HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 06-20-2023; 8-n - Designation of Three Properties as Orange County Historic Landmarks 1
ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: June 20, 2023
Action Agenda
Item No. 8-n
SUBJECT: Designation of Three Properties as Orange County Historic Landmarks
DEPARTMENT: Environment, Agriculture, Parks
and Recreation (DEAPR)
ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT:
1) Proposed Ordinance Designating Peter Sandbeck, 245-2517
Harvey's Chapel AME Church as an
Orange County Historic Landmark
2) Proposed Ordinance Designating the
Eno Quaker Burying Ground as an
Orange County Historic Landmark
3) Proposed Ordinance Designating the
David Faucette House as an Orange
County Historic Landmark
PURPOSE: To consider and adopt ordinances to designate three properties as Orange County
Historic Landmarks: Harvey's Chapel AME Church, the Old Eno Quaker Burying Ground, and the
David Faucette House.
BACKGROUND: The adoption of the attached ordinances is the final step in the process for
designating these three historic properties as Orange County Historic Landmarks, as outlined in
the County's Historic Preservation Ordinance. The BOCC held a required joint public hearing with
the Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) on May 16, 2023 to obtain public input/comment
about the proposed designations. The attached ordinances have been approved by the HPC and
the County Attorney and are ready for consideration and adoption by the BOCC.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: Upon adoption of these ordinances, the owners will be eligible to apply for
a 50-percent property tax deferral as per state law and the County's Historic Preservation
Ordinance. Only one of the properties, the David Faucette House, is privately owned. Therefore
the owners of that property will be entitled to apply to Tax Administration for this deferral, which
will reduce the tax bill for that property from $3,699 to approximately $1,835.
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.
2
RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board adopt and authorize the
Chair to sign the attached ordinances to designate the Harvey's Chapel AME Church, the Old
Eno Quaker Burying Ground and the David Faucette House as Orange County Historic
Landmarks, and thank the owners for their ongoing efforts to preserve these important historic
properties.
3
ORD-2023-031
Attachment 1
AN ORDINANCE OF THE ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
DESIGNATING THE PROPERTY KNOWN AS THE
HARVEY'S CHAPEL AME CHURCH (PIN: 9853837051)AND
THE ORIGINAL CHURCH SITE AND CEMETERY (PIN 9853593781)
IN ORANGE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
AS A HISTORIC LANDMARK
WHEREAS, all of the prerequisites to the adoption of this ordinance prescribed in
Chapter 160D, Article 9, as amended(Historic Districts and Landmarks) of the General Statutes
of North Carolina and an Ordinance Creating the Historic Preservation Commission of Orange
County(the "Historic Preservation Ordinance") have been met; and
WHEREAS, the members of the Orange County Board of County Commissioners have
taken into full consideration all statements and information presented by the Orange County
Historic Preservation Commission at a joint public hearing held on the 10h day of May, 2023, on
the question of designating the property known as the Harvey's Chapel AME Church and its
original site and cemetery as a historic landmark; and
WHEREAS, the property known as the Harvey's Chapel AME Church and its original
site and cemetery, located in Cheeks Township in the County of Orange and more particularly
described in Attachments A and B, attached hereto, are 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; and
WHEREAS, Harvey's Chapel AME Church was founded in the late 19th century by a
group of African-American families descended from formerly enslaved workers who gathered to
worship together in the woods overlooking Crabtree Creek as a"brush arbor" community; and
WHEREAS, the Harvey's Chapel AME congregation built their first church in 1892 on
the site of their brush arbor and created a cemetery for members and their families; and
WHEREAS, the 1940s Harvey's Chapel AME congregation moved their church to its
present site on Dimmock's Mill Road due to poor road maintenance; and
4
WHEREAS, in 1940 the congregation of Harvey's Chapel AME Church built a new
church that is now the most intact surviving example of a small frame carpenter-Gothic-style
Black church in Orange County; and
WHEREAS, based on the additional information further detailed in the landmark
designation report for the Harvey's Chapel AME Church and its original site and cemetery, all of
which is incorporated herein by reference, the Orange County Historic Preservation Commission
has demonstrated that the properties known as the Harvey's Chapel AME Church and its original
site and cemetery possess special significance in terms of their historic, architectural and/or
cultural significance and has recommended that the property be designated as a historic landmark
as outlined in Article IV of the Orange County Historic Preservation Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the State Historic Preservation Office, an agency of the Office of Archives
and History of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, has reviewed
and commented on the findings of the Orange County Historic Preservation Commission for the
designation of the Harvey's Chapel AME Church and its original site and cemetery as a historic
landmark, as required by Chapter 160D, Article 9, as amended, of the General Statutes of North
Carolina and the Orange County Historic Preservation Ordinance;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of County Commissioners of
Orange County,North Carolina that:
Section 1. The properties known as the Harvey's Chapel AME Church and its original
site and cemetery, located in Hillsborough Township, Orange County,North Carolina
jurisdictional area under PIN numbers 9853837051 and 9853593781, more particularly described
in Attachments A and B, are hereby designated as a historic landmark.
Section 2. This landmark shall be subject to Chapter 160D, Article 9 of the General
Statutes of North Carolina and the Orange County Historic Preservation Ordinance, and any
amendments as may be made to either set of regulations.
Section 3. The owner(s) and occupant(s) of the property known as the Harvey's Chapel
AME Church and its original site and cemetery be given notice of this ordinance as required by
applicable law, and that copies of this ordinance be filed and indexed in the office of the County
Clerk, Orange County Register of Deeds, Orange County Tax Supervisor and Orange County
Department of Environment, Agriculture, Parks and Recreation, as required by the applicable
law.
Section 4. In accordance with Chapter 160D, Article 9 of the General Statutes of North
Carolina and the Orange County Historic Preservation Ordinance, the exterior and site features
of all historic landmarks are always under the purview of the Historic Preservation
Commission's Certificate of Appropriateness provisions. In the case of Harvey's Chapel AME
Church and its original site and cemetery, the site features include the historic 1940s church and
associated grounds and cemetery, as well as the original church site and cemetery, including: the
historic gravestones; the foundations of the original church; and the surrounding wooded
2
5
landscape. The HPC shall determine Certificates of Appropriateness for the Harvey's Chapel
AME Church and its original site and cemetery based on the HPC's approved design standards,
with reference to the designation ordinance, the application materials and the designation report.
Section 5: In accordance with Section 44-75 of the Orange County Historic Preservation
Ordinance, there shall be certain delays in demolition. Consistent with that requirement, nothing
in this ordinance shall be construed to prevent or delay ordinary maintenance or repair of any
architectural feature in or on said landmark that does not involve a change in design, material or
outer appearance thereof, nor to prevent or delay the construction, reconstruction, alteration,
restoration, demolition or removal of any feature when a building inspector or similar official
certifies to the Commission that such action is required for the public safety because of an unsafe
condition. Nothing herein shall be construed to prevent the owner of the historic landmark from
making any use of the historic landmark not prohibited by other statutes, ordinances or
regulations.
Section 6. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed
to the extent of such conflict with this ordinance.
Section 7. Any part of this ordinance determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to
be in violation of any law or constitutional provision shall be deemed severable and shall not
affect the validity of the remainder.
Section 8. This ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the members of the Orange County Board of
County Commissioners do hereby officially designate the Harvey's Chapel AME
Church and its original site and cemetery as an Orange County Historic
Landmark.
This the 20th day of June, 2023.
Jamezetta Bedford, Chair
Orange County Board of Commissioners
Attest
Laura Jensen, Clerk to the Board
3
f
f f
ik
Attachment A
Harvey's Chapel AME Church
proposed landmarkparcel •
present church and cemetery
on • Mill Road
9853837051
f
Ed
di
ir
rr
1
rq
d, _
10
ZFf
-. i -..- �r-•
Jr.
Y ~
R. F F i�'f ilk ryl F? All, Irep
I
ti� F
Pe
r Ftil�' � r .r "* +r � �•
1
k
r ;
f �
!y� f i
+r r � r
r
rr
• _} r
F r�
1 � -
Ak
r
fi F r fh r
Irr I 7 i f k
y + Y 1 . •, r
• it ' ' i �~ Y *•JL:
r a
' ` r ir f
hb
o-
IdPA
++ Ole ra ,
is 46
# `. .• ,'i
i
dil
r I }�
8
ORD-2023-032
Attachment 2
AN ORDINANCE OF THE ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
DESIGNATING THE PROPERTY KNOWN AS THE
ENO QUAKER BURYING GROUND (PIN: 9876100265)
IN ORANGE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
AS A HISTORIC LANDMARK
WHEREAS, all of the prerequisites to the adoption of this ordinance prescribed in
Chapter 160D, Article 9, as amended(Historic Districts and Landmarks) of the General Statutes
of North Carolina and an Ordinance Creating the Historic Preservation Commission of Orange
County(the "Historic Preservation Ordinance") have been met; and
WHEREAS, the members of the Orange County Board of County Commissioners have
taken into full consideration all statements and information presented by the Orange County
Historic Preservation Commission at a joint public hearing held on the 16th day of May, 2023, on
the question of designating the property known as the Eno Quaker Burying Ground as a historic
landmark; and
WHEREAS, the property known as the Eno Quaker Burying Ground, located in
Hillsborough Township in the County of Orange and more particularly described in Attachment
A attached hereto, is significant as one of the very few rural cemeteries in Orange County dating
from the eighteenth century and as the most intact tangible reminder of the numerous Quakers
who settled in the county in the area north of Hillsborough; and
WHEREAS, the Quakers who settled in Orange County founded the Eno Friends
Meeting in 1754 and in 1759 established their meeting house, school and the Eno Quaker
Burying Ground at this site; and
WHEREAS, the Eno Quaker Burying Ground contains a significant collection of locally-
carved gravestones surrounded by an rare surviving 18th century stone wall; and
WHEREAS, based on the additional information further detailed in the landmark
designation report for the Eno Quaker Burying Ground, all of which is incorporated herein by
reference, the Orange County Historic Preservation Commission has demonstrated that the
property known as the Eno Quaker Burying Ground possesses special significance in terms of its
historic, architectural and/or cultural significance and has recommended that the property be
9
designated as a historic landmark as outlined in Article IV of the Orange County Historic
Preservation Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the State Historic Preservation Office, an agency of the Office of Archives
and History of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, has reviewed
and commented on the findings of the Orange County Historic Preservation Commission for the
designation of the Eno Quaker Burying Ground as a historic landmark, as required by Chapter
160D, Article 9, as amended, of the General Statutes of North Carolina and the Orange County
Historic Preservation Ordinance;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of County Commissioners of
Orange County,North Carolina that:
Section 1. The property known as the Eno Quaker Burying Ground, located in
Hillsborough Township, Orange County,North Carolina jurisdictional area under PIN number
9876100265 and more particularly described in Attachment A is hereby designated a historic
landmark.
Section 2. This landmark shall be subject to Chapter 160D, Article 9 of the General
Statutes of North Carolina and the Orange County Historic Preservation Ordinance, and any
amendments as may be made to either set of regulations.
Section 3. The owner(s) and occupant(s) of the property known as the Eno Quaker
Burying Ground be given notice of this ordinance as required by applicable law, and that copies
of this ordinance be filed and indexed in the office of the County Clerk, Orange County Register
of Deeds, Orange County Tax Supervisor and Orange County Department of Environment,
Agriculture, Parks and Recreation, as required by the applicable law.
Section 4. In accordance with Chapter 160D, Article 9 of the General Statutes of North
Carolina and the Orange County Historic Preservation Ordinance, the exterior and site features
of all historic landmarks are always under the purview of the Historic Preservation
Commission's Certificate of Appropriateness provisions. In the case of Eno Quaker Burying
Ground, the site features include the historic gravestones, the surrounding stone wall and the
landscape contained within the boundaries of the wall. The HPC shall determine Certificates of
Appropriateness for the Eno Quaker Burying Ground based on the HPC's approved design
standards, with reference to the designation ordinance,the application materials and the
designation report.
Section 5: In accordance with Section 44-75 of the Orange County Historic Preservation
Ordinance, there shall be certain delays in demolition. Consistent with that requirement, nothing
in this ordinance shall be construed to prevent or delay ordinary maintenance or repair of any
architectural feature in or on said landmark that does not involve a change in design, material or
outer appearance thereof, nor to prevent or delay the construction, reconstruction, alteration,
restoration, demolition or removal of any feature when a building inspector or similar official
certifies to the Commission that such action is required for the public safety because of an unsafe
2
10
condition. Nothing herein shall be construed to prevent the owner of the historic landmark from
making any use of the historic landmark not prohibited by other statutes, ordinances or
regulations.
Section 6. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed
to the extent of such conflict with this ordinance.
Section 7. Any part of this ordinance determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to
be in violation of any law or constitutional provision shall be deemed severable and shall not
affect the validity of the remainder.
Section 8. This ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the members of the Orange County Board of
County Commissioners do hereby officially designate the Eno Quaker Burying
Ground as an Orange County Historic Landmark.
This the 20th day of June, 2023.
Jamezetta Bedford, Chair
Orange County Board of Commissioners
Attest
Laura Jensen, Clerk to the Board
3
y=c ,
i
•L
49:r IL
l
F�i� �•fir I
4 i A '
° �rr��
'aro-
_ F • •x v
a 4 }
• P'L F h �+
+rY
r'
a y rbd • GP •
r :
i�
Y I
, pA
e# f
I
�i
12
ORD-2023-033
Attachment 3
AN ORDINANCE OF THE ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
DESIGNATING THE PROPERTY KNOWN AS THE
DAVID FAUCETTE HOUSE (PIN: 9856431462)
IN ORANGE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
AS A HISTORIC LANDMARK
WHEREAS, all of the prerequisites to the adoption of this ordinance prescribed in
Chapter 160D, Article 9, as amended(Historic Districts and Landmarks) of the General Statutes
of North Carolina and an Ordinance Creating the Historic Preservation Commission of Orange
County(the "Historic Preservation Ordinance") have been met; and
WHEREAS, the members of the Orange County Board of County Commissioners have
taken into full consideration all statements and information presented by the Orange County
Historic Preservation Commission at a joint public hearing held on the 16th day of May, 2023, on
the question of designating the property known as the David Faucette House as a historic
landmark; and
WHEREAS, the property known as the David Faucette House, located in Cheeks
Township in the County of Orange and more particularly described in Attachment A attached
hereto, is significant as one of the County's best preserved early 19th century farmhouses; and
WHEREAS, the original house constructed c. 1830 retains a high degree of architectural
integrity,with most of its original historic exterior and interior features still preserved, along
with a significant and picturesque site along the Eno River, all in an intact rural setting; and
WHEREAS, the David Faucette House is significant as a rare surviving example of an
early 19th century two-story farmhouse of the late Federal style in the Eno River valley; and
WHEREAS, based on the additional information further detailed in the landmark
designation report and in the National Register Nomination for the David Faucette House, all of
which is incorporated herein by reference, the Orange County Historic Preservation Commission
has demonstrated that the property known as the David Faucette House possesses special
significance in terms of its historic, architectural and/or cultural significance and has recommended
that the property be designated as an historic landmark as outlined in Article IV of the Orange
County Historic Preservation Ordinance; and
13
WHEREAS, the State Historic Preservation Office, an agency of the Office of Archives
and History of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, has reviewed
and commented on the findings of the Orange County Historic Preservation Commission for the
designation of the David Faucette House as a historic landmark, as required by Chapter 160D,
Article 9, as amended, of the General Statutes of North Carolina and the Orange County Historic
Preservation Ordinance;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of County Commissioners of
Orange County,North Carolina that:
Section 1. The property known as the David Faucette House, located in Cheeks
Township, Orange County,North Carolina jurisdictional area(including the exterior and the
approximately 5 acres of land listed under PIN number 9856431462 and more particularly
described in Attachment A) is hereby designated a historic landmark.
Section 2. This landmark shall be subject to Chapter 160D, Article 9 of the General
Statutes of North Carolina and the Orange County Historic Preservation Ordinance, and any
amendments as may be made to either set of regulations.
Section 3. The owner(s) and occupant(s) of the property known as the David Faucette
House be given notice of this ordinance as required by applicable law, and that copies of this
ordinance be filed and indexed in the office of the County Clerk, Orange County Register of
Deeds, Orange County Tax Supervisor and Orange County Department of Environment,
Agriculture, Parks and Recreation, as required by the applicable law.
Section 4. In accordance with Chapter 160D, Article 9 of the General Statutes of North
Carolina and the Orange County Historic Preservation Ordinance, the exterior and site features
of all historic landmarks are always under the purview of the Historic Preservation
Commission's Certificate of Appropriateness provisions. In the case of David Faucette House,
the site features include: the historic landscape consisting of the front, side and rear lawns that
give the house its rural setting, and three outbuildings: the garden house, office and rental house,
as shown on Attachment B. The HPC shall determine Certificates of Appropriateness for the
David Faucette House based on the HPC's approved design standards, with reference to the
designation ordinance, the application materials and the designation report.
Section 5: In accordance with Section 44-75 of the Orange County Historic Preservation
Ordinance, there shall be certain delays in demolition. Consistent with that requirement, nothing
in this ordinance shall be construed to prevent or delay ordinary maintenance or repair of any
architectural feature in or on said landmark that does not involve a change in design, material or
outer appearance thereof, nor to prevent or delay the construction, reconstruction, alteration,
restoration, demolition or removal of any feature when a building inspector or similar official
certifies to the Commission that such action is required for the public safety because of an unsafe
condition. Nothing herein shall be construed to prevent the owner of the historic landmark from
making any use of the historic landmark not prohibited by other statutes, ordinances or
regulations.
14
Section 6. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed
to the extent of such conflict with this ordinance.
Section 7. Any part of this ordinance determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to
be in violation of any law or constitutional provision shall be deemed severable and shall not
affect the validity of the remainder.
Section 8. This ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the members of the Orange County Board of
County Commissioners do hereby officially designate the David Faucette House
as an Orange County Historic Landmark.
This the 20th day of June, 2023.
Jamezetta Bedford, Chair
Orange County Board of Commissioners
Attest
Laura Jensen, Clerk to the Board
r _ '
-
1
1 'f' L 7 •J '�' _�. �
• ,r'y� � �' I y' 4 J
47-
l' •y r 11 't` �• r
5?- ' F' { ;C '
r�
Ait
• .f +
10
3 �r LT r
Attachment A
David Faucette House Map
showing proposed
landmark parcel boundary
— L L
• 1 J u
F
r !
• �. Ise J !+
ter, ••y��.-'•�
!
1■F
JI aYL
• = 16
k- i
Main house
04
Garden House Ipj
- - r
lip1 R �
P
1
7 + i r 'k
• ir
Former #
smokehouse,
11P. Al
0 now office
Attachment 6 :
David Faucette House: Rental House
Map showing location of _
�r y
outbuildings included in
the landmark designation16
r �'
ordinance 4
. -