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37 <br /> M E M <br /> 0 R A N D U M <br /> f: <br /> rL: <br /> Orange County Planning & Inspections Department <br /> 306F Revere Road Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br /> Telephone: (919)732-8181 FAX(919)644-3002 <br /> To: Gene Bell <br /> From: Don Belk <br /> Date: July 17, 1996 <br /> Subject: Completion of National Register Nomination for the Cedar Grove Rural <br /> Historic District <br /> The following report is provided for your review and consideration. <br /> The report will provide background information, summarize actions to date, and <br /> recommend approaches to completing the project. The report also contains a draft <br /> Request for Proposals, to be used in evaluating consultants' qualifications to complete the <br /> nomination of the Cedar Grove Rural Historic District to the National Register of Historic <br /> Places. <br /> Background. Orange County conducted an inventory of historic architectural resources <br /> within its jurisdiction during 1992-93. During the inventory, Cedar Grove was identified <br /> as potentially eligible for the National Register of Historic Places as a Rural Historic <br /> District. In July 1993, it was placed on the National Register Study List by the North <br /> Carolina National Register Advisory Committee. <br /> In early 1995, a study of a National Register nomination for a Cedar Grove Crossroads <br /> historic district was completed by Shannon Sexton, a Planning Department intern for <br /> completion of a UNC-CH masters thesis project. The study entailed numerous on-site <br /> interviews with Cedar Grove residents as well as in-depth historical research. During the <br /> study, many.residents became aware of the National Register process, and Ms. Sexton's <br /> efforts garnered considerable support for a National Register listing. The study, which <br /> included a draft National Register nomination, was critiqued by the National Register <br /> Coordinator of the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO). The Coordinator <br /> recommended that the historic district parameters be expanded to include the historical <br /> landscapes associated with the crossroads area. The study, with SHPO comments, was <br /> presented during a statewide preservation consultants' workshop held in Orange County <br /> in October, 1995. <br /> Attachment#7 <br />