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Attachment 1 ORANGE COUNTY HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION Meeting Summary— Approved September 21St, 2015 Old Orange County Courthouse 106 East King Street, Hillsborough MEMBERS PRESENT: Todd Dickinson (Chair), Rob Golan, Jaime Grant, and Bob Ireland MEMBERS ABSENT: Susan Ballard and Grace White STAFF PRESENT: Peter Sandbeck, Cultural Resources Coordinator, DEAPR GUESTS: Jennifer Martin and Cynthia de Miranda (MdM Historical Consulting) ITEM #1: CALL TO ORDER Chair Dickinson called the meeting to order at 7:04 pm. ITEM #2: CHANGES OR ADDITIONS TO AGENDA: None. ITEM #3: APPROVAL OF MINUTES (August 26th, 2015 meeting) Ireland moved to accept the minutes, seconded by Grant. Motion passed unanimously. ITEM #4: ITEMS FOR DECISION: None ITEM #5: SPECIAL PRESENTATION: a. Survey Update Project Overview: Project consultants Jennifer Martin and Cynthia de Miranda provided a PowerPoint presentation giving an overview of their findings in the project to update our historic resources survey. They covered the wide range of historic resources, grouped by the major property types found in the county. In documenting churches, they found that most of the good examples were covered with vinyl siding, or with modern brick veneer. Many are overwhelmed by large newer additions, which will make it challenging to photograph them for the publication. Some of the AME churches featured a special style of thick pieces of stained glass set in what appears to be a mortar compound. Most of the few surviving rural schools have been heavily altered but are still recognizable. There are relatively few surviving rural stores, again most are much altered but from a distance, still convey the key characteristics of such stores. It was their sense that we have lost many of the stores. Some were replaced by larger modern convenience stores. A few mills were documented, ranging from the c. 1850s Faucette Mill to the c. 1950s Efland Milling Company. Their program also focused on the remaining log houses, 1- houses, historic farmsteads, and a surprising group of heretofore unknown modernist houses tucked away in the woods, especially in the eastern part of the county between Chapel Hill and Durham. They found that many property owners were eager to talk about their properties and share information with them, which was refreshing. The University had a tremendous impact on the lower half of the county, ranging from purchasing produce from local farmers to the use of old farm houses as rentals for students. They feel fortunate to be able to focus their time and attention on our initial selection of 200+ structures that merited inclusion in the survey update project and potentially in the publication.