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005 and March 18 , 1998 , notices of public hearing were published in the Chapel Hill Herald and the News of Orange County . This hearing will fulfill the Historic Preservation Commission ' s requirement for public comment on a proposed nomination . Belk stated that the Dr . Arch Jordan House is located in the Little River Township , on the east side of N . C . Hwy . 57 between the North Fork of the Little River and the Caldwell Crossroads . Belk then presented a map showing a concentration of historic resources at a crossroads and where the Dr . Arch Jordan House is within this area . The property is also referenced as Lot 8 on Orange County Tax Map 15 . Belk stated that the Dr . Arch Jordan House was placed on the National Register Study List by the North Carolina Division of Archives and History on July 8 , 1993 . Placement on the Study List implies that the site is potentially eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places . In 1994 , Orange County began the preparation of its Historic Preservation Element, and its Long Range Comprehensive Plan , The Jaeger Company of Gainesville , GA was contracted to develop the plan under the guidance of the Historic Preservation Commission and County Staff. The Jaeger Company selected the Dr . Arch Jordan House to be the cover illustration of the plan itself; so this structure came to the Commission ' s attention early on . The National Register nomination form was drafted by Dr . Keith Zahniser and this form was distributed to the Commission prior to its February 25 , 1998 meeting . According to the nomination form , the Dr . Arch Jordan House is eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places because it embodies distinctive characteristics of an architectural type of period or method of construction . The house is considered to be the best-preserved and most stylish example of the Italianate architectural style in rural Orange County . It is also eligible for the National Register because of its contributions to broad patterns of our history . The Dr . Arch Jordan House was closely associated with a rural medical practice under Dr . Jordan in the late nineteenth century , and in the early twentieth century it came under the joint ownership of three local Presbyterian churches . The House served as a manse for ministers serving these churches from 1905 to 1929 . Belk stated that the National Register of Historic Places is the Nation ' s official list of buildings , structures , objects , sites and districts worthy of preservation for their significance in American history, architecture , archeology and culture . The National Register was established by the National Historic Preservation Act in 1966 . The purpose of the Act is to insure , that as a matter of public policy , the properties significant in national , state and local history are considered in the planning of Federal undertakings and to encourage historic preservation initiatives by state and local governments in the private sector . The listing of a property in the National Register places no obligation or restriction on a private owner using private resources to maintain or alter the property . Over the years , various Federal incentives have been introduced to assist private preservation initiatives . A private owner of a National Register property becomes obligated to follow these preservation standards only_ _ if Federal funding is used to work on the property or if the owner seeks and receives a special benefit from National Register designation, such as a grant or tax credit . The Dr . Arch Jordan House will be the 5