensus.com/nc/omg/cem064.htm, Accessed I2-9-2019. 4 27 ORANGE COUNTY LOCAL LANDMARK APPLICATION A commemorative granite marker has been placed at an entrance opening in the south wall. (Photo 1) The south side of the marker states, "Eno Quaker Meeting 1754-1847 and Burial Ground est. 1761 Affiliated with Cane Creek Monthly Meeting 1754-1793 and Spring Monthly Meeting 1793-1847." The north side of the marker states: "Known Families: Burney, Burnsides, Chambers, Chancey, Cloud, Courtney, Embree, Few, .Frasier, Husband, Jackson, Maddock, Miller, Mooney, Neal, Palmer, Pearson, Pugh, Stubbs, Taylor, Thompson, Wiley, Wilkinson. Erected 2011 by N.C. Yearly Meeting of Friends and Cane Creek Monthly Meeting." Beyond the north property line are the remains of the Quaker school chimney and a small collection of stones believed to be the remains of the original meeting house chimney. These features are not included in this landmark application as they are located partly on a privately-owned 10-acre lot within the adjacent subdivision of Sterling Farms, as well as on an access easement owned by the subdivision's association. Within the walls of the cemetery are numerous gravestones— around fifty-seven that are marked, and close to twenty that are barely marked or unreadable. There may be others not yet discovered. The stones are located throughout the cemetery, though primarily near the center and in the southeast quadrant. The burials are arranged in more or less regular rows running approximately north-south and delineated by regular shallow depressions of the many unmarked graves interspersed with the visible stones. The readable stones range in date from 1791 to 1910, with most dating from the early-nineteentb century. Following the Quaker tradition, all are modest in design and very few have ornamentation of any sort. Most are of the 5 28 ORANGE COUNTY LOCAL LANDMARK APPLICATION headstone/footstone variety, and most headstones have either a segmental-arched or a rectangular top characteristic of the times in which they were made. Some of the gravestones are of particular note. The oldest identified stone is that of William Comb. Although he is not on record as having been a member of the Society of Friends, he had leased the land to the Quakers for their meeting house, school, and burying ground in 1759. His initials are cut into an arched. stone with the date Dec. 19, 1791.2 A simple flower carved between the initials adds a small flourish rare in the cemetery. (Photo 7) Two gravestones of members of the Woodward family are undated, but their attributes suggest an early-nineteenth century date of installation. (Photos 8-9) Clearly executed by a non- professional artisan, on one only the initials are provided. As on several other early grave markers in the cemetery, scoring lines are present that helped the stone cutter keep his lettering straight. Each gravestone has a rounded top, and on one, the rounded top is inset from either side. Within the top of each is a group of compass-inscribed circles. At the center, a semicircle rises from the uppermost horizontal scribed line. Between it and the outer edge of the rounded top of the stone are three circles---one above the semicircle and one on either side of it. On the gravestone marked simply S W (Photo 8), believed to stand for S. Woodward, each circle contains two compass-drawn partial circles that meet at the center of the overall circle. N. J. F. Woodward's grave marker (Photo 9) displays the same design plan, but the circles on it are empty, without the inner partial circles. On this marker, the central points from which the compass, or divider, moved to form the circles can be clearly seen. As an added design feature, I Mary Claire Engstrom,"Early Quakers in the Eno River Valley ca. 1750-1847,"Eno Journal, Vol.7,No.2 1983/1984, 39,-Cemetery Census: Old Eno Quaker Burying Ground. 6 29 ORANGE COUNTY LOCAL LANDMARK APPLICATION two carved lines rise from the top of the central semicircle and curve outward until exiting at the top of the curved stone. The gravestone of Hannah Burnsides (Photo 1.0), who died on July 12, 1834, is artistically related to the Woodward markers and may have been carved by the same artisan.3 Its lettering is in all caps, set with scored lines, and the top of the stone, which is rounded and set in from either side, is filled with concentric scribed lines. The circular designs on these gravestones appear to be simple apotropaic marks, symbols popular on buildings and gravestones, particularly in England from the sixteenth century into the nineteenth century, to ward off evil. These are among the most delightful gravestones in the cemetery, representing a form of folk art in stone. Two gravestones from the 1820s both use scoring lines as guides but illustrate differences in the shape of the stones, the formats of presentation, and in the abilities of the stone carvers. The marker for M. T., believed to represent Mary"Polly" Jackson Thompson (Photo 11), is rectangular in shape and inscribed with initials and a date: M. T. Oc[t] 21 1821, divided into three lines with a neat line border surrounding the whole.' The letters and numbers are precisely executed, suggesting that the carver had some training. Susannah Cates's gravestone (Photo 12), on the other hand, has an imperfectly rounded top. Like the Thompson marker, the information given is presented on three lines, but it includes much more data than on the other marker. Here, the full name is given, the full date of death (March 2, 1828), and Susannah's age (3 1) at the time of death. However, not only was the stone carver considerably less skilled in executing individual letters and numbers—many of them being written backwards—but the words tend to run together, all indicators that this was an untrained artisan. s Cemetery Census: Old Eno Quaker Burying Ground. a Cemetery Census: Old Eno Quaker Burying Ground. 7 30 ORANGE COUNTY LOCAL LANDMARK APPLICATION The grave ofPriecilla Palmer (Photos 13 and 14), wife of prominent Orange County house carpenter and joiner Martin Palmer, is the only one in the cemetery to be surrounded by a mound of raised earth and stones. At one end, a rough headstone bears her name and the date of her death, May 1, 1820. At the other end, a smaller, rough footstone carries the initials P. P. In 1771, according to the North Carolina State Records, Priccilla Palmer was paid for stitching forty-eight haversacks for Governor Tryon's soldiers to carry to the Battle of Alamance in the expedition against the Regulators.5 Standing adjacent to each other in another part of the cemetery are the gravestones of Elizabeth and Daniel Wilkinson, who died in 1.842 on January 30 and 31, respectively (Photo 15). Their names and the dates of their births and deaths along with the length of their lives are neatly inscribed on their gravestones, each of which has a segmental-arched head. A technical feature not usually seen is visible with these gravestones. A cut-stone triangular-shaped tenon extending from the base of each was intended to enable the gravestones, which are now lying flat on the ground, to stand upright in the mortise of a base stone. The tenons, however, appear not to have been broad enough to have done the job properly. A large broken slab of dark slate—the only marker of its type in the cemetery—covers the burial site of James Thompson. (Photo 16) Born ca. 1770 and with a death date of June 24, 1846, he s Engstrom, 14,42. 8 31 ORANGE COUNTY LOCAL LANDMARK APPLICATION was probably the son of the James Thompson (1743-1794) who was a trustee of the Eno Quaker Burying Ground.' While there well may be others no longer visible, only one gravestone in the Eno Quaker Burying Ground has been identified as the work of a particular professional tombstone maker. When Elizabeth Jackson died in 1848, her stone (Photo 17) was produced by well-known Fayetteville stonecutter and tombstone maker George Lauder(1810-1888).7 Typical of Lauder's work, his inscription on Jackson's gravestone makes use of more than one font style as well as a combination of all upper case and upper- and lower-case letters. Scottish-barn Lauder was prolific, making the largest number of gravestones, spread across the largest geographic region, of any stonecutter in North Carolina prior to the twentieth century.$ Catharine and Thomas McCracken died twenty years apart—she in 1873 and her husband in 1892—during the latter years of burials in Eno Quaker Burial Ground. Their gravestones, however, are identical in design, although Catharine's stone is larger (Photo 18). Each has a gracefully curved top and an incised line creating a border that follows the two sides and the top. Given the quality of the carved lettering, it appears that they were both created by a professional gravestone carver. Of particular interest is that these stones, atypical of the stones in the Eno cemetery, carry epitaphs beneath the basic birth and death information about each person. 6 Cemetery Census:Old Eno Quaker Burying Ground; Ancestry.com:James Thompson Family Tree. httys://www.ancestry.com/fami ly- tree/ erson/tree/1695775621 erson222198681827/facts? phsrc=Nii3945& hstart=successSource.Accessed 6-29- 2024;Not having access to all the dates,Mary Claire Engstrom thought this burial may have been for the elder Thompson,who was the trustee, 7 Cemetery Census:.Old Eno Quaker Burying Ground. s M.Ruth Little,Sticks and Stones: Three Centuries of North Carolina Gravemarkers(Chapel Hill:The University of North Carolina Press, 1998),200. 9 32 ORANGE COUNTY LOCAL LANDMARK APPLICATION Catharine's is considerably shorter in length than Thomas's, but it repeats an epitaph of great popularity for women's gravestones. A biblical quote from Mark 14: 8, it says, "She hath done what she could." Jesse Miller's grave site marks the next to the last known burial in the Eno Quaker Burial Ground, and its marker is unlike any other in the cemetery (Photo 19). Miller(1834-1909) was a veteran of the Civil War, serving as Captain of the 315 Regiment, NC Infantry for the Confederacy. Reflecting his military career(ironic, this being a Quaker cemetery and Quakers professing pacifism), Miller's marker is a rectangular, bronze, military plaque set flush to the ground with raised letters and a cross within a circle at the top.9 Integrity Statement: While the Eno Quaker Burying Ground cannot be said to be in pristine physical condition, having weathered two and a half centuries, the last century with very limited maintenance, it does retain significant qualities that reflect its history. Except for maintenance issues, it has not changed or had modern intrusions. It remains in its original location, now a quiet wooded rural setting with no visual intrusions. At the same time, the trees that have grown up and continue to grow within the cemetery wall threaten the preservation of both the rock wall and the grave markers themselves. The overall design of the cemetery remains the same, as do the materials, i.e. the various types of stone, used in its features. The workmanship exhibited in the cemetery, ranging from examples of folk art created by un- or little-trained artisans to the more polished s Cemetery Census: Old Eno Quaker Burying Ground. 10 33 ORANGE COUNTY LOCAL LANDMARK APPLICATION work of professional stonecarvers, is one of the most intriguing aspects of the place. With most of the grave markers dating from the first half of the nineteenth century, the cemetery provides a visual feeling for one aspect of that time period. Although the cemetery has not been formally tied with a Quaker Meeting since 1847, it has retained its strong association with this religious sect due to: 1) its location in this area of the Eno River Valley north of the county seat that was the stronghold of the Eno Quakers during the eighteenth century, 2) its close proximity to the site of the Quaker meeting house and school (both now gone), and 3) the Quaker family names of those buried in the cemetery. The Context for Understanding the Eno Quaker Burg Ground among Rural Eighteenth- Century Cemeteries in Orange Count North Carolina Established in 1759, the Eno Quaker Burying Ground is one of five eighteenth-century rural cemeteries in Orange County associated with a house of worship. Of the other four, three are Presbyterian cemeteries and one is an Anglican/Episcopal cemetery. Having described the Eno Quaker Burying Ground, this context provides a sense of the character of the other cemeteries in the group. New Hope Presbyterian congregation was established in 1756, and when the first church was erected in 1760, a cemetery was started next to the log structure. Several subsequent church buildings followed and included a move down the road to the southeast. When the low-lying land of the cemetery proved unsatisfactory, a new cemetery was established on higher ground adjacent to the new church. Standing in a grove of trees on the east side of NC 86 S in Chapel 11 34 ORANGE COUNTY LOCAL LANDMARK APPLICATION Hill Township, the Old New Hope Presbyterian Church Cemetery is well-maintained because it is still associated with an active,nearby congregation. There are approximately 210 visible graves, including 89 inscribed stones and 121 uninscribed stones. Most of the inscribed stones are from the early nineteenth century, but five are from the late-eighteenth century, the oldest being from 1785. Even though the new cemetery was established in 1869, the old cemetery has four stones that post-date that move. The most recent inscribed stone dates from 1897. The gravestones are modest in design. Some appear to have been inscribed by professional stonecutters, while others were clearly produced by untrained artisans.No stone wall or other enclosure surrounds the wooded cemetery.10 The congregation of Eno Presbyterian Church was organized in 1755, and sometime soon after that a church was built and a cemetery was established. Located in Cedar Grove Township, the site was originally on the banks of the East Fork of the Eno River. After the third church burned in 1893, the congregation moved to a site two miles away,just north of the Cedar Grove crossroads, to rebuild and establish a new cemetery. When the East Fork of the Eno River was dammed in 1969, the Old Eno Presbyterian Church Cemetery was left standing adjacent to the newly created Lake Orange—a beautiful setting but one that was quite different from its original setting. A survey of the cemetery counted 126 marked gravestones and 375 unmarked gravestones. Of the marked stones, some date from the early-nineteenth century, but most appear to be from the mid-to late-nineteenth century. A few date from the twentieth century.After the church moved and a new cemetery was established,the old cemetery fell into disuse and was 10 Cemetery Census:Orange County North Carolina Cemeteries: 052:New Hope Presbyterian Church Cemetery Old(1756). https://cemeterycensus.com/nc/orng/cem052.htm.Accessed 5-18-2020;New Hope Presbyterian Church:History. httns://newhopepresusa.or0about-usihistory/.Accessed 5-19-2020. 12 35 ORANGE COUNTY LOCAL LANDMARK APPLICATION isolated until new roads were constructed in the area in conjunction with Lake Orange. After becoming overgrown, the cemetery was "restored" in 1965, and in 1996 was again cleaned up. Photographs show the gravestones to be in neat rows. Whether or not that was the original arrangement is not known. A number of the stones are intact, but many more appear broken. A chain link fence surrounds much of the cemetery.I I Little River Presbyterian Church was organized in 1761, but there was no meeting house for the first four years. Presumably, the cemetery was established around the same time. Located near the North Fork of the Little River in Little River Township in northeastern Orange County,the present church, which was erected in 1944, faces away from the road and toward the cemetery, which spreads outward to the south and west. Unlike the other old cemeteries, this one kept growing at its original site. Still an active cemetery, it is now very large with over 1,000 gravestones, only sixty of which are unmarked. Many of the gravestones date from the nineteenth century, but old and new are mixed. That, along with the sheer size of the cemetery, give it a very different feel from the other cemeteries established in Orange County during the eighteenth century.12 By contrast, the cemetery at St. Mary's Episcopal Chapel,which started out in 1759 as an Anglican chapel, is the smallest of the eighteenth-century rural cemeteries in Orange County. sr Cemetery Census: Orange County North Carolina Cemeteries: 020:Eno Presbyterian Church Cemetery(org. 1.755)"Old Eno." https://cemeterycensus.com/nc/om--/cemO2O.htm.Accessed 5-18-2020;Mrs.A. A.and T. C.Ellis (1933),Annie H.Hughes(1955),and Mrs.R.W.Isley(1980),History of Eno Presbyterian Church, Cedar Grove, North Carolina 1755-1980. On Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/histo , orenopres00elli/.Accessed 5-19- 2020. 12 Cemetery Census:Orange County North Carolina Cemeteries:039:Little River Presbyterian Church Cemetery (1761).https://cemeterycensus.com/nc/omg/cem039.htm.Accessed 5-19-2020;Madelaine Hall Latta,History of Little River Presbyterian Church, Hurdle Mills, N.C. On Internet Archive: hitps://archive.org,/details/historyoflittler001att/page/nl/mode/2up. Accessed 5-19-2020. 13 36 ORANGE COUNTY LOCAL LANDMARK APPLICATION Located at the junction of St. Mary's and Schley roads in Eno Township,the cemetery contains forty-one marked and five unmarked gravestones. The oldest stone is that of Alse Vickers, who died in 1780. Two additional stones are from the late eighteenth century, although most date from the first half of the nineteenth century. Some date from the late nineteenth century, and five are from the twentieth century, with 1938 being the last burial. St. Mary's cemetery is surrounded by a Low, dry-laid fieldstone wall built in 1836—the only other such wall in this group of cemeteries.13 13 Cemetery Census:Orange County North Carolina Cemeteries: 065: St.Mary's Episcopal Chapel Cemetery(ca. 1759).https:Hcemeterycensus.com/ne/ornv,/cem065.htm. Accessed 5-19-2020; Catherine W.Bishir and Jim Sumner, National Register nomination for St.Mary's Chapel, Orange County,North Carolina, 1978. 14 37 ORANGE COUNTY LOCAL LANDMARK APPLICATION HISTORICAL OVERVIEW In the late 1740s and early 1750s, a migration of Irish Quakers, mostly from the Philadelphia area but a few directly from Ireland and England, began arriving in the central Piedmont section of the Province of North Carolina—the area that after 1752 was Orange County, including present-day Alamance County and the eastern part of Guilford County. In 1751, a group of about thirty families convened the "first sitting" of the Cane Creek Meeting of Quakers in what is now the Snow Camp Community of.Alamance County, located about two-to three-days' distance southwest of where the Eno Quakers later settled.i4 All of the Quakers were searching for land that was reasonably priced, fertile, abundant in waterways and springs, and was in a temperate climate with a long growing season. The Eno Quakers chose to settle in the Eno River Valley to the north and east of the other Quakers, taking advantage not only of the attributes of the land that the other Quakers enjoyed, but also of the Eno River and the opportunities it afforded for water power for grist and saw mills. One group of the Eno Friends settled west and northwest of present-day Hillsborough, while another group located north and northeast of the county seat along what is now NC57 and St. Mary's Road. Others could be found to the southeast, so that in all, the Eno Quakers formed almost a crescent 14 The historical information in the Historical Overview came from research conducted by Mary Claire Engstrom,as published in"Early Quakers in the Eno River Valley ca. 1750-1847," Eno Journal,Vol.7,No. 2, 198311984. According to Engstrom,no manuscript records of the old Eno Friends Meeting are known to exist,but marry of its members and leaders as well as an outline of its history can be pieced together from entries in the Minutes and Records of the Cane Creek Monthly Meeting and the Spring Monthly Meeting as well as from entries in the Western Quarterly Minutes and the List of Tombstone Inscriptions at the Eno Quaker Burying Ground. Official Orange County records supplement these materials.3-4. 15 I 38 ORANGE COUNTY LOCAL LANDMARK APPLICATION around Hillsborough. It was in the area to the northeast that the Eno Quakers chose to build their meeting house, school, and burying ground," The names of many of the Quaker settlers are known, but little or nothing is known about most of them. However, among the earliest were surveyor James Taylor along with his brother, Robert, and father, John, who left the Exeter Friends Meeting in Pennsylvania as early as 1748. James Taylor received a land grant in the North Carolina Province in 1753. Thomas Stubbs Jr. received a grant for 250 acres in 1751, one of the earliest Quaker land grants." Quakers often arrived in family groups, and one of the first and largest of these was the Isaac Jackson family, who was officially recorded as presenting their credentials at the Cane Creek Meeting on December 1, 175 1. Isaac Jackson and his wife, Mary Miller, brought their children as well as their siblings, in-laws, and other family members to North Carolina, and by 1800 the tight-knit family group numbered over one hundred persons who were spread out over hundreds of acres in the Eno River Valley. They formed the nucleus of the Quaker settlement northeast of the county seat. The Jacksons were known for being independent and outspoken, and over time at least eight of them—both men and women—were disowned by the Cane Creek Friends Meeting for behavior contrary to Quaker discipline, such as "bearing arms in a warlike manner," marrying out of unity," or "aiding the Regulators." By contrast, in 1780 Mary Miller Jackson became a certified minister of the Society of Friends.17 's Engstrom, 3-4. �s Engstrom,6-7. 17 Engstrom, 8, 10. 16 39 ORANGE COUNTY LOCAL LANDMARK APPLICATION Among others settlers were Thomas Wilkinson and his son, Francis, who came directly from Ireland.. Thomas was received by the Cane Creek Meeting in 1752, but within months the Meeting disowned him for being "a sower of discord" among his neighbors. Others who arrived in the Eno River Valley were Alexander McCracken, Isaac Low (or Lowe), a miller, Robert Burnside, Samuel Chambers, and James Thompson. Chambers, Thompson, and Francis Wilkinson all became Overseers of the Eno Meeting." Of particular importance to the Eno Quakers was the arrival of Joseph Maddock(1722-1796) and his wife, Rachel Dennis Maddock, in 1754 from Pennsylvania. Joseph Maddock, who acquired a 507-acre tract of land was a miller, a carpenter, a horticultural i st, and a magistrate. Most importantly, he became the undisputed leader of the Quaker settlers on both sides of the Eno. The Maddocks arrived in North Carolina with their children and a miller's apprentice, Quaker John Frasier, who acquired a 300-acre land grant immediately east of Maddock's tract. Maddock proceeded with having his mill constructed, and evidently it was in operation by August 4, 1755, for on that date he requested that the Orange County Commissioners of Roads open a public road to his new mill, which was the first to serve the county seat. The .Maddocks were the nucleus of another large family clan that was intertwined with multiple other families, the most important of which was the energetic Stubbs family, One of Joseph and Rachel Maddock's daughters married Thomas Stubbs Jr. (1730-1767), and another married John Stubbs (1732-1803).9 In deeds and other records, most Quakers were identified as planters or yeomen, but they usually had other occupations in addition to farming. These were far-ranging and, in addition to the "Engstrom, 10-[1. 19 Engstrom, 11. 17 40 ORANGE COUNTY LOCAL LANDMARK APPLICATION already-mentioned millers and surveyors, included carpenters,joiners, c.hairmakers, and coffin makers; shoemakers, tanners, leather workers, and saddlers; wheelwrights, wainwrights, and wagoners; blacksmiths, coopers, and ironmongers; maltsters; weavers and tailors; and chain carriers for surveyors. Quaker women were spinners and weavers and made candles, dyes, soaps, and medicines. When Corbinton (later Hillsborough) was established as the county seat and one- acre lots were laid out in 1754, some nearby Quaker landowners purchased lots on which to erect '`ordinaries"—inns or drinking houses that could take advantage of court days, market days, and. meetings of the Road Commissioners when more people would come to town. Legally, to save their lots, the owners were required to erect a minimal frame structure measuring at least sixteen by twenty feet. Thus, most of the ordinaries were quite modest, but they provided another source of income for the Quakers. None of these ordinaries survive. The Quakers do not appear to have been associated with other businesses in Corbinton. However, Joseph Maddock built the first Orange County Jail and then ground-pinned it in 1757 to make it more secure, William Chambers made various changes to the first Orange County Court House (which he may have built originally), and William Reed was appointed the first Standard Keeper(Weights and Measures) for the county.20 From the first sitting of the Orange County Inferior Court in 1752, Quakers were appointed to numerous minor public posts. They served as members and overseers of the Road Juries, which conducted the pioneer work of cutting roads through the forested Eno Valley and re-cutting them at regular intervals, thereby maintaining access to the Corbinton area for travelers and settlers. Quakers were repeatedly chosen as constables in their own sections, and they constituted a large 2°Engstrom,20,22-24. 18 41 ORANGE COUNTY LOCAL LANDMARK APPLICATION portion of grand juries and petty juries. They were also commonly appointed to numerous small committees of adjudication. Thus, it is no stretch to conclude that the Eno Quakers played a significant role in the early development of the county seat.21 The group of Quakers who settled around the Eno River first joined with the Cane Creek Meeting. Although it was located two or more days southwest of where the Eno Quakers lived, it was the closest Meeting of the Society of Friends they could attend. The Eno Quakers soon became anxious to establish their own meeting, and on February 2, 1754, they requested from the Cane Creek Meeting the privilege of holding their own meeting for worship to be held every Wednesday. Permission was granted for the Eno Quakers to organize a first-stage "particular meeting." With such a meeting, they could worship, but they could not transact business or resolve matters of discipline as the second-stage "preparative meeting," such as Cane Creek, could do.22 The early gatherings of the Eno Friends Meeting were doubtless held in the homes of one or more of the members. However, a significant step forward came on.Tune 10, 1759, when William Comb, a substantial planter and wagoner, leased the Fano Quakers a triangular tract of five acres along what is now NC 57. A part of Comb's 348-acre grant northeast of the county seat, the land was to be used for the Eno Friends' meeting house, school, and burying ground. Apparently, the meeting house was built immediately, for a note in the August 8, 1761, minutes of the Western Quarterly Meeting mentions ". . . where their [the Eno Friends'] meeting House now stands." Although the original lease does not survive, a description of the tract was copied Z,Engstrom, 19. zz Engstrom, 11-12. 19 42 ORANGE COUNTY LOCAL LANDMARK APPLICATION in a 1768 instrument, which adds "that piece of Land whereon the meeting house & other buildings now stands" [sic]. The five trustees listed in 1768 were Joseph Maddock(who was formally resigning at that time), James Thompson, Samuel Chambers, Francis Wilkinson, and Daniel Cloud.23 The early 1760s continued to be a time of progress for the Eno Quakers. Both Joseph Maddock and Mary Miller Jackson were consistently recognized at Quarterly Meetings and Yearly Meetings as area Quaker leaders. The Eno Quakers, hoping to advance to the next stage of Friends meetings, petitioned in 1761 to become a preparative meeting that would empower them to resolve disciplinary matters. Initially, the Western Quarterly Meeting denied their request, but upon the Eno Meeting renewing its request, the Quarterly Meeting gave its permission, and on August 19, 1762, the Eno Preparative Meeting of Friends was established. Joseph Maddock and John Embree were selected as overseers of the Meeting, while Mary Jackson and Deborah Stubbs became the women's overseers.24 Despite progress made by the Eno Quakers, it seems that they exhibited problems, as well. One was a worrisome lack of diligence, dating back to the early years of their formal organization and continuing throughout the remainder of their existence. On two different occasions in 1756, notes in the Cane Creek Women's Minutes (April 3, 1756, and December 4, 1756) called out the need to send a pair of women to visit the Eno Friends "in order to stir them up to more Deligence "Engstrom, 12-14. za Engstrom,25. 20 43 ORANGE COUNTY LOCAL LANDMARK APPLICATION [sic] in attending meetings." Apparently, the Eno .friends were sluggish not only in getting to meetings at Cane Creek, but also to their own meetings.25 Other and, ultimately, more serious problems arose in the mid-1760s in conjunction with the Regulator movement,which rebelled against the royal government's treatment of the citizenry, and its connection with Eno Quaker leader, Joseph Maddock.. In 1764, Maddock had become a supporter of Herman Husband, who had been disowned by the Cane Creek Meeting as a troublemaker. Because of that, Maddock, himself, was suspended for a time. Then, in 1766, the Regulators advertised a general meeting of citizens to be held on October 10 at Maddock's Mill (apparently without Maddock's permission) to have a face-to-face discussion with Court House officials concerning abuses of power, especially in terms of taxes, fees, and special collections. However, no officials appeared at the mill except for a belated messenger. Although the meeting could not be held, Joseph Maddock realized that his name had been linked not only with Herman Husband but also with the Regulators, since the meeting was to have been held at his mill. Foreseeing what this meant for his future in the North Carolina Province, Maddock began selling all of his considerable land holdings in the Eno River Valley and making plans to leave.26 In late 1767, at least ten Eno Quaker families, including Joseph Maddock and his family, traveled some 300 miles to east Georgia, where they initially acquired 12,000 acres from the governor to settlt. As more families arrived, they received considerably more acreage. In July 1768, Joseph Maddock briefly returned from Georgia to settle the rest of his affairs in the North Carolina Province and to resign his trusteeship of the Eno Quaker Burying Ground. After some 25 Engstrom, 12. Engstrom,26-28. 21 44 ORANGE COUNTY LOCAL LANDMARK APPLICATION time in Georgia, the Quakers there had troubles with the Creek Indians as well as with patriots who did not understand or appreciate their pacifist views concerning war. Most of the Georgia Quakers moved on to meetings in Ohio and Indiana, although a few returned to the Eno River Valley.27 All of the turmoil over the Regulator movement and the departure of the Eno leader Joseph Maddock, his family, and many other Quakers for Georgia left the Eno Meeting of.Friends broken. It is evident from the Cane Creek Women's Minutes of 1767 and 1765 that representatives of the Eno Meeting were no longer attending the monthly meetings at Cane Creek. The Minutes of the Western Quarterly Meeting also make no mention of the Eno Meeting from 1772 through 1777, suggesting that it was dwindling away for lack for good leadership, lack of members, and the impact of the Regulator conflict and the onset of the Revolutionary War. On May 19, 1768, the Eno Meeting was reduced from its status as a preparative meeting, becoming once again a particular meeting. In 1793, what was left of the Eno Meeting became affiliated with the newly established Spring Meeting in southeastern Alamance County. For the next half century, it seems to have lingered on in name only, and for a consistent lack of activity, the Yearly Meeting at New Garden "laid down" the Eno Friends Meeting in November 1847. Of the tangible assets of the Eno Friends Meeting, the frame Meeting House burned ca. 1877. A handful of small stones from its fieldstone chimney are believed to remain north of the cemetery. The log school House became the Mars Hill Public School, popularly called "Tidy Hall,"used until the 1920s. It was later demolished, and its stone chimney stack collapsed in 1967, leaving only the stone chimney base as a reminder of the school. However, the Eno Quaker Burying "Engstrom,28-29. 22 7 45 ORANGE COUNTY LOCAL LANDMARK APPLICATION Ground, with its encompassing rock wall and collection of gravestones, does survive as a strong reminder of the Eno Quakers in Orange County.28 za Engstrom, 16-17,29-30,33. 23 46 ORANGE COUNTY LOCAL LANDMARK APPLICATION BIBLIOGRAPHY Ancestry.com: James Thompson family Tree. https://www.ancestry.com/family tree/person/tree/169577562/12erson222198681827/facts? phsrc=Nij3945& phstart--successSourc e. Accessed 6-29-2020. Bishir, Catherine W. and Jim Sumner. National Register nomination for St. Mary's Chapel, Orange County,North Carolina, 1978. Cemetery Census: Orange County North Carolina Cemeteries: 020: Eno Presbyterian Church Cemetery (org. 1755) "Old Eno." https://cemete!ycensus.com/nc/omcem02O.htm 039: Little River Presbyterian Church Cemetery(1761). https://cemeterycensus.COM/nc/omiz/cemO39.htm 052: New Hope Presbyterian Church Cemetery—Old (1756). https://cemete[ycensus.com/nc/om /cem052.htm 064: Old Eno Quaker Burying Ground (1759). https:Hceme!Mcensus.com/nc/omp,/ccm064.htm 065: St. Mary's Episcopal Chapel Cemetery(ca. 1759). httt)s:Hcemete[ycensus.com/nc/om&/cem065.htm Ellis, Mrs. A. A. and T. C. (1933),Annie H.Hughes(1955), and Mrs. R. W.Isley(1980). History of Eno Presbyterian Church, Cedar Grove, North Carolina 1755-1980. ht#ps:l/archive.org/detaiis/histo ory fenopresWeIli/. Engstrom, Mary Claire. "Early Quakers in the Eno River Valley ca. 1750-1847." Eno Journal, Vol. 7,No. 2 1983/1984. Latta,Madelaine Hall.History of Little River Presbyterian Church, Hurdle Mills,N.C. https://archive.orgldetails/histoaoflittler00latypage/n l/mode/2up. Little, M. Ruth. Sticks and Stones: Three Centuries of North Carolina Gravemarkers. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1998. New Hope Presbyterian Church: History. https://newhopepresusa.org/about-us/histork. Orange County GIS. https_// ig s.orangecountync.gov:8443/Oran eNCGIS/default.htm. Orange County Records: Deed Book 2,page 565. Plat Book 104, page 91. 24 47 ORANGE COUNTY LOCAL LANDMARK APPLICATION PHOTOGRAPHS Photographer: Laura A. W. Phillips—Photos 1, 5, 11, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19 Peter Sandbeck—Photos 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13 Milton Forsyth—Photo 17 Dates Photographed: Photo 17 —February 2005 Photos 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13 —February 2019 Photos 1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 11, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19 March 2020 Number, Description, and View of Photo: I. Entrance at south end of cemetery with memorial marker, south and east walls, view to northeast. 2. South end of cemetery with south and west walls, view to west. 3. Jog in cemetery wall near center of north end showing sections of north and east walls, view to northeast. 4. Cluster of gravestones and section of wall, view to northwest. 5. Cluster of gravestones, view to east. 6. South wall with unusual topping stone, view to south. 7. Gravestone of William Comb, view to west 8. Gravestone of S. Woodward; view to east 9. Gravestone of N. J. F. Woodward; view to east 10. Gravestone of Hannah Burnsides; view to west 11. Gravestone of M. T. [Thompson][ view to west 12. Gravestone of Susannah Cates; view to west 13. Headstone of Priccilla Palmer. view to west 14. Overall view of grave of Priccilla Palmer, view to northeast. 15. Gravestones of Elizabeth and Daniel Wilkinson; view to west 16. Slab gravestone of James Thompson; view to west 17. Gravestone of Elizabeth Jackson; view to west 18. Gravestones of Thomas and Catharine McCracken, view to west; d 19. Bronze grave marker of Jesse Miller; view looking west 25 I � � �►�t J �5 f I '°� � ��}�► r•;�- �..� �' �;. girt� � r 'I - � �!�_� � —-�1" ,. 11 ��.li t����� j ,�i'� i14• b`F„ _.�'.' �• an?," 1� �,t's'z!7 – 7-1:11!, 1XNS 1i 1 f jai A *! }a■f * 4f t .I" 3G ' AWN Al _�• � ` . ..r��� r '�f+ '� �1 r \`sL��w � e`rR��'�"� rd���ti� iF3's?°,,rr�}+•e �, � �- �- , j � �� �f". �.kS,x..•' h+'�� `"+��n�t .pry .. ...::k �' - r - � - :k;,,�':`—R t �3�';`� � �}�"t" {rY _ � h 5,� � L1 I f� .h+- ;•.rx n '?:_� 1- A - .�,�` -tr ~^� r' �~ - L. � '.n;,`� r�` ��- s •�kf l `" �yr,9l�w�' k, �'�L} ^i \� �. :I t�A' `��. `� `� ����� � • - � 7 7 F t ' T t z v y , Eno Quaker Burying Ground : Photo 3 : view of rock wall and early grave markers, looking east . s Eno Quaker Burying Ground ; Photo 7 gravestone of William Comb-1791 50 'gas ad �a ,.r "4♦ 'C�y.,w� jk� Y M1 � � AP T' .w i1`G "' �Fr' "'t'r'y�5" �► RW rel-� ` t •�Mt4F?tp ��4„J� - �••� Aft wdik fit.,t�) d'�'�+x� .��.. ��- .� ` _ _ _� m•�--'._- _ ""..r=..`-- .,.�.,..�-. _.. - - .r F •r � Eno Quaker Burying Ground, Orange County 51 a r '1 T 1 ry r 1 This map contains parcels prepared for the inventory of real property within Orange County,and is compiled from recorded deed,plats,and other public records and data. Users of this map are hereby notified that the aforementioned May 3, 2022 public primary information sources should be consulted for varificatic n of the information contained on this map. The county and its mapping companies assume no lega I responsibility for the information on this map. PIN: 9876100265 SIZE: 0.87A BUILDING COUNT: OWNER 1: QUAKER CEMETERY DEED REF: 000/000 LAND VALUE: OWNER 2: RATECODE: 00 BLDG-VALUE: ADDRESS 1: UNKNOWN ADDRESS DATE SOLD: USE VALUE: ADDRESS 2: BLDG SQFT: TOTALVALUE: CITY: HILLSBOROUGH YEAR BUILT: 1:1,200 STATE, ZIP: NC 27278 0 0.01 0.02 0.04 mi LEGAL DESC: W/S NC HWY 57 te'�• iii6 � j 4- t •7t_. 1 at a 4' •' sn 4 f ; .. ► e A t - , 53 ORANGE COUNTY LOCAL LANDMARK APPLICATION PART 1 DATE OF APPLICATION September 22, 2022 Please type, if possible, or print. All submitted materials become the property of the Orange Count Historic Preservation Commission and cannot be returned, 1. HISTORIC NAME OF PROPERTY (if historic name is not known, use current name or address) David Faucette House (aka Maude Faucette House or"The Elms") 2. LOCATION (physical location, not mailing address) A. Street or State Route/Highway 2421 Bane Road, Efland, NC B. Township Cheeks C, Crossroads ComunityNicinity Hall's Mill 3. LEGAL OWNER OF PROPERTY(please indicate Mr., Mrs,, Ms., Dr., or other appropriate title) DAY-TIME NAME Robert Golan and Diana Montgomery u_ TELEPHONE 984-484-4495 FIRM and/or ADDRESS 2421 Bane Road Efland NC 27243 CITYISTATE ZIP CODE E-MAIL ADDRESS robgol()-mindspring.com BRIEF STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE On a separate piece of paper, please provide a brief statement or summary outlining the historical, architectural, cultural and/or landscape elements that make the site significant. (This statement should be expanded for question #5 of Part 2 of the application.) See Attached National Register Nomination *Please submit current photographs of the property including all elevations of the main house and any other important buildings Please also include general photographs of the property and include any important landscape features. (if you wish to use digital photography, please submit hard copy printouts.) "Please also submit a sketch plan of the property showing the footprint of all key buildings and the location of all driveways or farm roads. 54 ORANGE COUNTY LOCAL LANDMARK APPLICATION Page 2 PART 2 DATE OF APPLICATION_ Sept, 22, 2022 4, GENERAL DATA A, Date(s) of Historic Resource(s): Main house built ca 1830s(rear kitchen wing is possibly earlier Original Construction Main house or north section Subsequent additions, if applicable the one-story additions on east side date from ca. 1970s. B. Outbuildings: Yes X No ; If yes, number 1)garden cottage; 2) office; and 3) guest cottage, C. Have any buildings on the property been moved? Yes,X,„-lo If yes, please give the date, reason, and details of the move. Use an additional sheet if necessary. The garden cottage and the office were late 1911 century outbuildings that were moved to the site from nearby properties in the 1980s.The frame office or former smokehouse was moved to the site in 1982. D. Approximate Acreage: The present house parcel consists of approximately 53 acres(same as NR nomination) E. Architect and/or Builder/Mason (if known): Unknown F. Original Use: Private residence G. Present Use: Private residence 5. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE See attached National Register Nomination form 6. ARCHITECTURAL OR PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION See attached National Register Nomination form. 7. HISTORICAL OVERVIEW See attached National Register Nomination form. 8. PHOTOGRAPHS See photographs of the exterior and interior that accompany this application, 9, SITE FLAN/ SURVEY/ MAPS See site plan attache-,d 10. REASON FOR REQUEST Please offer a brief explanation of how you heard about the Local Landmark Program and why you would like to participate in it. One of the owners, Rob Golan, first heard about the program while serving as a member of the county's Historic Preservation Commission; he served from 2011-2016. This request is being submitted on behalf of the owners at their request to provide an additional layer of protection for their home. 11. If formally designated by the County Commissioners, will the property owner seek the tax deferral? Yes_.K......-No Not sure (This information is for budgeting purposes only, it will not impact the HPC's decision toward your application.) 55 ORANGE COUNTY LOCAL LANDMARK APPLICATION Page 3 12, APPLICANT 1 CONTACT PERSON / PREPARER Name Telephone Peter Sandbeck, Orange County Cultural Resources Coordinator (919) 245-2517_ Address PO Box 8181 City/State Hillsb ugh Zip Code 27278 Signature Date Sept, 22, 2022 E-mail: psandbeck@orangecountync.gov 13. This application is submitted [check one of the following]: XX at the request of the owner, with the owner's knowledge but not at his or her request, without the owner's knowledge, Retum to: Cultural Resources Coordinator Orange County Department of Environment, Agriculture, Parks and Recreation P.O. Box 8181 Hillsborough, NC 27278 (919)245-2517 NPS .Qrm The name of this listing was officially changed to David Faucette House 112112010. ,i'c.l t` t See Additional Documentation appended to this document concerning the name change. t#nitW Statea Oapantnent of the Inter#or National Park Svrvico National Register of Histaric Places Registration Form 371.9 tours IR for us& in nominating or regUasung [}9Xw nlnalionB for rndlvidUal propwTi8s ar'd;iisiricm See inetruo6ons .n How to C..xrrpMe tir9 Natbnal Register of t#stom placos Reglstm6w Farm ;National Register Suiletin M), Compteta neck item 5y marking "x" to the aporepriam ocx oc by orrtenng ttte inforrnatton rOclutosled. if an ;terry rices not aplrly to the p-op"being doeur"moo, anter "NIA" 'ur"rot apptic�fe." For h;nctions, architectural clasOcation, nialenals, and areas of at0ni1reance, enter only categories and subomeq racer Mom the irr54r»ctiona. Pima additional ontnea and narrative ita,ns on owiinuation sheets (NPs Form 10.900r,) Use a rypewri,tw- ward processor, or t,,3nputetr. to c*ntplste all :terns. 1. Ntme (0 Maude Faucette House (Now caller[ the David Faucette House) historic name_- � �_-- -• _ -_---- -------__-- The Elms other na mesisite number 2, Location �CX�4hX �CC�CXcC Now 242`1 Bane Road , street � number ..__,._. �i too# €cr pubiiG3tlon cir/ or town _ �^f land _..-. CK viCi{1}ty stale. ilort:i Carolina _ rode—NC-- county Orange code -1-3-9-- zip cx>de2.Z2_4 3. Startet/Ftad•eraf€ A � Cet�#fcatl�n y tt7s deBiF}r7ated autrtclty under the Nalkinei Nletoric Prssefvauo^ Act, as arnor4 a. i naisby ohrttfy that tnis)M' N",irtavor.--� a rogthrA for detsrrnination of eligibility meets this documentation alandwds for registering pmipartl" n the Naivunal Registo( )f � oria PI€acae and meats the om adural am protssVonat rsquimiwnts set rortft to 36 C-R Fart 60. in my t. mon, >ho ptoporty i �_ rtteet] doea not=neat the National Register cnte0a. 1 rocot imand brat this property be€�nsidered ssgnificant j C.J natlostally i� me ow _� locally {L, Sae sdniEr us3tlor: stti8e; fcr addstlonal:tstiott+tnrs,) � a /0/7* -- j signatu ofiiaftiMdo 'ale I 'State of Foaerai agency and bur"-u i In my opinion, !ria property meerts F" does =xi meel no Nati6nal Register criteria, +i, Secy tor.tinuatioii sheet tot adoit onai C:dCl1n•9Rt9.) r signature of connying oftiiciaWntia -� Orilla { state or Fsderai agency€v?d bureau $, NBtfOMI POrk SeVACe COMMCMIOn I iiweby cerWy that t?te properV/;s: Signature of Iha Neepar W�Gate l pct cn !; yntared in tans flationa7'Regmer. C SAe coluirliallon sheat. - �, beterrnirred efi},bte for the Nat'anat QAgistor D Sae continuation ahaet, ddtarrnineo n0t ettgrisle for the Naltona! Registaf. rpmovod from me National n other,taxplair.•3 _ —__.— Name of Properly County and Slate 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.) 0 private © building(s) Contributing Noncontributing ❑ public-local ❑ district 1 3 El public-State ❑ site buildings ❑ public-Federal ❑ structure sites ❑ object structures objects 1 3 Total Name of related multiple property listing Number of contributing resources previously listed (Enter"NIA" if property is not part of a multiple property listing.) in the National Register N r�A a 6. Function or Use Historic Functions Current Functions (Enter categories from instructions) (Enter categories from instructions) Domestic : single dwelling Domestic : single dwelling Domestic: secondary structurds 7. Description Architectural Classification Materials (Enter categories from instructions) (Enter categories from instructions) Other: Federal foundation stone walls wood root asphalt brick other Narrative Description (Describe the historic and current condition of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) d :,laude F aucette Houuc ...... 58 IVan16 a. prcipp iy . _.._ C��untr arA 'i tate - 0. Statement of Si ntflCWwe -�- App ica bin Matlonal Register CrIteria - Areas of Sigt~lf;canca � w (Mark "x" In one cW i%ora awes for the criteria qua if)inq!hA OfOoerty (Enter categones r,om instructions; for National Register listing.) Architecture !."t A Property is esSrtclBrted with everits that gave map's -- -------__.-- ._.._----------. ----__--. a significant contributkrt to the broad patients cf -- --- --- --.---__ _—_ our history. i r 3 Property is associated mth the lives of persons - significant in our past. — - - _. ------ --____-- _ F1 C Prtap6rry embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction or -- _�� -- - --- - _---- represents the worm of a master, or possesses - - ------------- - -----•_. high artistic values, or represents a significant and aistinguishati4a entity whose components tack Period of Significsnc e individual dstinction. c .- 1320 - D Property has yielded, or is likely to yield, ---------------- -- ----. _ information important in prehistopy or history, Criter€a Cr,>trtskartions Significant Bales Nak "x" in all the bores that apply.) c. 1820 propefty is: A ownoo by a religious institution or used for _ ,. . . ---• -------------•---------_-_ religious purposes. Sfynfflivant Persc3n i— S romoved from its original location. (Correlate if Crclsrau S is murky boo ) 0 G a birthplace or grave. .----.---- Cul1`ural bffilEaUrn D a cdmetdry. N ji E a reconstructed ouilding, obiect, or structure. i-= F a eomrnernolative property. C G less than 50 years of age or achieved sign+ficance ArchitectIOulider Within the past 50 years. unknown r4atrntive Statement of rigniftoartce jExplaln Mo aigniffcartre of Im rrupeny on one or mote contlmuatiw119e4S.) a. i'IaI rs hicail iieafeaetvas BiE73fograptty �-- - ----- - Bite the books, stticies, and ghat-;ourc" isad in preparing this form on ane or more conlcnualion ?heats-) Previous documentation on file ;t' PS)- Primary locallon of additional data: 0 preliminary dela urination, of individual listing (36 ,'� State Historic Preservallon Office CFR 87) has been recivaste d C Other State agency 0 previously tisted in the National Rogister 1 Fedw al agency El proviousty detemtined eligible by tree National G Local government Rogister , University designated a National Historic Landmark J Other f' recordad by Historic American Rufldings Survey Name of ropository- i# NC Collection, !.1ilson LAbrary - recorded by Historsc American Enginsering a r3[iversity cf rtC Record # ------_-_--__-- - 59 Nar*&,31 P(C*fKKY (1--axia, Couniv wic- _I'vxv 10. 'Icaj Data Acreage of Prop" 5 . 5 acres UTM Rofor*ncft (Plac* addftnaJ UTM refororeom on a conOrmation sheet.) 16 6 6 00 zonaEaslilg Northing Zanrl 2 4 J— Voftwl Boundary Description (Describe" boundaries o!the ptoperty on a com)nuation sheet.) BourWary Justfffcatlon (Explein why the boundvAea were sakicted an a oonlinuatkyn sh".) 11. Form PrepanW By narnoMle Patricia S. Dickinson, Consultant organization date __Agri 1 _L9,___j9 street & mimber . 4 6 0 6 Hunt Rd. telephano ( 919 ) 7 3_2-5 4 3 9 city or town Hillsborough state :NTC zi:p 2 7 2 7 8 AddMonall DocumentaMm Suomrt 'he NxIowmg items-hith the compisted form: Cantinuatton Shoots M" A USGS map (7.5 or 15 minute series) indicating the property's locaticn. A Sketch map for •1,,istoric dlsit=s and properties having large acreage or -i-ort%5rous msour-.e3. Photographs Representative black and white photographs of the property. AdcRtkma4 items (Check with the SHPO of FPO for any a0dMortaJ Items) Pr2pn Owner (Comploto this atom at the request of SHPG of FPO.) nam Robert T. Golan and Diana Montgomery street & number 1830 Hall 1 s Mill Road city or town E£land state .�-Vc zip code P"rwark R*duci[Gn Act SWOMeft. T111a Infamatim ia twfw, co3w<,tsd to iipplltni!nns to the N-almAtO RNnM& o" H18torIC Pift"S to n-anili,A- properjl6s for listing or deltermne 01119)bIlity for 111611rig, to fiv Oropert4es, and to amand 3xo,pq RI-IJO?XlO to Rif8 r+W"Ueq as -0 CA:!W.! a tnneflt in accordance with the National Hlitoric Praaejv3llon Act, -U arrafid)l (16 470 M ay.). Eomated I!iurden atewnent. Puoliu ropofimg burlon for cii3 Corm is 9stirmted in avafago 18.1 houfr,par redpontf, ;n,;ftA1n.j ifniq im ;vIOWIM-, instructions, galharing and maintaining data, and comploono tod vui4fi%ing the folm, C44M.t ragardtxj INA uurdon 63tir.Ekte -)(VY-MVCt of th.13 form to the Chief, AdndofsuatNti S-mioes Oliviskv,. Nawna; ParIA S*rr!o% P,O, U*'-i 37'27, V%�a_tpinqlon. C '.,00;-71:T nd tkv 01,1:-,C, Management and Budget. Raparworx Saduv,v;nfi F;fojqoI_A kVwh]nqtw, W ::0503 HP9 Fw_40-900•a M19 Apwnv.l ka�l�T i-OO a (6.96! U United States Department of the interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Maude Faucette Douse Section number 7 Page 1 Orange County, NC Section 7 : Architectural Description The Maude Faucette House is located in a rural area five miles northeast of Hillsborough, the Orange County seat, and approximately three miles north of the unincorporated village of Efland. The property is known locally as the Maude Faucette House, after the last descendant of the builder, David Faucette. She lived in the house until her death in 1983 at the age of ninety-seven. The house is also known as The Elms, the name given to the property by Dr. and Mrs. Wiley Shearin who purchased the house in 1977 from Plaude, who remained in the house until her death. Until recently the house was surrounded by large elm trees which have since succumbed to age and disease. It is surrounded now by walnut, pecan and red bud trees and large American boxwoods. The house faces north and stands can a grassy bluff which overlooks the Eno River at the east and the bridge which crosses the river on Halls Mill Road ( SR 1336 ) . Bane Road (SR 1337) bisects the five acre tract at the west. The c. 1320 Faucette house is a vernacular interpretation of the Federal style, a two-story, gable-roofed, frame farmhouse with a mid to late-nineteenth century hip -roofed front porch with turned posts and sawn brackets. It rests on a fieldstone foundation, has exterior-end common-bond brick chimneys with slender free-standing stades, and a rear frame kitchen wing with an exterior end chimney and a rear screened-in porch. A one-story side wing was added to the east end of the house in the 1970s. The main block of the singly:--pile house is three-bays wide and two-bays deep and has plain boxed eaves. The symmetrical facade of the house has six-over-four windows on the first ,tory and six-aver-six sash on the second story. The windows are set in molded frames with plain sills and Greek Revival style corner blocks. The windows in the 1970s east wing are ornamented by replicas of the corner blocks . The main entrance is a six-panel door. It is protected by a Victorian-style screen door with carved brackets , probably added when the porch was replaced. ( Date of this porch is unknown, but probably c. 1830 ) . iqo original outbuildings survive. family tradition maintains that a detached, kitchen building, no longer in existence, stood in the northeast corner of the back yard. Two small late--nineteenth century cottages were moved onto the property in the early 1980s. one is used as a garden cottage and is located in the bade yard on the south side of the house . nr,n Fnr.n 1v.Nn/-� vMo nc.nrrf+w. rM+-ao�r Id•gb! 61 United States Department of the Interior National Paris Service National Register ®f historic Places Continuation Sheet -laude FaucYtte douse Section number --2— page 2 orange county, ire The other is a small game rental house at t G northeast corner of the property , A. mid-nineteenth century frame siaokehousa was moved to the yard in 1982 and stands directly at the rear of the main house. 1t was renovated. `or luso as a home office, used first by educator., Wiley Shearin, and now for the antique coin business of the current owner, Robert Golan. mhe interior of the ;aucette House displays a largely intact two-story Federal hall-and-parlor plan on both stories. The main entrance opens into the living room or hall ;current ocsners use this room as a dining room) . The parlor is now used as a den. The cabinets and 'book shelves were installed in this room in 1983 by ;iillsborough carpenter Clarence Hines , who used century-old 'Heart pane. A kitchen adjoins the den at the rear . The fireplace in each first-story room retains its original pine mantelpiece displaying a variation of applied sawn work presenting intricate decorative paneled effects . The firebox in the den has been altered by the addition of brick surrounding a wood-burning stove. The one-story side wing at the east end of the house contains a laundry room, bathroom, and two sunny bedrooms. original, six-panel doors survive throughout, as does the hardware . The doors and pine wainscot, re�ain original combed graining done by a Mr. Graham in 1904-05 . Ceilings are wide painted pine board. Floors throughout are of unpainted pine . The narrow staircase is hidden and completely enclosed by doors which omen into each of the first floor rooms . Between them, the enclosed stairs rise from the rear to the front. The walls of the staircase are wide painted boards , here is open, 'i.-pattern wood railing at the second story and a fluted newel post. A small landing at the top of the stairs provides access to the two second-floor bedrooms . Both bedrooms have working Eireplaces with simple pine mantelpieces . The bedroom at the west is somewhat smaller than the east bedroom, which has a good view of the bridge and river . NP$fNm I0•o00•A r7M8 Av ..m Hu.107&_7jd Is-") 62 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register ®f Historic Places Continuation Sheet ?laude ?aucette E!ouse Section number Page orange County, NC Section 8 : significance Summary: The c . 1820 Maude Faucette Kouse, significant under National Register Criterion C, is a good representative example of an early-nineteenth century, two-story frame farm mouse of the Eno :liver valley. The largely unaltered house retains its early form and its original setting overlooking the Banks of the Eno. The house was built by David Faucette, son of Richard Faucette whose family settled in Orange County in 1768 . The mouse was owned by the Faucette family members until. 1977 when the property was bought by the Shearin family, who shared the house with Maude Faucette , the last descendant of Joseph Faucette, until her death on 1983 at the age of ninety-seven. The house ratains many of its early original features including the common-bond brick exterior-end chimneys with slender freestanding brick stacks, six-over-six and six-over-four windows , mantelpieces with vernacular sawn work, flush board interior sheathing, six-panel doors, and enclosed staircase. The Nouse is largely intact, although it shows evidence of minor remodeli ap,s ofm lo-w*-k OMS AnArortJ Nq+6 f-06S United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet i.laude Faucette House Section number 8 Page Orange County, NC the time of the banishment of Huguenots to Ireland in the 1680s . 2 The family then migrated to America in the 1760s. The history of the raucette property which originally consisted of several hundred acres on both sides of the Eno River dates to the mid--eighteenth century when the Earl of Granville granted 371 acre large tract of land to John Tannin and James Taylor in 1753 . Richard Faucette purchased some of their land (exact amount unknown) in 1768 . In 1792, Richard ' s son David purchased from his planter father two adjoining tracts of land totaling one hundred acres of land "where David Faucette now dwells" for "400 pounds of current money of North Carolina. " The tract contained a griRt mill (no longer in existence) and related "improvements. " David Faucette had married Elizabeth Davis in 1.733 and it may be that an earlier house had already been built,' but this is not clear. David and Elizabeth Paucette had five sons and two daughters. one of their sons, Joseph ( 1792-1869 ) , married Polly Tinnen (1784-1860 ) in 1822 . Joseph and Polly had five sons and three daughters . According to the 1850 Agricultural. Census Joseph Faucette raised the typical crops of a small farmer in Orange County in this era, which included corn, oats, potatoes, and hay, with wheat his largest crop. His modest livestock holdings included a horse, milk cows , and- serine. He is also listed in the slave schedules of that year as the owner of four slaves �n one slave household, a number typical of a yeoman farmer. Joseph and Polly ' s son, Joseph tel. Faucette ( 1847-1924 ) , married Lydia Currie ( 1845-1921 ) . The hardships caused by the Civil War and the loss of slave labor are reflected in the 1870 Agricultural Cengus, which records only wheat and corn crops grown that year. Joseph W. and Lydia had two sons, Earl and Pelham, and one daughter, 1-laude, none of whom ;parried or had children. The property remained in the Faucette family until the mid--1970s when Maude sold the 7house tract and about thirty acres to Wiley and Erica Shearin. Maude Faucette (1885-1983 ) was a school teacher who had a long career teaching elementary school in Orange County, neighboring Caswell County, and in Arkansas, where she lived for a time With other family members _ "Seventh grade was (herl specialty. " A 1917 letter of recommendation from Hillsborough Mayor, J.T. Johnson surviving in her papers states that "her work has always meant everything to her. 1 have Beldon, seen a person 9in wham the spirit of service was as strong as it is in her. " She retired from teaching in 1961 . LIPS Farm 10-wa-. or a Aacb+.r sae aova United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sleet Maude Faucette House Section number .- 8 - Page 5 Orange Countv, i4C Maude Faucette compiled her family history and recorded a history of the family homestead in 1980. ;he wrote that the "home was built nsar a spring where food was ]sept fresh. Xelvinators were unknown at that time. Outlaws were truly a menace. They lived in caves approximately 2 miles south of the home. when they became hungry they would make a raid os0 the food at the spring sometimes Leaving a thank you note. " Maude remembered a "huge kitchen [no longer in existence ] located in the northeast corner of the yard where food was prepared and carried up to the main dwelling. There were also cottages occupied by students who wished to have a higher degree of education by walkijy to schools nearby, Mr. Sam Hughes Academy and my being one. " she recorded that "my great-grandfather [David Faucette ] .guilt the house and you rarely hear a will mentioned. it has just been passed on by the succeeding generations . " She also remembered that the combed wTV graining found on the doors and wainscot was done in 1904--05 . The Shearins, also educators, bought the property in the mid--1970s. The Shearins befriended :Miss Faucette and shared the house with her until she died in 1983 at age ninety-seven. in her will Maude left one-quarter of her property, including some family portraits to the nearby Fairfield Presbyterian Church of Efland (where she had been a life-long member) , and one-quarter of her estate to the Christian Children ' s Fund of Richmond. She 1left the remainder of her estate to Wiley and Erica shearin. six silver teaspoons, :Made c. 1.838 by Lemuel. ?synch, were discovered in her safe deposit boy; a�q are now displayed at the Hillsborough Historical Museum in .May and July, 1997 Robert A. Golan and1 .�is wife, Diana Montgomery, purchased the house and 5. 5 acres . They live there at present with their teenage son. Architectural Context : An architectural survey of Orange County conducted in 1997 revealed that, while a large number of one-story log houses from the nineteenth century survive, relatively unaltered frame houses from the early part of that century are rare. Architectural historian Richard Mattson noted in Orange County Architectural History, " . . .in a yeoman society dominated by small log dwellings , the tall frame houses stood apart, evoking a kinship in form and materials with the neighboring plantation seats of the upper class . " This history will accompany the architectural survey of Orange County when it is published in NP3 Fwm 40 M- GA40 .nnProveif.�j' x+-G4f6 (A."I United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Maude Eaucette House Section number 3 Page h orange County, Nc 2000 . He notes only a feta local examples of the two-story frame farmhouse, among them the -latthew Atwater House located in the White Cross Community of Orange county. Another, notable slightly earliez example is c . 1792 Oakland, located in neighboring Person County. Most surviving frame houses are gable--roofed structures, usually with shed-roofed front porches and exterior-end chimneys. Most of the dwellings are one-bay deep and three bays wide. Usually the stairs to the second story are enclosed and located in a corner of one of the first- story rooms, and are often enclosed by a door. The taro-story arrangement of the Faucette House is unusual in that doors in both :first--floor roornts provide access to the enclosed, centrally-located staircase, which rises from the rear to the front. The mantelpti eccs display, decorative sawnwor1k, rather than the more usual reeled mantels found in the Hillsborough area. The c^aucette house has ''been little altered since the Victorian-era hip-roof front porch was added. The small one-story east Laing added in the 1970s blends in almost imperceptibly with the original main block, sharing the same type multi-pane sash windows ornamented with Greek Revival corner blocks found on the original main block. The original setting on the banks of the Eno River is picturesque and evocative of the life of a small farmer of the Eno River Valley in the early nineteenth century. up'l Fount 10.900,4 17M8 A,aprov.l Na.1p2!-rm l8 0-41 b b United Mates Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Pisces Continuation Sheet Maude Faucette `-louse Section number page 7 orange County, NC Footnotes 1 interview with L'taude Faucette, c , 1.930 . in notes compiled by surveyor Catherine Bishir. Located in the working file on tale Faucette House, Survey and Planning Brandt, Division of archives and History, Raleigh. 2 Notes compiled by 4illiam Faucette. nd,np . Copy located in Maude Faucette ' s papers. In possession of Robert Golan. 3 Orange County Deed Book 12, pp. 93-94 . 4 Orange County Deed Book 13, pp . 94-95 . 5 Population and Agricultural Censuses . Orange County, North Carolina, 1350. Slave Schedules . Orange County, Aorth Carolina, 1850 . 6 Agricultural Census . Orange County, Morth Carolina, 1870. 7 Portions of the original one hundred acre farm had been sold over the years. See Orange County Deed Books 26 , p. 242 ; DH 85, p. 439; D3 86, p, 29 ; DB 92 , p. 65 ; DB 119, p. 10.1; D3 401, p. 376; DD 502, p. 685. 3 The News of Orange County. "A News of Orange Sketch: Maude Faucette. " October 12, 1977. 9 Letter from Jno. T. Johnston, Mayor. :day 12, 1917, in .laude Faucette papers . In possession of 'Robert Golan. 10 ilandwrit;ten notes compiled by Maude Faucette, September 30, 1980. In possession of Robert Golan. 11 ibid. 12 Survey Form compiled by Catherine Bishir. nd (probably c. 1980) In files of Survey and Planning Branch, Division of Archives and History, State Historic Preservation Office. Raleigh, MC. 13 Hillsborough, NC Estate files, Record 33, file E 211. . NFA(= m I0.9M-A VAIA Appray.l/tirA07t--OOlaa €8-"n V�� United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Shut Maude Faucette House Section nurnber Page I— Orange county, arc 14 Notes for docents. Written b ;dile Hillsborough Historical. springI I Shearin far `"our, tta.lj 12-17, 1987 . 15 Orange County Deed Book 159t? 35, r P. 50 and Dn 1617, p. 16 Richard Mattson. Orange. county Architectural History . 1tror:cing title) TS, located in survey and Planning Branch, Division of Archives and History, Raleigh To be published, 2000. ()MO Apo-,.I Mo.f02a-W Fa NPS F—10."-a MIN) 68 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register ®f Historic Places Continuation Sheet ,11aude Faucette douse Section number _2_.—_ Page A__ _ Oranges County, NC nibliography ^stato piles . 1,1illsborough, North Carolina. Record 83, Yile 9 21.1. Orange County Courthouse. Faucette, Maude. Papers and various handwritten notes compiled c. 1980. In collection of Robert Golan, Hillsborough, North Carolina . Mattson, �icha,rd. Orange County Architectural Survev. (working title` mS, 1999. To :ae published by QVC Division of Archives and '_Ustory and grange County Planning Department in 2000 . News of Orange County. October 12, 1977 . `"A `Teas of Orange County Sketch: Maude Faucette. " Orange County Deed Books . Various volumes and, dates as cited in text and footnotes. Orange County Population and Agricultural Censuses . 1850 and 1870. Slave Schedules, 1850 . North Carolina Division of Archives and History. Survey and Planning Branch. Raleigh, A1C. Working file, "!laude Faucette House. " HPS rnrm 10.900-4 once MAro�a1 NR.,;a2s nope 0 ae} rj J United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet ,Maude ?aucette :souse Section number 10 Pagelo orange County, Yc Section I.O . Geographical. Data Verbal Boundary oescrintion: The boundary of the Maude Faucette House ic) and associated outbuildings (NC) is shown on the accompanying Property Map r 3 . 4 . . 4 prepared by the Orange County Central Land ReQ0rdSMIS• Office. The legal description of the 5 . 5 acre tract is recorded in Orange County Deed Book 1390, P. 50 . 3o4ndary Justification; The boundary includes 5. 5 acres which contain the ?Maude raucette Nouse ; C) and three associated non-contributing W) outbuildings which were moved onto the property in the early 1930s. No original outbuildings survive. The remainder of the original 100--acre farm has been .sold for residential development. i 70 sa-aa United States Department of the interior Nadonai Paris Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Maude Faucette :louse Section number Photos Page 11 orange CO-, AC Photographs Maude Faucette House Orange County , IAC 1 . Maude Faucette House IC,, 1830 :falls Mill. Rd. ; intersection SR 1336 and SR 1337 ) Efland, A1C. 27243 Orange County, SIC Patricia S . Dickinson January-February, 1999 SIC Division of Archives and History aleigh, NC ?ain ;north; elevation camera pointing south Z . interior Maude Faucette House adress, photogragher, dater location of negative as above for all ohotograhs detail: combed graining on interior door 3. Interior Maude Faucette :House detail : mantel and windov in second-floor east bedroom 4 . Rear ; south; elevation, MaWe Faucette House camera pointing north 5. outbuildings AQ } office ; foreground) , rental house tbackground) camera pointing south 71 3.5..15A Al0 3,4..4A A66. N ALCs Nilt fto --f -fie 40" 4l-f�C� k J 3.4..4C -A 0. A2 (11 CA 67 m 00 0 3.4..16 A3.8 l r� ' 3,4..4 4 A5.5 3.8..110 _ AI,O I 3.4..17 r A2 F 3.4,.40 3.9..110 f� - AIG. A10. J 1 �_ — - !1 � 3,4..4E � A0.9 Selected Parcels PROPERTY MAP This map contains parcels prepared for the inventory of real property within Orange County,and is compiled from recorded deeds,plats,and other public �~ Background Info records and data.Users of this reap are hereby notified that the aforementioned public primary information sources should be consulted for verification of the OWNER:GOI.AN ROBERT 7 information contained on this map.The County and its mapping companies assume no legal responsibility for the information contained on this map. „ „ Map Scale : 1' w 160' DATE: 07 Apr 99 13:05:19 Wednesday Prepared By Orange County Central Land Records/GIS Office - - 1 72 (8-aa) OWIAWo,MNo,10ZA-UMS United States Department of the interior National Park Service National Register of Diatoric Places Continuation Sheet Section number 1, 3-4 Page 1 David Faucette House -Additional Documentation Orange County, NO 1, Name of Property historic name: Faucette David House _-- — other names/site number: Faucette Maude House 3, State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, I hereby certify that this 0 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 fart 60. In my opinion, the property® meets ❑does not meet the National Register Criteria. I recommend that this property be considered significant❑ nationally ❑ statewide® locally. (❑See continuation sheet for additional comments.) Signature of certifying official Date North Carolina De artment of Cultural Resources State or Federal Agency or Tribal government In my opinion, the property ❑ meets Q does not meet the National Register criteria. (❑ See continuation sheet for additional comments.) Signature of commenting official/Title 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 ❑ removed from the National Register ❑ other, (explain) 73 OI.#BAppwYai No.W4-0 0 (8-E6) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation sheet Section number 8 Page Z David Faucette House -Additional Documentation Orange County, NC Additional Documentation - Historic and Other Names Changes The property listed in November 1999 as the Maude Faucette House is architecturally significant as a rare surviving and intact example of an early nineteenth-century, two-story frame house of the Eno River Valley, The Federal-style house was built c. 1820, its period of significance, by David Faucette, the first owner of the property. As noted on pages 7:1 and 8:3, the house was known locally as the Maude Faucette House, after the last descendant of David Faucette, Maude Faucette's association with the house until her death in 1983, at the age of ninety-seven, is notable. However, the historic name that best reflects the property's historic importance is the David Faucette House, after the man who built the house. Also, the name The Elms was given to the property by Dr. and Mrs. Wiley 5hearin who purchased the property from Maude Faucette in 1977. This non-historic name should not be included under "other names" as it was in the original nomination. ly I tt�e J r 5 IV TJ _ ^{�h� _ - 1 `'�'°��Ft y� �,.a}t�•�. �t a +�,-, J r-we .,.li;. INA A i . 4 a • a f i. • L t, David Faucette House, OR 1376: exterior overall of west and south elevations view taken looking ISE. David Faucette House Landmark Map 76 5; ..r - y r r 1`•J J�r,�� '2• This map contains parcels prepared for the inventory of real prop arty within Orange County,and is compiled from recorded deed,plats,and other public records and data. Users of this map are hereby notified that the aforementioned May 1 20.23 public primary information sources should be consulted for verification of the information contained on this map. The county and its mapping compan iesassume nolegaI responsibility for the info rmaton onthis map. PIN: 9856431462 SIZE: 5.5A BUILDING COUNT. 2 OWNER 1: GOLAN ROBERT T DEED REF: 1590/50 LAND VALUE: $102,100 OWNER 2: MONTGOMERY DIANA RATECODE: 03 BLDG_VALUE: $343,000 ADDRESS 1: PO BOX 162 DATE SOLD: 5/30/1997 USE VALUE: $0 ADDRESS 2: BLDG SQFT: 2392 TOTAL VALUE: $445,100 CITY: EFLAND YEAR BUILT: 1771 1:2,400 STATE, ZIP: NC 27243 0 0.02 0.04 0.08 mi LEGAL DESC: SIE INT 1336 & 1337 77 Attachment 4 Minutes of the Nov. 21 2022 meeting of the Orange County Historic Preservation Commission Included to provide documentation of the HPC approval of these properties to recommend to the BOCC as proposed Local Historic Landmarks as required by the Orange County Historic Preservation Ordinance 78 Orange County HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION Approved Meeting Summary November 2"d, 2022 Bonnie Davis Center, 1020 US 70 West, Hillsborough MEMBERS PRESENT: Tom Loter, Cecelia Moore, Paul Noe, Steve Peck MEMBERS ABSENT: None STAFF PRESENT: Peter Sandbeck GUESTS: Todd Dickinson, Art Menius ITEM #1: CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at 6:34 pm. ITEM #2: CHANGES OR ADDITIONS TO AGENDA None. ITEM #3: APPROVAL OF MINUTES for August 24, 2022: Loter moved to approve the minutes; seconded by Peck; it was noted that there was a misspelling in item 4; motion approved with correction. ITEM #4: TEMS FOR DECISION: a. Motion to proceed to propose four new properties to the BOCC for Landmark Designation; Staff provided a brief overview presentation to highlight the four landmarks now ready to move forward to the BOCC for designation, pending the completion of the mandatory review of our applications and reports by the State Historic Preservation Office as dictated by our ordinance. These properties are: Harvey's Chapel AME Church/site of former church and cemetery; Eno Quaker Burying Ground; the David Faucette House; and the Davis Cotton Gin and Barn. The goal is to get these ready to be scheduled for the BOCC joint public hearing in April or May of this coming year. This process involves holding a joint public hearing with the BOCC to hear any possible public comment. The actual landmark designation ordinances will be considered and adopted by the BOCC at the next meeting following the public hearing. Staff will notify members once we get a better idea of the schedule for this. Loter moved that: 1} the HPC finds that all four properties possess special historical, architectural, and cultural significance, and also possess integrity of design, setting, workmanship, materials, feeling, and/or association as required to be eligible for landmark designation; and 2}, the HPC directs staff to present all four properties to the BOCC for the public hearing and subsequent landmark designation, pending state approval of the applications and reports. Motion seconded by Peck; motion approved. ITEM #5: DISCUSSION ITEMS a. Date for December meeting Staff proposed a possible meeting date of Dec. 14th, as is usual for the HPC to avoid trying to hold a meeting too close to the Christmas holiday. This was acceptable to all present. 1 79 b. New Discoveries in the Woods: Staff presented a PowerPoint to share highlights of a recent tour he took with Judge Beverly Scarlett, where she showed him a cemetery containing burials of the enslaved workers associated with Hardscrabble Plantation, the seat of the prominent Cain family, who also built the fine house Sans Souci in Hillsborough. Members viewed photos of the house, then views of the cemetery, which was identified during a property survey. The owner, Jim Parlsey, agreed to donate the cemetery to a new non-profit group called Indigenous Memories, formed by Judge Scarlett and her sister. More research is needed on the enslaved population there. From preliminary assessments, there are at least 50-75 burials there. Staff then went on a tour with Judge Scarlet to view several very interesting rock piles or mounds located on her farm nearby off of Terry Road. One site exhibited five piles or mounds of rocks arranged in a rough circle, while another is freestanding and high, perhaps six feet. The theory is that these may be associated with Indian ceremonial activities or perhaps burials, although there is no definite proof. This area of the county has traditionally been the home of the Maroons, a term used to describe the mixed race Indian and Black people who lived in their own community here. Judge Scarlett hired Shawn Patch, a respected professional archaeologist with New South Associates in Greensboro, who came to assess the rock piles. He is doing research and will present his findings or opinions at a later date. Staff also toured the Ray slave cemetery, located nearby off the driveway of the gravel road leading to the late Peter Kramer's farm, on the north side of Lipscomb Grove Church Rd. Peck noted that there is now a much greater interest within the Black community to search for their enslaved ancestors, leading to a growing number of new discoveries of just such sites as these. We should expect to see many more cemeteries being discovered or perhaps just revealed as they were never lost, just not discussed. Judge Scarlett's leadership and willingness to take action and talk about these sites will be a great asset to this effort. Staff noted that he has received multiple inquiries from county residents who are discovering such cemeteries or are interested in their preservation. All agreed that the HPC can certainly take on an important role in this effort. c. Stra horn House in Carrboro: potential for HPC involvement in a National Re ister nomination: Staff reviewed the recent history of this important historic property built by formerly enslaved members of the Strayhom family, located in Carrboro. Preservation Chapel Hill received a recent Covington Foundation grant to help with some needed restoration work to the floor system. They are hoping to raise funds to help match the grant. The house is protected by a Preservation Easement held by Preservation Chapel Hill, implemented while Ernie Dollar was the director there. There has been an interest in placing this on the National Register for some years, and it is already on the State Study List as being eligible. Staff would like to get a general sense of the pleasure of the group to see if there is interest in having the HPC help with this effort, perhaps with funding assistance or administration of the effort. Members were in favor and agreed that this is a good project to pursue if needed. d. Updatinq our HPC ordinance to reflect changes made by the General Assembly: Staff just wanted to note that this is a project that will be in the works this coming year, to review and fine-tune our ordinance, working with the county attorney's staff. Our last s update was in 2013. e. News and updates from the Preservation NC Annual Meeting: Staff provided an overview of the various programs and topics covered at the meeting held in Winston- Salem last week, including sessions on the preservation of the burial grounds of the enslaved in Forsyth County, and a very impressive and informative panel about preserving and revitalizing Black neighborhoods that were destroyed or impacted by highways and urban renewal, with panelists including city council members and local preservation leaders, discussing the longterm damage these projects caused and are still causing, through the destruction of close-knot communities. 2 80 f. Membership/election of officers: This was deferred to the next meeting in the interest of time. ITEM#6: UPDATES AND INFORMATION ITEMS a. Blackwood Farmhouse Restoration Proiect: Work continues to progress on the exterior restoration. Wayne Thompson is on site now working on repointing the stone chimneys. Carpenter Jeff Bergman has completed the window restoration and is working on the siding. Work on the other park improvements continues to progress. b. Ridge Road School National Register Nomination progress report: Our consultant for the project, Heather Fearnbach, has scheduled a site visit for mid-November to start work on the Study List application for this historic c. 1932 Black school north of Hillsborough, to be submitted to the State Historic Preservation Office before Dec. 31. c. Troy and Roberta Andrews House National Register Nomination Project: Staff met with Jean Earnhardt, owner of the house and daughter of Troy and Roberta Andrews, to promote the idea of placing the house on the National Register. Some members will recall the fascinating story of how this remarkable Modernist house was designed by a Swiss architecture student while studying under Frank Lloyd Wright at the original Taliesin in Wisconsin. This meeting was arranged with help from local community member Bonnie Hauser. Ms. Earnhardt has carefully preserved the original architect's plans and photos of the house and the talented Black stonemasons who built the house, Alf and Willis Barbee from Carrboro. She is interested in having this listed on the Register and will be talking with her children about the idea to get their approval. Peck was interested about where stones were quarried in that area. Staff noted that the owner explained that the stones for this house are all rough field stones that were gathered from the immediate site and not quarried. The owner and Ms. Hauser are reaching out to descendants or relatives of the Alf and Willis Barbee to invite them to view the house and to admire the fine stonework. d. Historic Architecture Book Protect: The author for our Historic Architecture Book, Laura Phillips, has finished all the property entries following the advice of our editorial consultant, Catherine Bishir. This marks the completion of all her work. Staff will have to review all of this and work in cooperation with Bishir to resolve any outstanding editorial issues. Staff recently met with Julie Allred, our book designer with BW&A Books. They are eager to get started on this once we finish the editorial and other text work, like captions and front matter. She will obtain new printing prices for us now in case there have been changes due to supply chain issues. The essay chapters will be available for HPC members to read and edit; several members indicated interest. e. Open air time: Peck discussed a property called the Chapel Carriage House, that has an old cabin on the property; the old owner name is Lindsay or Lindley. It is a wedding venue now. They have what they believe is an old slave cemetery on the site. He will do some checking and share information with staff about the cemetery. ITEM#7: ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 8:09 pm. Meeting summary by Peter Sandbeck, DEAPR staff 3 81 Attachment 5 Copies of letters from the State Historic Preservation Office confirming the completion of the mandatory state review of the applications for these three properties to be considered for landmark status Included to provide documentation of the State Historic Preservation Office review as required by the state and by the Orange County Historic Preservation Ordinance 82 eta STAT@ o North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources State Historic Preservation Office Ramona ASL Bartos,Administrator Governor Roy Cooper Office of Archives and History Secretary D.Reid Wilson Deputy Secretary Darin J.V�aters,Ph.D. January 20, 2023 Peter Sandbeck Cultural Resources Coordinator P.O. Box 8181 Hillsborough,NC 27278 RE: Proposed Designation of the Harvey's Chapel(PIN 9853837051) and Historic Cemetery(PIN 9853593781), 2507 Dimmock's Mill Road, Efland, Orange County. Dear Mr. Sandbeck: Thank you for the report we received on the proposed designation of the Harvey's Chapel and Historic Cemetery,2507 Dimmock's Mill Road, Efland, Orange County. We have reviewed the report and offer the following comments in accordance with North Carolina General Statute 160D-946. The report states that the extant sanctuary building, the site of the earlier church building, and the two cemeteries are significant for the congregation's history and for the architectural significance of the extant building, which is the most intact surviving example of a small frame Carpenter-Gothic style black church in Orange County. The exitance of two sites and their distance from each other illustrates the negative effects of discriminatory infrastructure practices. The concise application provides a good history of the church and congregation. We have shared modest recommendations with staff to strengthen the report, but we believe the report provides the information that the commission and the local governing body will need to make an informed judgement regarding the building's worthiness for local designation. The Office of State Archaeology notes that archaeological deposits, such as structural remains of the historic buildings on and near the parcel and remnant landscape features like old roadbeds, may still exist, as well as debris that accumulated from activities related to church and neighborhood construction, and church-related functions and events. The area may also contain archaeological resources associated with 19th century (or earlier) land uses that pre-date construction of the church and cemetery. Therefore, the information obtained from archaeological research at this property could address various topics related to Orange County's social history, including the character and experience of daily life in African American neighborhoods, development and change in cultural institutions within the community, labor and Location:109 East Jones Street,Raleigh NC 27601 Mailing Address:4617 Mail Service Center,Raleigh NC 27699-4617 Telephone/Fax:(919)814-6570/814-6898 83 economic history, and events that have contributed to the settlement pattern and character of the region. To date, no investigations have been conducted to identify archaeological resources, but it is likely that they do exist on the parcel, and this should be considered in any future development of the property. Also, these historic cemeteries are protected under North Carolina General Statute Chapter 65, and should be avoided by construction activities if any are planned in the immediate vicinity. Landmark designation means the community recognizes the property is worthy of preservation because of its special significance to the local community. Any substantial changes in design, materials, and appearance to the property is subject to the design review procedures of the preservation commission. Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the report. Please note, our comments are advisory only and therefore, nonbinding. Once the governing board has received a recommendation from the Orange County Historic Preservation Commission, it should proceed in the same manner as would otherwise be required for an amendment to the zoning ordinance. Once the decision has been made, please return a completed copy of the enclosed form to our office. This letter serves as our comments on the proposed designation of Harvey's Chapel and Historic Cemetery. Please contact me at Kristi.brantlev rr;ncdcr.�4ov (preferred) or 919-814-6576 should you have any questions about our comments. Sincerely, emx/ Kristi Brantley Local Preservation Commissions/ CLG Coordinator CC: Commission Chair Enclosure 84 d,,4 STAT@ o auJn North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources State Historic Preservation Office Ramona M.Bartos,Administrator Governor Roy Cooper Office of Archives and History Secretary D.Reid Wilson Deputy Secretary Darin J.Waters,Ph.D. June 3, 2022 Peter Sandbeck Cultural Resources Coordinator P.O. BOX 8181 Hillsborough,NC 27278 RE: Proposed Designation of the Eno Quaker Burying Ground, West side of NC 57 (PIN: 9876100265),Hillsborough, Orange County. Dear Mr. Sandbeck: Thank you for the report we received on the proposed designation of the Eno Quaker Burying Ground. We have reviewed the report and offer the following comments in accordance with North Carolina General Statute 160D-946. According to the report, the Eno Quaker Burying Ground is of local significance because it is one of the few rural Quaker cemeteries in Orange County dating from the eighteenth century. It's collection of gravestones,both folk art and the work of professional stone carvers, and the surrounding rock wall is a reminder of the thriving Eno Quaker community that played an important role in the early history of Orange County. The report for the Eno Quaker Burying Ground is well-written and thorough with a comprehensive bibliography. We have shared recommendations with staff to perform a few minor edits to the report. With these minor changes, we believe the commission and the local governing board will be able to more accurately determine if the Eno Quaker Burying Ground possess the requisite special significance and integrity required for local historic landmark designation. The Office of State Archaeology recommends that the applicant create a long-term care plan for the preservation of the cemetery. As noted in the report, it is likely that there are unmarked burials present at the site. To ensure that these burials are considered in future cemetery maintenance plans, it is recommended that the cemetery be investigated using remote sensing techniques such as Ground Penetrating Radar. Landmark designation means the community recognizes the property is worthy of preservation because of its special significance to the local community. Any substantial changes in design, materials, and appearance to the property is subject to the design review procedures of the preservation commission. Location:109 East Jones Street,Raleigh NC 27601 Maifing Address:4617 Mail Service Center,Raleigh NC 27699-4617 Telephone/Fax:(919)8146570/814 6898 85 Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the report, Please note, our comments are advisory only and therefore, nonbinding. Once the governing board has received a recommendation from the Orange County Historic Preservation Commission, it should proceed in the same manner as would otherwise be required for an amendment to the zoning ordinance. Once the decision has been made, please return a completed copy of the enclosed form to our office. This letter serves as our comments on the proposed designation of the Eno Quaker Burying Ground, Please contact me at Kristi.brantley(i�.ncdcr.(-)ov (preferred) or 919-814-6583 should you have any questions about our comments. Sincerely, e*A/ Kristi Brantley Local Preservation Commissions/CLG Coordinator CC: Commission Chair Enclosure 86 6.i,.j.STA7Z North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources State Historic Preservation Office Ramona Nf,Bartos,Administrator Governor Roy Cooper Office of Archives and History Secretary D.Reid Wilson Deputy Secretary Darin J.Waters,Ph.D. January 20, 2023 Peter Sandbeck Cultural Resources Coordinator P.O. Box 8181 Hillsborough,NC 27278 RE: Proposed Designation of the David Faucette House,2421 Bane Road, Efland, Orange County. Dear Mr. Sandbeck: Thank you for the report we received on the proposed designation of the David Faucette House, 2421 Bane Road, Efland, Orange County. We have reviewed the report and offer the following comments in accordance with North Carolina General Statute 160D-946. The report cites the historic significance and architectural description of 1999 National Register nomination for this house, and supplements that nomination with updated photographs. The house has not been altered since the 1999 listing. The nomination, and therefore the report, state that the house is significant as a good, nearly unaltered, representative example of an early-nineteenth century farmhouse in the Eno River valley. The concise nomination was thorough and complete, and provided a good architectural context of other early nineteenth and late eighteenth-century houses in the county. We have shared modest recommendations with staff to strengthen the report, but we believe the report provides the information that the commission and the local governing body will need to make an informed judgement regarding the building's worthiness for local designation The Office of State Archaeology notes the David Faucette House is closely related to the surrounding environment. Archaeological remains, such as trash middens, remains of garden planting beds and fence lines, former outbuildings, and other structural remains which may be present, can provide information valuable to the understanding and interpretation of the property. Information concerning the character of daily life at the David Faucette House, as well as structural details and landscape use, can be obtained from the archaeological record. Additionally, due to the house's proximity to the Eno River, there may be remains of prehistoric occupations. Therefore, archaeological remains may well be an important component of the significance of the property. At this time no investigation has been done to document Location:109 East Jones Street,Raleigh NC 27601 Mailing Address:4617 Mail Service Center,Raleigh NC 27699-4617 Telephone/Fax:(919)814-6570/8146898 87 these remains, but it is likely that they exist, and this should be considered in any development of the property. Landmark designation means the community recognizes the property is worthy of preservation because of its special significance to the local community. Any substantial changes in design, materials, and appearance to the property is subject to the design review procedures of the preservation commission. The owner may receive an annual deferral of up to fifty percent of the property taxes for as long as the property is designated and retains significance and integrity. (N.C.G.S. 105-278 et seq.). Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the report. Please note, our comments are advisory only and therefore, nonbinding. Once the governing board has received a recommendation from the Orange County Historic Preservation Commission, it should proceed in the same manner as would otherwise be required for an amendment to the zoning ordinance. Once the decision has been made, please return a completed copy of the enclosed form to our office. This letter serves as our comments on the proposed designation of the David Faucette House. Please contact me at Kristi.brantley tr ncdcr. ov (preferred) or 919-814-6576 should you have any questions about our comments. Sincerely, IVB IC risti Brantley Local Preservation Commissions/CLG Coordinator CC: Commission Chair Enclosure