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Attachment 1 3 <br />ORANGE COUNTY LOCAL LANDMARK APPLICATION <br />Page 1 of 7 <br />PART 2 <br />4. GENERAL DATA <br />A. Date(s) of Building(s) <br />Original construction <br />c. 1870 -2008 <br />c. 1870 -1874 <br />Subsequent additions, if applicable <br />DATE OF APPLICATION: 1/15/2013 <br />c. 1930s and 1940s additions have been removed <br />B. Outbuildings: Yes X No ; If yes, number 25 <br />C. Have any buildings on the property been moved? Yes No X <br />If yes, please give the date, reason, and details of the move. Use an additional sheet if <br />necessary. <br />D. Approximate Acreage: 75.34 acres <br />E. Architect and /or Builder /Mason (if known): unknown <br />F. Original Use: tobacco farming <br />G. Present Use: pasture- grazing of meat Iambs <br />5. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE <br />Please provide a brief statement or summary (on an attached 8'/2" x 11" sheet) outlining the <br />historical, architectural, and perhaps landscape, elements that make the site significant —these 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 Taylor homeplace from the 1850s to 1940s. The <br />Taylors were an important Orange County family who operated the local sawmill in the St Mary's <br />Road community during the 1870s- 1900s. While the house was covered with vinyl siding in the <br />1980s and a two -room addition was constructed in the back around 1990, 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 roofline, chimneys and front porch, all of which are <br />visible from 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 barn, and smokehouse." <br />6. ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION <br />Describe in a narrative form, (on an attached 8'/2" 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 />