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' Page 37 STATE GRANT PROJECTS The North Carolina General Assembly appropriated $ 8 million to the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources during the 1997 session to be used for local art and history grants . A number of the grant projects included " bricks and mortar" restoration work on historic buildings throughout the state . At Hope Plantation, near Windsor in Bertie County, major structural work has been undertaken on both the front and rear porches , and the window sash and trim have been restored . The exterior of the house has been completely repainted. Architectural conservator George Fore conducted interior finishes analysis and published his results . The home of Gov . David Stone , Hope Plantation was completed in 1803 and is one of the premier private restoration projects in northeastern North Carolina , The Walter Reed House in Murfreesboro , Hertford County, received grant funds for interior restoration work, which included plaster repairs , replacement of moldings , and the restoration of decorative painting. Grant funds also assisted the. reconstruction of the kitchen building at the John Wheeler House in Murfreesboro . The antebellum Bellamy Mansion in Wilmington, New Hanover County, received grant funds to assist in archaeological and documentary research that will aid in the reconstruction of the 1860 carriage house . The building will be adapted to provide visitor orientation , classroom space , and rest rooms , as well as archival and collections space . An academic restoration is planned for the Oval Ballroom in Fayetteville , including relocation of the structure on its present site , reconstruction of the missing fireplace and chimney, plaster and molding repair, and new mechanical systems . Grant funds assisted the local chapter of the Colonial Dames in America in the completion of documentary research, as well as interior and exterior paint analysis . The ballroom was constructed ca. 1818 as an addition to the Halliday-Williams House , which was destroyed in the 1950s . The Women ' s Club of Fayetteville rescued the ballroom and moved it to its present site . Interior restoration of the Jacob Holt House in Warrenton ; Warren County , has been completed as a result of two state grants . Holt was a master builder in the region and constructed his home in the 1850s . The Historic Hillsborough Commission installed a new standing-seam metal roof on the Burwell School in Hillsborough, Orange County , using grant funds . Architectural plans are being developed to convert the former sanctuary of the historic St. Joseph' s Church in Durham for use as a performing arts space . Built ca. 1818 , Pleasant Retreat Academy in Lincolnton, Lincoln County, is undergoing extensive interior restoration with the help of a state grant . The academy, also known as the Confederate Memorial Hall , was the recipient in 1908 of the first state historic preservation grant4n-aid, which went to the United Daughters of the Confederacy which still occupies the building . The Hugh Torrance House and Store near Huntersville in northern Mecklenburg