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Attachment 4 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION OF ORANGE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA Pursuant to the requirements of the Certification Agreement for Local Governments between Orange County and the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, Office of Archives and History, State Historic Preservation Office and in accordance with Article 4.3 of the Ordinance Creating the Orange County Historic Preservation Commission, notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held before the Orange County Historic Preservation Commission in Conference Room A200, 306 Revere Road, Hillsborough, North Carolina, on Wednesday, January 23, at 7:00 p.m. to receive citizen comment on the following nomination to the National Register of Historic Places: Captain John S. Pope Farm, 6909 Efland -Cedar Grove Road, Cedar Grove Township (PIN: 9849 -82 -8366) The Pope Farm is eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places under two criteria: Criteria A —the property is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history, and Criteria C —it embodies distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction or represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction. 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 from the late 19`h century until the 1960s. The complex consists of the original two -story farmhouse built 1870 -74 for Captain John S. Pope, along with twenty outbuildings dating from the 1870s to the 1960s. The original acreage of the farm has remained in continuous operation by the Pope family. The National Register of Historic Places is the nation's official list of buildings, structures, objects, sites, and districts worthy of preservation for their significance in American history, architecture, archaeology, and culture. The listing of a property in the National Register places no obligation or restriction on a private owner using private resources to maintain or alter the property. All interested citizens are invited to attend the public hearing and be heard. Questions regarding the meeting may be directed to the Orange County Department of Environment, Agriculture, Parks and Recreation located at 306 Revere Road, Hillsborough, North Carolina. Office hours are from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. You may also call 245 -2517 for more information. Peter Sandbeck, Cultural Resources Specialist January 9, 2013