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ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT <br />306F REVERE ROAD <br />HILLSBOROUGH NORTH CAROLINA 27278 <br />DRAFT4 <br />It 4 <br />REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS <br />For: Historic Architecture Survey of St. Mary's Road Corridor <br />Submission Deadline: January 15, 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 conduct a survey of historic structures of the St. Mary's <br />Road Corridor (Orange County; SR 1002). This historic architecture survey will be the first <br />phase of a Preservation Plan for the St. Mary's Road Corridor. <br />Project Background <br />The St. Mary's Road Corridor Preservation Plan will identify the important architectural, <br />archeological, and cultural features that distinguish the corridor as a historically significant <br />landscape in Orange County. The Plan will identify: potential National Register sites and <br />districts; scenic viewsheds; natural resource areas, such as forests, floodplains, and wetlands; and <br />farmland resources, including land in present agricultural use as well prime farmland soils. <br />Another intent of the St. Mary's Road Corridor Preservation Plan will be to work with citizens <br />and landowners within the Corridor to establish preservation goals for the area. For example, <br />residents of the area may desire to maintain those elements of the landscape that contribute to the <br />attractiveness of the Corridor as a `historic gateway' to Hillsborough and southern Orange <br />County. Another community goal may be to retain the integrity of the corridor's working <br />landscapes, such as farmsteads, cropland, and equestrian facilities that contribute to the <br />aesthetics, historic character, and agricultural economy. Therefore, the Plan must also identify <br />the relationship between preservation goals and current land use regulations, including zoning <br />and subdivision regulations. <br />2 <br />r <br />