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J.L. Brown House and Deerfield Farm <br />The J.L. Brown House and Deerfield Farm are 2 -story houses that are <br />indicative to this area. Both properties are located on NC 86 North. Staff <br />has indicated that these sites are on the Inventory List, but are not a high <br />priority. National Register status for Inventory List sites would not be <br />pursued until all 40 of the top priority sites are listed on the National <br />Registry. <br />2. The site has locational advantages given its location between NC 86 and <br />NC 57, but very constrained access to the property. Access depends upon <br />completion of a proposed Western By -Pass (Coleman Loop Extension), not <br />upon the existing transportation network. <br />Locational advantages are discussed in 1 a) above. Access does depend on <br />construction of a portion of the Western Bypass. The portion of the bypass <br />needed to provide access to NC 57 will be constructed in the near future to <br />provide access to the school site that has been acquired by the Orange County <br />School system. <br />3. The surrounding areas are not in transition from rural or low- density uses <br />to urban uses. The adjoining Ten —Year Transition area has been <br />designated since January 1985, yet no higher density development activity <br />has occurred there. <br />This issue is addressed in 1 b) above. <br />4. The property is located in an area of low population density relative to the <br />overall Hillsborough Township population density. <br />The overall population density for Hillsborough Township in 1990 was 430 <br />persons per square mile. The population density of the census tract that most <br />accurately represents the area in which the property is located was 406 persons <br />per square mile, which is comparable to the Township density. See also 1d) <br />above. <br />S. The property Is located next to a National Register - eligible working <br />farmstead. The cemetery located on or near the property has potential <br />historic significance. <br />The property owner for Phelps Farm is not seeking National Register status. An <br />historic Quaker Cemetery is located adjacent to, but not on the property, and <br />would not be impacted by development. See also 1 e) above. <br />ATTACHED: <br />Deed between Apex Northwest Partnership and The <br />Orange County Board of Education <br />Survey of the Quaker Cemetery and NC 57 frontage <br />I <br />