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5 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY LOCAL LANDMARK APPLICATION Page 3 of 7 <br /> T DATE OF APPLICATION <br /> i:. > <br /> E,. <br /> 4. GENERAL DATA <br /> A. Date(s)of Building(s): <br /> Original construction <br /> Subsequent additions, if applicable <br /> B. Outbuildings: Yes No ; if yes, number <br /> C. Have any buildings can the property been moved? Yes No <br /> If yes, please give the date, reason, and details of the move. Use an additional sheet if necessary. <br /> D. Approximate Acreage; ctcas <br /> E. Architect and/or Builder/Mason (if known): <br /> F. Original Use: <br /> G. Present Use: <br /> Ij <br /> 5. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE <br /> Please provide a brief statement or summary (on an attached 8 Y2"x 11"sheet)outlining the historical, architectural, <br /> and perhaps landscape, elements that make the site significant—these are the features that are most important to <br /> preserve should you Nish to make changes to the property in the future. For example, "This property was the Taylor <br /> homeplace from the 1850s to 1940s. The Taylors were an important Grange County family who operated the local <br /> sawmill in the it. Marys Road community during the 1870s-1900s. While the house was covered with vinyl siding in <br /> the 1980s and a two-room addition was constructed in the back around 1990, the building still looks like a mid <br /> nineteenth-century farmhouse from the road. It sits on a slight hill. framed by several mature oak and pecan trees. <br /> The house retains Its original roofline, chimneys and front porch, all of which are visible from the road. In addition, the <br /> property still reads as a farm,several outbuildings survive intact including the building which housed the sawmill., the <br /> dairy, sweet potato barn, and smokehouse." <br /> 6. ARCHITECTURAL D C I TIO <br /> Describe in a narrative form, (on an attached 8 3/2"x 11"sheet(s)), the architectural features of the rain house and <br /> other buildings can the property. Please include information on any additions and/or remodelings to the buildings, <br /> particularly changes that that may not be apparent in photographs. Please also describe the.setting, such as active <br /> farmland, wooded, rural community, urban neighborhood, etc. <br /> discuss any significant events,personages and/or families associated with the property. (Detailed family genealogies <br /> are not necessary,) Please list any additional sources of information. Only material contained on the form will be <br /> used in the evaluation. <br />