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ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT <br />306F REVERE ROAD <br />HILLSBOROUGH, NORTH CAROLINA 27278 <br />fly <br />B A, � � k? <br />REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS <br />For: Preparation of National Register Nomination for White Oak <br />Grove School, OR 0761, Cedar Grove vicinity, Orange <br />County, NC <br />Submission Deadline: <br />January 22, 1999 <br />Contact: Donald R. Belk, AlCP, Preservation Planner <br />Orange County Planning Department <br />306F Revere Road <br />Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278 <br />919/732 -8181 Extension 2594 <br />e -mail: dbelk @co.orange.nc.us <br />Orange County is seeking a qualified and experienced architectural historian, historian, historical <br />geographer, or landscape architect to prepare a nomination of the White Oak Grove School to the <br />National Register of Historic Places. <br />Project Description <br />This project will complete a National Register Nomination for the White Oak Grove School. The <br />school is located in the vicinity of Cedar Grove, a rural crossroads community located in <br />northwestern Orange County (see Vicinity Map). The White Oak Grove School was placed on the <br />National Register Study List by the North Carolina National Register Advisory Committee on <br />October 8, 1998. <br />The Carr community, a traditionally African- American enclave near the Cedar Grove rural <br />crossroads, decided to build a school within their neighborhood because their children were <br />forced to travel several miles to attend segregated schools. <br />1 <br />16a- <br />