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Attachment 1 ORD- 2013 -013 3 <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />DESIGNATING THE PROPERTY KNOWN AS THE <br />CAPTAIN JOHN S. POPE FARM <br />IN ORANGE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA <br />AS A LOCAL HISTORIC LANDMARK <br />Whereas, all of the prerequisites to the adoption of this ordinance prescribed in Part 3C, <br />Article 19, Chapter 160A (Historic Districts and Landmarks) of the General Statutes of North <br />Carolina and an Ordinance Creating the Historic Preservation Commission of Orange County <br />(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 7t' day of March, 2013, on the question of designating the property known <br />as Captain John S. Pope Farm as a historic landmark; and <br />Whereas, the property known as the Captain John S. Pope Farm, located in Cedar Grove <br />Township in the County of Orange and more particularly described in Exhibit A attached hereto, <br />is one of the best preserved historic tobacco farm complexes in the northern part of the county; <br />and <br />Whereas, the original farmhouse built between 1870 and 1874 remains largely intact and <br />retains virtually all of its original interior woodwork and room finishes, including its distinctive <br />ornamental mantels and stair; and <br />Whereas, the Captain John S. Pope Farm also retains a significant collection of historic <br />outbuildings dating from the 1860s to the 1960s; and <br />Whereas, the Captain John S. Pope Farm with its farmhouse and collection of historic <br />outbuildings exemplifies the small and mid -sized tobacco farms that once prospered throughout <br />Orange County and the northern Piedmont section of the state; and <br />Whereas, the Orange County Historic Preservation Commission has recognized the <br />