ORD-2013-013 Ordinance Designating Property Known as Captain John S. Pope Farm in OC, NC as a Local Historic Landmark

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fa- AN ORDINANCE OF THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS DESIGNATING THE PROPERTY KNOWN AS THE CAPTAIN JOHN S. POPE FARM IN ORANGE COUNTY,NORTH CAROLINA AS A LOCAL HISTORIC LANDMARK Whereas, all of the prerequisites to the adoption of this ordinance prescribed in Part 3C, Article 19, Chapter 160A(Historic Districts and Landmarks) of the General Statutes of North Carolina and an Ordinance Creating the Historic Preservation Commission of Orange County (the"Historic Preservation Ordinance")have been met; and Whereas, the Orange County Board of Commissioners has taken into full consideration all statements and information in the application and the designation report prepared by the Orange County Historic Preservation Commission and presented to the Board of County Commissioners on the 7'h day of March, 2013, on the question of designating the property known as Captain John S. Pope Farm as a historic landmark; and Whereas, the property known as the Captain John S. Pope Farm, located in Cedar Grove Township in the County of Orange and more particularly described in Exhibit A attached hereto, is one of the best preserved historic tobacco farm complexes in the northern part of the county; and Whereas, the original farmhouse built between 1870 and 1874 remains largely intact and retains virtually all of its original interior woodwork and room finishes, including its distinctive ornamental mantels and stair; and Whereas, the Captain John S. Pope Farm also retains a significant collection of historic outbuildings dating from the 1860s to the 1960s; and Whereas, the Captain John S. Pope Farm with its farmhouse and collection of historic outbuildings exemplifies the small and mid-sized tobacco farms that once prospered throughout Orange County and the northern Piedmont section of the state; and Whereas,the Orange County Historic Preservation Commission has recognized the