Orange County NC Website
Browse       Search
0 <br /> A to : BQOx o4a ��i <br /> Rie turn. Beverly Blythe , Clerk Orange Count Board �Q <br /> g y of Oommissloners � <br /> AN ORDINANCE OF THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> DESIGNATING THE PROPERTY KNOWN AS THE r �- <br /> MOOREFIELDS <br /> IN ORANGE COUNTY,NORTH CAROLINA <br /> AS A HISTORIC LANDMARK L[ <br /> -3. 5) - • � <br /> Whereas,, all of the rere uisites to the adoption of this <br /> p q p s ordnance 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 (the <br /> "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 survey and research report prepared by the Orange County <br /> Historic Preservation Commission and presented to the Board of County Commissioners on the <br /> 6th day of May, 1998, on the question'-of designating the property known as Moorefields as a <br /> historic landmark; and <br /> Whereas, the property known as Moorefields, located in the Cheeks Township in the <br /> County of Orange and more particularly described in Exhibit A attached hereto, is one of the <br /> earliest appearances of the Federal Style in North Carolina; and <br /> Whereas, the property known as Moorefields and built ca. 1755 by Alfred Moore, a hero <br /> of the American Revolution and one of North Carolina's foremost jurists; and <br /> Whereas, the Orange County Historic Preservation Commission has recognized the <br /> historic, architectural and cultural significance of the property known as Moorefields and has <br /> recommended that the property be designated a "historic landmark" as defined in Section 2.5 of <br /> the Historic Preservation Ordinance; and <br /> Whereas, the Division of Archives and History of the North Carolina Department <br /> . ry p nt of <br /> Cultural Resources has reviewed and commented on the findings of the Orange County Historic <br /> Preservation Commission. <br /> Now, therefore, be it obtained by the Board of County Commissioners of Orange County, <br /> North Carolina that: <br /> Section 1. The property known as Moorefields, located at in the -Cheeks Township, <br /> Orange County, North Carolina jurisdictional area, more particular) described in Exhibit A is <br /> Y , <br /> hereby designated a historic landmark pursuant to Part 3C, Article 19, Chapter 160A of the <br /> General Statutes of North Carolina and the Orange County Historic Preservation Ordinance. <br /> Section 2. That the owner(s) and occupant(s) of the property known as Moorefields be <br /> given notice of this ordinance as required by applicable law, and that copies of this ordinance be <br /> filed and indexed in the office of the County Clerk, Orange County Register of Deeds, Orange <br />