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INTRODUCTION 11 Survey and Planning Grant Funds are being requested to complete Phase II and Phase III of Orange County's historic preservation program. The purpose of the proposed project is two-fold. (1) Completion of the inventory of historic sites and structures in the unincorporated sections of Orange County, excluding the Chapel Hill township; and (2) Completion of the Orange County Architectural and Historical Inventory Manuscript in a form suitable for publication. The County intends to employ an experienced and reputable architectural historian/writer to conduct this work. BACKGROUND Orange County has previously utilized Survey and Planning Grant Funds to undertake inventories of historical and archaeological sites in its unincorporated areas. These inventories have been undertaken in year-by- year phases. Phase I, initiated in 1991, consisted of an inventory of unincorporated portions of Chapel Hill Township. Kelly A. Lally and M. Ruth Little were the principal investigators. The survey compiled files on 160 properties, and the project was completed in June, 1992. Phase II, funded by a $17,000 survey and planning grant, began in 1992. The purpose of the Phase II project was to complete the inventory of unincorporated portions of the remaining six townships. The Phase II fieldwork, conducted by Todd Peck and Jody Carter, was completed in 1993. The research resulted in a total survey of 507 structures. Subsequent fieldwork by Planning Department staff in Fall 1994 revealed a number of sites not surveyed during the Phase II work. It is estimated that an additional 75 structures remain to be surveyed to complete Phase II. Phase III was the archaeological survey of the unincorporated portions of Orange County. This work was funded by a survey and planning grant of$15,000. In September 1994, An Archaeological Survey of Portions of Orange County, North Carolina was completed by Randy Daniel of the Research Laboratories of Anthropology, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Phase III grant funds also included monies for the preparation of the architectural inventory manuscript by Todd Peck and Jody Carter. While the manuscript preparation was begun in Spring, 1993, it was not completed, and the contract was terminated by mutual agreement between Orange County, the Division of Archives and History, and the consultants.