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D10 The Chapel Hill News Sunday, January 24, 1999 al registry has some concerns that the sultant to prepare a National Register a building that will be more appreciated in another,hundred years.The.major goal is Hickory_Grove School has lost some of its nomination application for a:one-room 20 years." to preserve it and enjoy doing that." S-choot- integrity*due to renovation. Some of the schoolhouse in the Cedar Grove For,the Boorman; restoring the old Natalie Boorman has a dream of mak- Continued from Page D1 . original windows were removed., Township. _ . ., schoolhouse is a labor of love, pure and ing her studio a place where local.chil- Windows are.a defining feature of a _ Belk thinks the success of the renovation simple. The work is painstaking, and dren can come for art workshops.*She schoolhouse in the 1960s, when abath= building,"Beviri said.;: ',will be an important factor as to whether requires great attention to detail, both in. hopes to get African-American artists to room and deck were added:. ` The committee,is also.looking at other - the`Hickory Grave School can make the the deconstruction and reconstruction' join the co-op as well. Artists pay $80 a Wilds says:the building is "an intact old schoolhouses in'Oiange County to see National Register of Historic Places.., . . ... phases. month to use the building and store their example'of an early 20th=century wood if any are more deserving of consideration .'.'If they were to restore it ,as a stand- Working a full-time job as a scientist at materials there. The co-op also.has three frame schooL.It's wonderful that.they are for -the National Register of Historic alone building, I think the state would National Institute of Environmental kilns on--site.' taking the steps to preserve.this struc- . Places. Part of the consideration is based have to take another look at it,"Belk said.-.. Health Sciences in RTP would keep most A part-time clinical instructor in the UNC ture." on how unique the.building is in its com-' Gary Boorman said getting the building people busy enough, but Gary is more School of Social Work,Natalie says it's cru- Wilds says the Boorman do "have a munity. on the National Register of Historic Places than happy to head for the schoolhouse on cial to recognize the important role the old chance" to get the school listed on-the Don Belk, in the Orange County is "a goal,but not a big goal." ' the weekends to spend long hours with school has played in that community. National Register. Debbie Bevin, in the Planning Department, said several old He say the building will eventually,be his wife restoring the school. Frequently ."Our plan is to preserve-the heritage," i state's survey and planning branch, has one-room schoolhouses are still standing._: listed on the registry. the couple keeps working late into the Natalie said. 'Td like it to become a com advised the Boorman to:continue their in the county, but some have.been reno- "The timing might not be right,"he said, - night. munity kind of place.We want to cultivate restoration efforts and to seek a.study list. -vated to look significantly different,a fac- "It's not a hundred years old yet.I think it , "Once you get on a project,it's hard to the involvement of the neighborhood,make application at a later.date:- for that would-likely exclude them from will become increasingly.valuable to the stop," he said. "The building is basically it known to black artists. We're the first Bevin said the state advisory committee ., consideration. as, historical places. Belk community over the years, It's been part soon& The wood is very, very.sound. white people to own it and occupy it.I want that considers application for the.nation- said the county has already hired a con-. of the community for 90 years.I think it's . After we finish the work it'll stand for to be respectful of its heritage and history."