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2 <br /> ORD-2023-041 <br /> AN ORDINANCE OF THE ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br /> DESIGNATING THE PROPERTY KNOWN AS THE <br /> DAVIS COTTON GIN AND PRESS (PIN: 9862611999) <br /> IN ORANGE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA <br /> AS A HISTORIC LANDMARK <br /> WHEREAS, all of the prerequisites to the adoption of this ordinance prescribed in <br /> Chapter 160D, Article 9, as amended(Historic Districts and Landmarks) of the General Statutes <br /> of North Carolina and an Ordinance Creating the Historic Preservation Commission of Orange <br /> County(the "Historic Preservation Ordinance")have been met; and <br /> WHEREAS, the members of the Orange County Board of County Commissioners have <br /> taken into full consideration all statements and information presented by the Orange County <br /> Historic Preservation Commission at a joint public hearing held on the 17th day of October, 2023, <br /> on the question of designating the property known as the Davis Cotton Gin and Press as a <br /> historic landmark; and <br /> WHEREAS, the property known as the Davis Cotton Gin and Press, located at 421 CD <br /> Farms Road in Chapel Hill Township in the County of Orange and more particularly described in <br /> Attachments A and B attached hereto, is significant as the only known surviving example of a <br /> cotton processing operation in Orange County; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Davis Cotton Gin and Press is significant because the log and frame <br /> building along with the Daniel Pratt Cotton Gin patented in 1877 and the press machinery <br /> display the distinct characteristics of a small-scale cotton gin facility from the late-nineteenth and <br /> early-twentieth centuries; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Davis Cotton Gin and Press operated from ca. 1880 to ca. 1940, <br /> providing an essential processing service that helped Orange County's small farmers prosper and <br /> survive during the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries; and <br /> WHEREAS,based on the additional information further detailed in the landmark <br /> designation report, incorporated herein by reference, the Orange County Historic Preservation <br /> Commission has demonstrated that the property known as the Davis Cotton Gin and Press <br /> possesses special significance in terms of its historic, architectural and/or cultural significance and <br />