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Attachment 1 <br /> <br /> 1 <br />Orange County <br />HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION <br /> <br />Meeting Summary <br /> <br />April 25th, 2018 <br />Old Orange County Courthouse <br />106 W. King Street, Hillsborough <br /> <br />___________________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />MEMBERS PRESENT: Dickinson, Ireland, Loter, Peck <br /> <br />MEMBERS ABSENT: Menius <br /> <br />STAFF PRESENT: Sandbeck GUESTS: None <br />t <br /> <br />ITEM #1: CALL TO ORDER <br />Chair Dickinson called the meeting to order at 6:47 pm. <br /> <br />ITEM #2: CHANGES OR ADDITIONS TO AGENDA: None <br /> <br />ITEM #3: APPROVAL OF MINUTES for March 28, 2018 (Attachment 1): Peck moved to approve <br />the minutes, seconded by Ireland; motion approved. <br /> <br />ITEM #4: ITEMS FOR DECISION: None <br /> <br />ITEM #5: DISCUSSION ITEMS <br /> <br />a. Landmark Evaluation Exercise: David Faucette House, Efland: <br />Dickinson introduced the topic and explained how the evaluation process works for the <br />benefit of the newer members. Staff provided a PowerPoint program showing exterior and <br />interior views of the Faucette House and explained its architectural evolution and <br />significance. Members completed their evaluation forms and discussed the various <br />scoring categories. Everyone agreed that the house possessed significant architectural <br />integrity and retained an appropriate setting. The final average of the scores was 66.25. <br />Members endorsed the Faucette House for landmark status based on this high score. <br /> <br />b. Preservation Month Activities: <br />Staff discussed various ideas for things to do during preservation month. One activity is <br />brickwork restoration workshop at the Norwood Law Office, in partnership with the <br />Alliance for Historic Hillsborough. Local brickwork expert Wayne Thompson will lead the <br />workshop. This will be held on Saturday, May 19th. The Alliance is considering repeating <br />the “Preservation Conversations” program that they held last year. They had preservation <br />experts lead a discussion on various topics each week. HPC staff did one of those about <br />the Old Courthouse. One question was if it was possible to do a program that explained <br />the restoration of the Dickson House. Social media activities were discussed. Staff will <br />pursue this with the departmental staff to see what is possible by setting up a new <br />Facebook account and launching that over Preservation Month. This will hinge on <br />availability of staff time. <br /> <br /> <br />