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P] <br />ITEM - 9. •_�_ . <br />North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources <br />James G. Martin, Governor <br />Patric Dorsey, Secretary <br />October 6, 1989 <br />Mr. J. H. Coman <br />Pt. 2, Box 1 1 2 <br />Sparter, NC 28675 <br />Re: Green Hill <br />Hillsborough, orange County <br />Dear Jim: <br />1 <br />Division of Archives and History <br />William S. Price, Jr., Director <br />As per your request, I am sending you this letter of support for <br />a special use permit for Green Hill, located just outside of <br />Hillsborough on US 70 and Lawrence Road, as required by the <br />Orange County Planning Board, in order for the house to be used <br />as a bed and breakfast inn. <br />Although Green Hill is not listed in the National Register of <br />Historic Places, it is both historically and architecturally <br />significant. I am well aware that this 18th century house, <br />originally locates: in the New Hope Creek vicinity, would have <br />been demolished by Fiber Industries if you had not decided to <br />move the structure to your property near Hillsborough. At the <br />time that you made the decision to acquire Green Hill, I made a <br />study of the structure with you and determined that it was 18th: <br />century and that it had a great deal of architectural �� <br />nif icance. Later you did research on the property. and_u <br />_fo_ rid_thati <br />the original builder was a man named Charles Johnston'and:;_that =he <br />built the house on land grant property which he had�receivaa =iron <br />the King of England, thus giving it also historical = *sigiiific e <br />The restoration work which you carried out was quite_su�Cessfi <br />and helped to highlight the many important architectural features <br />of the house. You are to be commended for doings such- ;&Ai of <br />standing job of saving and rehabilitating the house:=- °`" <br />109 East Jones Street • Raleigh, North Carolina 27611 _ ---. <br />