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006 Project Summary. In January, 1998 , Orange County applied for a grant from the Certified Local Governments program administered by the NC Department of Cultural Resources . Two months later, the County received a $ 4 , 000 grant to conduct a preservation planning study of the St . Mary ' s Road Corridor . The study will involve an intensive evaluation of the area and assessment of possible preservation options , such as scenic byway designation, open space easements , National Register listing , and local historic district or landmark designation. The St. Mary ' s Road Corridor Preservation Plan will identify the important architectural, archeological, and cultural features that distinguish the corridor as a historically significant landscape in Orange County . The Plan will identify : potential National Register sites and districts ; scenic viewsheds ; natural resource areas, such as forests , floodplains , and wetlands ; and farmland resources, including land in present agricultural use as well prime farmland soils . The first steps in the St. Mary ' s Road Corridor Preservation Plan will consist of a historic architectural survey and an archeological resource survey . Architectural survey. The architectural survey will encompass the St. Mary ' s Road Corridor ( SR 1002) , generally within an area from US 70 , east of Hillsborough, to the Durham County line, a distance of approximately six miles . The survey will consist of an update to the 1992 - 1993 Orange County Historic Architectural Inventory, and will include new surveys of structures not included in the original Inventory . The scope of work consists of the following components : ( 1 ) update the original surveys of properties within the corridor; (2) conduct surveys of recently identified historic sites ; (3 ) evaluate the potential for a National Register Historic District within the corridors ; and (4) report findings to the Orange County Historic Preservation Eommission . Archeological Resource Survey . The archeological survey comprises three principal components : ( 1 ) baseline research; (2) limited field reconnaissance ; and (3 ) the development of a research design for fin they archaeological work. This project seeks to determine the extent to which the current road location deviates from its historic trading path location(s) ; provide detailed maps of former locations of the road, historic structures , and landscape alterations associated with those historic locations and indicate the potential each holds for the recovery of significant archaeological information. Furthermore, the project seeks to reconstruct the prehistoric (Paleo -Indian — post- contact) and historic ( 17th — 20th century) landscapes along the corridor and explain the differences within the context of a regional history . After the surveys and resource inventories are completed, a public education effort will commence . This initiative will engage residents and landowners within the Corridor in establishing preservation goals for the area. 1 approximate location from the intersection of SR 1595 to about 0 .4 miles west of intersection with SR 1548 2