Agenda - 08-25-1997 - C2 - Laserfiche WebLink

Browse Search

072 AGENDA ITEM #4: CHAIR COMMENTS Allison welcomed the citizens of the Cedar Grove Community, thanking the Community and the Methodist Church for having them tonight. Allison welcomed Kaye Graybeal, who will be giving the presentation tonight on her research and designation of Cedar Grove for the National Register Nomination. Allison welcomed Patricia Samford, the newest member of the Historic Preservation Commission. Allison then gave some background of the nomination process of the Cedar Grove Community stating that the focus of the meeting tonight is Cedar Grove and its special importance to the history and community preservation of Orange County. In 1992-93 Orange County undertook a survey of history districts/sites throughout the County. At the time it was recognized that the village/community of Cedar Grove had a special significance. Later there was a series of public hearings throughout the County with Cedar Grove referred to a number of times about the importance of preserving this village/community. At that time it was recognized that the community was probably eligible for the National Register and was placed on the National Register study list by the State Historic Preservation Office. In 1995 Shannon Sexton was an intern for the Orange County Planning Department, and for her student project for the Planning School at UNC-CH, spent some time in the community interviewing a number of people and completing an initial survey and history of the Community. Sexton then presented that study at a state-wide preservation conference that was held in Orange County. That conference included a visit to Cedar Grove and a walk-through. At that time, it was decided that the Commission needed to move forward on this nomination. In 1995 this was identified as one of the Historic Preservation Commission's goals, to start a nomination for a rural historic district for Cedar Grove. The Commission looked to the Planning Department for funding to get that done after being turned down by the State for a number of grants due to the number of grants received in the past. Fortunately the Board of County Commissioners and the Planning Department had the money that the Historic Preservation Commission needed to hire a consultant. In October of 1996 the Commission met with the Community in Cedar Grove. The Planning Department sent letters to the property owners in Cedar Grove to gauge the level of interest of a National Register Nomination and Designation for the Community and got large support, both in the mailing and petitions that were generated here at the Cedar Grove Methodist Church and the Eno Presbyterian Church. The Commission took that as a good sign that it was something that the Community wanted and the Commission then advertised for proposals for generating that nomination. The proposal that Kaye Graybeal submitted was overwhelmingly the best. She was awarded the contract to do the work and has been working the past several weeks with the Community. Allison stated that we are lucky to have Ms. Graybeal do this work. She is employed as a Historic Resource Specialist with D. S. Atlantic, an architecture engineering firm in Winston- Salem. She has done a number of historic district nominations, as well as a local, rural historic district nomination, which is Oak Ridge in northern Guilford County. That has a direct bearing on the work here in Cedar Grove. She also was awarded the prestigious Gertrude Carraway 2