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a i S ORANGE COUNTY HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION CLG YEAR-END REPORT HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PERIOD JULY 1 , 1997- JUKE 309 1998 period , the Orange County HPC began a program to locally During this annual reporting designate its most significant historic sites . Planning Department staff completed a report for the Board of Commissioners entitled Preserving the Orange Tradition : A Landmark Designation Program for Orange Coup., which detailed the procedures , costs , and benefits of instituting a designation program . The Board adopted the local landmark designation program in October . The HPC recommended four sites that are currently listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the first group of Orange County Historic Landmarks . Following a public hearing, the Board of Commissioners officially adopted designation ordinances on June 22 , 1998 . Another significant event for the Orange County Historic Preservation Commission * 123 , 1998 when the Cedar Grove Rural Crossroads Historic District was occurred on Ap officially listed on the National Register of Historic Places . This marked the culmination of four years of work by staff and the HPC . The National Register nomination enjoyed widespread support in the Cedar Grove community and was enthusiastically endorsed at a public hearing by residents and the local church congregations . The nomination was prepared by Kaye Graybeal , Historic Resource Specialist with DS Atlantic in Winston- Salem, NC . In March, the Commission held a public hearing for a National Register nomination on the Dr. Arch Jordan House, considered the best-preserved and most stylish example of the Italianate architectural style in rural Orange County . The nomination was presented to the North Carolina National Register Advisory Committee on April 9 , 1998 . Also in March, Orange County was awarded a $ 5 , 000 gift from the NC Department of Cultural Resources . These funds will be used in the publication of Orange County ' s architectural historical manuscript. In April 1998 , the Orange County HPC was awarded a $ 4 , 000 grant from the Certified Local Government program. These funds will be matched by $ 8 , 000 in County funds and in-kind contributions to conduct a preservation planning study of the St . Mary ' s Road Corridor. This scenic road parallels a Trading Path which extended from Petersburg, VA to the NC/SC border and was a major route for travel and trade during colonial times . ill involve an intensive evaluation of the area and assess several preservation The study w options , including National Register and local landmark designation, scenic byway designation, and farmland preservation. At the next statewide preservation commission conference , the HPC would like to see sessions on ( 1 ) methods of evaluating historic resources , ( 2 ) evaluation of cultural landscapes , and (3 ) a ` mock ' COA application and hearing , as in prior years .