Agenda 02-03-2026; 8-i - National Register Recommendation for Moorefields

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94 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service/National Register of Historic Places Registration Form NPS Form 10-900 OMB Control No.1024-0018 Moorefields (Additional Documentation) Orange County, N.C. Name of Property County and State 142 It is possible that Draper-Savage is also responsible for the"cedar-lined approach to Moorefields."In 1995,the North Carolina Department of Transportation undertook an assessment of State Route(SR) 1135,as there was a proposal to widen the roadbed. The author of the environmental impact assessment noted that there were"old"cedar trees on either side of SR 1135 that"stretch[ed] from just east of the entrance to Moorefields westward along[the state road]."The author determined that the intermittent remnants of the tree lines(i.e.,the surviving cedars)were "integral parts of the rural landscape and setting for Moorefields"and that"the rural setting of Moorefields contributes to the significance of this property."Owen 1995: 6.Although this landscape element is outside of both the Moorefields property and the proposed boundaries of the historic district,it is another example of Draper- Savage's concerted effort to create a holistic and picturesque landscape through landscape architecture. 143"Beaux-Arts/Neoclassical,"The Cultural Landscape Foundation [website].Accessed 18 November 2024: hllps://www.tclforg/landscae-siyle/beaux-arts-neoclassical. 144"Reynolda House Museum of American Art," The Cultural Landscape Foundation [website].Accessed 18 November 2024:https://www.tclf.org/landscapes/reynolda-house-museum-american-art. 141 Sarah A.Woodward[Edwards-Pitman Environmental,Inc.],"Merritt-Winstead House,"Person County,North Carolina.National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form(Washington,D.C.:U.S.Department of the Interior,National Park Service,2005)Section 8-9.Accessed 19 November 2024: https:Hfiles.nc.,gov/ncdcr/nr/PRO294.pdf. 146"Colonial Williamsburg," The Cultural Landscape Foundation [website].Accessed 18 November 2024: https://www.tclf.org/landscapes/colonial-williamsbura. 141"Colonial Revival," The Cultural Landscape Foundation [website].Accessed 18 November 2024: https://www.tclf or /cg ateeoiy/designed-landscape-style/colonial-revival. 14s Ibid. 149 Woodward 2005: Section 8-9. 150"Elizabethan Gardens,"The Cultural Landscape Foundation [website].Accessed 18 November 2024: https://www.tclf org/eizabethan- arg dens. 1s1 Historic newspapers provides glimpses into Draper-Savage's lifelong participation in the fine arts and historic preservation in North Carolina.For example,in 1937,Draper-Savage served as one of three judges of the arts and crafts exhibited at the 17'annual Flower Show and Art Festival in Hendersonville,North Carolina(see"Cleveland is Flower Show Cup Winner," The Times-News[Hendersonville,N.C.]25 August 1937: 1.North Carolina Digital Heritage Center,North Carolina Newspapers. Accessed 19 November 2024: https://newspapers.digitalnc.org/Iccn/sn86063811/1937-08-25/ed-1/seq-1/.).And in 1963,he was part of a delegation from Orange County that was presenting panels at the 231 annual North Carolina Society for the Preservation of Antiquities meeting in Raleigh(see"County,Historic Hillsborough to be noted at meeting today," The News of Orange County[Hillsborough,N.C.] 5 December 1963: 17.North Carolina Digital Heritage Center, North Carolina Newspapers. Accessed 19 November 2024:https://newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn93007672/1963- 12-05/ed-1/seq-17/.) 151 Woodward 2005: Section 7-7, Section 8-9. 153 Russ Stephenson,Karin Kaiser,and Eleanor Weinel [School of Design,North Carolina State University], "Henderson,Isabelle Bowen,House and Garden,"Wake County,North Carolina.National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form(Washington,D.C.:U.S.Department of the Interior,National Park Service, 1988)Section 7-6.Accessed 19 November 2024:https://files.nc.gov/ncdcr/nr/WA0253.pdf. 154 Stephenson et. al. 1988: Section 7-7. iss Stephenson et. al. 1988: Section 8. 1s6"Garden at Moorefields" 1963: 23. 1s.Ibid."Chapel Hillians Assisting Tour" 1963:9. 118 per aerial photographs taken in those two years. 159 Draper-Savage had minimally"designed"the copse as a picturesque ramble that he called the North Park The North Park lies outside(and north)of the proposed historic district boundaries and lacks integrity,as its minimal design has succumbed to overgrowth over the last four decades.Therefore,this landscape feature is not included in this nomination. 161 Jacobs 2023:2. 161 Adamczyk and Elam 2024: 3-11. 16z Terrell 2020. Sections 9-11 page 92