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065 <br /> M E M O R A N D U M <br /> Orange County Planning & Inspections Department <br /> 306F Revere Road Hillsborough,NC 27278 <br /> Telephone:(919)732-8181 FAX(919)644-3002 <br /> E-mail: dbelk@co.orange.nc.us <br /> To: Melinda Coleman,Preservation Commission Services Coordinator, State <br /> Historic Preservation Office <br /> From: Donald R.Belk,Planner II/Preservation 44� 4AZW <br /> Date: February 27, 1998 <br /> Subject: LOCAL HISTORIC LANDMARK DESIGNATION FOR CHATWOOD, <br /> LHD-3-98,NR#1371 <br /> Copies: Orange County Historic Preservation Commission <br /> On February 25, 1998, the Orange County Historic Preservation accepted the Planning <br /> Department's recommendation to pursue local historic landmark designation for the Chatwood <br /> estate,a National Register property within the County's jurisdictional area <br /> In lieu of a survey and research report, I have attached the National Register of Historic Places <br /> Registration Form. I have also attached current photographs of the house and a vicinity map <br /> showing the location of Chatwood. <br /> Description and Summary of Changes. The description of Chatwood contained in the Registration <br /> Form, dated June 1988, remains an accurate portrait of the site today. There has been one <br /> significant change to the house since the form was completed. The Naile Johnson wing, an early <br /> 19th century house which was appended to the main house in 1938, included a full-width screen <br /> porch. Today, the porch is enclosed, with full-length, twelve-over-twelve pane windows on the <br /> south facade,three nine-over-nine pane windows on the west facade, and two nine-over-nine's and <br /> an entrance door on the east facade. The windowed porch remains very much an open, light- <br /> gathering space;therefore,it does not seriously alter the attributes of the 1938 addition. <br /> The Chatwood estate is well-maintained by the current owners,who have consented to the HPC's <br /> proposal to pursue landmark designation. Furthermore, the property is under restrictive covenants <br /> with Preservation/NC. <br /> I took forward to receiving your comments on this site as a proposed local historic landmark. <br /> Please feel free to call me at 732-8181,extension 2594. <br /> /db <br /> attachments <br />