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� <br /> • Proposed changes require Certificate of Appropriateness from HPC <br /> • Properties may lose designation if historic/architectural character is compromised <br /> (subject to three year back taxes <br /> A motion was made by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Hemminger <br /> to approve an ordinance designating the Murphey School as an Orange County Local Historic <br /> Landmark. <br /> VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> AN ORDINANCE OF THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS DESIGNATING <br /> THE PROPERTY KNOWN AS THE MURPHEY SCHOOL IN ORANGE COUNTY, NORTH <br /> CAROLINA AS A LOCAL HISTORIC LANDMARK <br /> Whereas, all of the prerequisites to the adoption of this ordinance prescribed in Part <br /> 3C, Article 19, Chapter 160A (Historic Districts and Landmarks) of the General Statutes of <br /> North Carolina and an ordinance creating the Historic Preservation Commission of Orange <br /> County (the "Historic Preservation Ordinance") have been met; and <br /> Whereas, the Orange County Board of Commissioners has taken into full consideration <br /> all statements and information in the application and the designation report prepared by the <br /> Orange County Historic Preservation Commission and presented to the Board of County <br /> Commissioners on the 3�d day of March, 2011, on the question of designating the property <br /> known as Murphey School as a historic landmark; and <br /> Whereas, the property known as Murphey School, located in Chapel Hill Township in <br /> the County of Orange and more particularly described in Exhibit A attached hereto, remains a <br /> remarkably intact example of the classical brick consolidated schools that were constructed <br /> throughout rural North Carolina during the 1920s and 1930s, and retains the original <br /> teacherage, water tower, and some play equipment; and <br /> Whereas, the original classroom wing displays elements of Spanish Revival design, a <br /> less common form for consolidated schools, and the subsequent classical temple-front <br /> auditorium was constructed with WPA funds; and <br /> Whereas, Murphey School was designed by Henri Colvin Linthicum, a specialist in <br /> school design and partner with his father in the architectural firm of Linthicum and Linthicum; <br /> and <br /> Whereas, Murphey School was named for North Carolina's "Father of Public <br /> Education," Archibald D. Murphey, a native of Orange County; and <br /> Whereas, the Orange County Historic Preservation Commission has recognized the <br /> historic, architectural and cultural significance of the property known as Murphey School and <br /> has recommended that the property be designated a "historic landmark" as outlined in Article 3 <br /> of the Historic Preservation Ordinance; and <br />