Grant - Planning - 1998 Historic Preservation Fund Grant Application 01-20-1998-9c

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6 Carolina from coastal Virginia, numerous historic sites are located along St. Mary's Road. According to Orange County's historical architecture survey, fifteen historic inventory sites are located along the road, including three National Register sites and three National Register- eligible sites. The Historic Preservation Commission believes the St. Mary's Road/Trading Path Corridor contains suitable contributing chazacteristics to qualify as a rural historic district. The corridor exhibits elements of a historic cultural landscape that has evolved through use by the people whose activities and occupancy have modified the physical environment. The corridor possesses a significant concentration, linkage, and continuity of land uses, buildings and structures, roads, and natural features that would qualify it as a National Register Rural Historic District. Grant funds would be used to develop a National Register nomination for the St. Mary's Road/Trading Path Historic Corridor. Funds would be used to hire a consultant to conduct survey work aimed at developing a thorough historic context of the rural landscape of the corridor. The scope of work would include: determination of historic area boundaries and evaluation of the landscape elements; expanded surveys on historic structures and archeological sites; evaluation of significance and historic integrity of the landscape and built environment; application of the National Register criteria, and preparation of the National Register Multiple Listing forms. The work would also include the required photography for the nomination forms and preparation of a color slide presentation. National Register listing would provide a basis for more extensive citizen-based planning initiatives, wherein the residents of the St. Mary's Road/Trading Path Historic Corridor would work toward a consensus on a vision of their community's future. One approach could involve a community "visioning" process that uses visual preference surveys, hands-on modeling and other techniques to develop a plan for the azea. North Cazolina Scenic Byway designation, a corridor management plan, rural district designation and design guidelines would be among the tools for implementing a future community-based plan.