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Public Hearing was published in accordance with the Historic Preservation Ordinance and letters of notification were sent to all property owners within 500 feet of the subject property. (Attachment #4) The National Register of Historic Places was created through the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 as part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect historic and archaeological resources. The program offers honorary status to historic properties through a formal designation process. Listing on the National Register also entitles owners to apply for state and federal tax credits available upon completion of qualified restoration and rehabilitation work. Eligibility for the National Register is determined by a thorough evaluation of the historic qualities and significance of the site, structure, or area. National Register nominations are evaluated based on the following criteria: A. Property is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history; B. Property is associated with the lives of persons significant to our past; C. Property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, method of construction or represent the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components lack individual distinction; D. Property has yielded, or is likely to yield information important in prehistory or history. The Captain John S. Pope Farm is being nominated to the National Register under Criteria A for its association with agriculture, and Criteria C for its distinctive architecture. The Pope Farm is one of the best - preserved historic agricultural complexes still surviving in northern Orange County, exemplifying a mid -sized tobacco farm of the type that prospered here from the late 19th century until the 1960s. The farm complex consists of the original two -story farmhouse, built 1870 -74 for Captain John S. Pope, and twenty outbuildings dating from the 1870s to the 1960s. The farm has remained in continuous operation by the Pope family and retains the original property acreage as well as the historic pattern of fields and forests. The Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) has already endorsed the concept of the proposed National Register Nomination of the Captain John S. Pope Farm and will vote formally to support the nomination at its regular meeting on January 23, 2013. The HPC is also considering an application for this same farm to be designated a local historic landmark through Orange County's Local Landmark Program. If the HPC determines that the property is eligible for designation, it will make such a recommendation to the BOCC at a future meeting. FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial impact associated with the National Register nomination. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board, based on the findings of the Orange County Historic Preservation Commission, recommend approval of the National Register Nomination of the Captain John S. Pope Farm and authorize the Chair to sign the Elected Official Comment Letter (Attachment 3).