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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Action Agenda Item No. ~-y ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: June 21, 1999 SUBJECT: MAUDE FAUCETTE HOUSE (THE ELMS) NATIONAL REGISTER NOMINATION, HP-2-99 DEPARTMENT: Environment and Resource Conservation ATTACHMENT(S): 1) Vicinity Map 2) May 6, 1999 Letter from SHPO 3) CLG Information and Sample Comment Forms 4) Public Hearing Notice 5) Draft Minutes of May 26, 1999 HPC Meeting 6) National Register Nomination PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/1~ No INFORMATION CONTACT: Donald R. Belk, Land Use & Preservation Planner TELEPHONE NUMBERS: - -ext. 2594 Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 968-4501 Durham 688-7331 Mebane 227-2031 PURPOSE: To consider a recommendation from the Historic Preservation Commission to recommend that the Maude Faucette House be submitted for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. BACKGROUND: The property is located in the Cheeks Township at the intersection of Bane Road and Halls Mill Road (see Attachment #1). On May 10, 1999, the Historic Preservation Commission received a letter from the State Historic Preservation Office (see Attachment #2) enclosing a .proposed National Register Nomination on the Maude Faucette House. (The National Register Nomination Form is provided as Attachment #~. As a Certified Local Government (CLG), Orange County has sixty (60) days from the date of submission of a National Register nomination to make comments on the proposal. If the County does not comment on the proposed nomination by July 8, 1999, approval of it is assumed. (CLG Information and Sample Comment Forms are provided as Attachment #3). In accordance with CLG guidelines, the Historic Preservation Commission is required to provide an opportunity for public comment during the 60-day period. To meet this requirement, the Historic Preservation Commission held a public hearing at their meeting on May 26, 1999. (Draft minutes of the S/26/99 meeting are provided as Attachment #S~. Notices of Public Hearing were published in accordance with the Historic Preservation Ordinance and letters were sent via certified mail to all property owners within 500 feet of the property being nominated to the National Register (The Notice of Public Hearing is provided as Attachment #~. Eligibility for the National Register is determined by a thorough evaluation of the historic qualities and significance of a site, structure, or area. National Register nominations are evaluated based on the following criteria: