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h + t <br /> <br />M E M O R A N D U M <br />Orange County Planning & Inspections Department <br />306F Revere Road Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br />Telephone: (919) 732-8181 <br />E-mail: dbelk@co.orange.nc.us <br />FAX (919) 644-3002 <br />To: Melinda Coleman, Preservation Commission Services Coordinator, State <br />Historic Preservation Off ce ~ ~ ~~ <br />From: Donald R. Belk, Planner IIJPreservation 6'~~~r.~C,G(~ ~~ti'- <br />Date: February 27, 1998 <br />Subject: LOCAL HISTORIC LANDMARK DESIGNATION FOR CHATWOOD, <br />LHD-3-98, NR #1371 <br />Copies: Orange County Historic Preservation Commission <br />On February 25, 1998, the Orange County Historic Preservation accepted the Planning <br />Department's recommendation to pursue local historic landmazk designation for the Chatwood <br />estate, a National Register property within the County's jurisdictional azea. <br />In lieu of a survey and reseazch report, I have attached the National Register of Historic Places <br />Registration Form. I have also attached current photographs of the house and a vicinity map <br />showing the location of Chatwood. <br />Description and Summary of Changes. The description of Chatwood contained in the Registration <br />Form, dated June 1988, remains an accurate portrait of the site today. There has been one <br />significant change to the house since the form was completed. The Naile Johnson wing, an eazly <br />19th century house which was appended to the main house in 1938, included afull-width screen <br />porch. Today, the porch is enclosed, with full-length, twelve-over-twelve pane windows on the <br />south facade, three nine-over-nine pane windows on the west facade, and two nine-over-nine's and <br />an entrance door on the east facade. The windowed porch remains very much an open, light- <br />gathering space; therefore, it does not seriously alter the attributes of the 1938 addition. <br />The Chatwood estate is well-maintained by the current owners, who have consented to the HPC's <br />proposal to pursue landmark designation. Furthermore, the property is under restrictive covenants <br />with Preservation/NC. <br />I took forwazd to receiving your comments on this site as a proposed local historic landmazk. <br />Please feel free to call me at 732-8181, extension 2594. <br />/db <br />attachments <br />(~h~ <br />