Agenda - 10-03-2017 - 4-a - Endorsement of Proposed National Register of Historic Places Nomination for the Efland Home (NC Industrial Home for Colored Girls)

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1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: October 3, 2017 Action Agenda Item No. 4-a SUBJECT: Endorsement of Proposed National Register of Historic Places Nomination for the Efland Home (NC Industrial Home for Colored Girls) DEPARTMENT: Environment, Agriculture, Parks & Recreation (DEAPR) ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: 1) Excerpt from National Register Peter Sandbeck, 245-2517 Nomination 2) Brochure about the Efland Home, circa 1930-31 3) September 27, 2017 Letter from Historic Preservation Commission Chair 4) Elected Official Comment Letter PURPOSE: To consider the Historic Preservation Commission's recommendation that the historic property known as the Efland Home be submitted for listing in the National Register of Historic Places, and to authorize the Chair to sign the attached Elected Official Comment Letter. BACKGROUND: The process for listing a property in the National Register of Historic Places includes a provision allowing the BOCC to offer an opinion for or against the listing of a particular historic property within its jurisdiction. The owners of the Efland Home initiated the National Register Nomination process for their property as part of their long-term effort to protect the property and ensure that its important history is documented and shared. The Historic Preservation Commission undertook this project to prepare the National Register Nomination as one of its program goals for 2017. Funding was provided through the County's Lands Legacy Program, which includes as one of its priorities the protection of "lands of historic, cultural, or archaeological significance". The Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) fully supports the nomination of this property to the National Register. The Commission held an informational meeting and received public comment about this National Register Nomination at its regular meeting on September 27, 2017. A letter from the HPC Chair in follow-up to that meeting is provided at Attachment 3. The National Register is an honorary designation that carries no local regulatory burden but does provide a federal and state process for protection in the case of projects receiving federal or state funding, or projects that require some form of federal or state permit or license. Examples include highways, pipelines, wetland disturbance and cell towers.