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ORANGE COUNTY LOCAL LANDMARK APPLICATION <br />PART 2 <br />4. GENERAL DATA <br />A. Dates) of Building(s): <br />Page 2of7 <br />DATE 01= APPLICATION f f <br />Original construction 4:/k, ixf / e-& L-1 J - If <br />Subsequent additions, if applicable f -. 6 <br />B; Outbuildings: Yes YNo ; if yes, number L a� 1 W'hi`r <br />C. Have any buildings on the property been moved? Yes No <br />If yes, please give the date, reason, and details of the move. Use an additional sheet if <br />necessary. <br />D. Approximate Acreage: <br />G- <br />�e <br />E. Architect and/or BuiiderfllAas�an ("�f k <br />F. Original Use: <br />G. Present Use: 0 <br />I <br />21 <br />-cue 0s <br />Frr'" <br />6. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE <br />Please provide a brief statement or summary (on an attached 8 W x 11" sheet) outlining the <br />historical, architectural, and perhaps landscape, elements that make the site significant -4hese are <br />the features that are most important to preserve should you wish to make changes to the property in <br />the future. For example, "This property was the Taylorhomeplace from the 1850s to 1940s. The <br />Taylors were an important Orange County family who operated the local sawmill in the 5t. Mary's <br />;` Road community during the 1870s- 1900s. While the house was covered with vinyl siding in the <br />f 1980s and a two-room addition was cnnstruded in the back around 199.0, the building still looks like a <br />mid nineteenth - century farmhouse from the road. It sits on a slight hill, framed by several mature oak <br />and pecan trees. The house retains its original rootiine, chimneys and front porch, all of which are <br />Wsible firm the road, in addition, the property still reads as a farm, several outbuildings survive intact <br />including the building which housed the sawmill, the dairy, sweet potato bam, and smokehouse." <br />6. ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION <br />Describe in .a narrative form, (ors an attached a y2" x 11 ° sheet(s)), the architectural features of the <br />main house and other buildings on the property. Please include information on any additions and/or <br />remodelings to the buildings, particularly changes that that may not be apparent in photographs. <br />Please also describe the setting, such as active farmland, wooded, rural community, urban <br />neighborhood, etc. <br />7 HISTORICAL OVERVIEW <br />j <br />Discuss any significant ,events, personages and/or families associated with the property. (Detailed <br />family genealogies are not necessary.) Please list any additional sources of information. Only <br />material Contained on the form will be used in the evaluation. <br />