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- Recent decades · 1976–2026
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St. Mary's Chapel near Hillsborough joins the Study List
The National Register Advisory Committee placed St. Mary's Chapel, the 1859 brick Episcopal chapel northeast of Hillsborough, on North Carolina's Study List, its list of properties likely to qualify for the National Register. It was one of 84 properties across the state approved that day.
Subject: St. Mary’s Chapel
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The Paisley-Rice log house joins the Study List
The National Register Advisory Committee placed the Paisley-Rice log house near Mebane on North Carolina's Study List, its list of properties likely to qualify for the National Register.
Subject: Paisley-Rice Log House
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The Bingham School site at the Oaks joins the Study List
The National Register Advisory Committee placed the site of the Bingham School at the Oaks on North Carolina's Study List, its list of properties likely to qualify for the National Register. It went on the list for further study, pending an architectural assessment.
Subject: Bingham School
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The state puts the Occoneechi village site in Orange County on the Study List
At its July 12, 1979 meeting the State Professional Review Committee looked at slides of four archaeological sites, one of them the Occoneechi Village Site in Orange County. It deferred a Mecklenburg cabin site for lack of documentation and placed the other three, the Orange County site among them, on the Study List.
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Reviewers hold back Carrboro's Oak Avenue and Maple Avenue districts from the Study List
Four Carrboro requests from owners or interested parties came before the State Professional Review Committee on April 9, 1981. Staff asked that the proposed Oak Avenue and Maple Avenue historic districts be deferred, and the committee approved the rest of the day's Study List without them, including the Weaver House and the Old Carrboro Business District.
Subject: Weaver House
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The Cabe-Pratt-Harris House joins the Study List
The National Register Advisory Committee placed the Cabe-Pratt-Harris House on the Eno near Hillsborough on North Carolina's Study List, its list of properties likely to qualify for the National Register.
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State reviewers approve adding the Frederick archaeological site to the Hillsborough Historic District
The Office of State Archaeology brought site 31Or231, listed on the agenda as the Frederick Site, to the State Professional Review Committee as an amendment to the Hillsborough Historic District. On April 12, 1984 the committee approved it with the day's other National Register nominations, without separate discussion.
Subject: Hillsborough Historic District
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Rigsbee's Rock House joins the Study List
The National Register Advisory Committee placed Mack and Julie Rigsbee's quartz-faced Rock House east of Hillsborough on North Carolina's Study List, its list of properties likely to qualify for the National Register.
Subject: Rigsbee’s Rock House
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The state holds the Weaver House nomination until Orange County is surveyed
Staff doubted the integrity of the Carrboro log house, which had been covered in weatherboards and remodeled several times, and noted that Orange County had no architectural survey against which to judge its log buildings. On July 10, 1986 the committee postponed the nomination until such a survey was done and asked staff to suggest that the owners urge their legislators to pay for one. In January it had already withheld approval pending a staff visit.
Subject: Weaver House
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The Faucette mill and coach house join the Study List
The National Register Advisory Committee placed the Faucette mill and coach house on the Eno on North Carolina's Study List, its list of properties likely to qualify for the National Register.
Subject: Faucett Mill (Chatwood)
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The state adds Rocky Ridge Farm and Chapel Hill Town Hall to the Study List
Acting on requests from owners and sponsors, the State Professional Review Committee on April 14, 1988 placed the Rocky Ridge Farm Development Historic District, the Laurel Hill neighborhood, and Chapel Hill Town Hall on the Study List. Robert Stipe abstained on the two Chapel Hill votes.
Subject: Rocky Ridge Farm Historic District (Laurel Hill) · Chapel Hill Town Hall (1938)
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Reviewers keep St. Paul's A.M.E. Church off the Study List over its brick veneer
Staff told the State Professional Review Committee that St. Paul's was an important institution with long ties to its community, but that major alterations, among them a brick veneer, had cost it integrity. On July 13, 1989 the committee approved the day's other public requests and left the church off, and Robert Stipe asked staff to present standards for judging setting and integrity at the next meeting.
Subject: St. Paul AME Church
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The Gimghoul neighborhood joins the Study List
The National Register Advisory Committee placed the Gimghoul neighborhood in Chapel Hill as a historic district on North Carolina's Study List, its list of properties likely to qualify for the National Register.
Subject: Gimghoul Castle and neighborhood
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The state puts Merritt's Store, a 1920s Chapel Hill gas station, on the Study List
Members questioned whether a 1920s gas station belonged on the Study List until Robert Stipe and H. G. Jones spoke to the store's place in local social history. The committee then approved Merritt's Store with the day's other central and eastern requests on January 11, 1990.
Subject: Merritt's Store and Grill
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The McDade House on West Franklin Street joins the Study List
The National Register Advisory Committee placed the Hudson-Merritt-McDade House at 113 West Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, on North Carolina's Study List, its list of properties likely to qualify for the National Register. It came to the committee as a public request.
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The Ray-Kenion farms and the Charles Davis Farm join the Study List
The National Register Advisory Committee placed the Ray-Kenion rural historic district and the Charles Davis Farm on North Carolina's Study List, its list of properties likely to qualify for the National Register. Both came to the committee as public requests, two years before the county survey was finished.
Subject: Charles Davis Farm
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The state adds the Elms, Little Ayr Mount and Maple Hill near Hillsborough to the Study List
Public requests for three houses outside Hillsborough came before the committee on April 9, 1992: the Faucette House, known as the Elms; Little Ayr Mount; and Maple Hill. Staff raised no questions about them, and the committee approved them with the other central and southeastern applications.
Subject: Jacob Jackson Farm (Maple Hill) · David Faucette House (The Elms) · Rev. Ira Ellis House (Little Ayr Mount)
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The state adds ten Chapel Hill Township farms and buildings to the Study List
Ruth Little, co-principal investigator for the first phase of the Orange County survey, presented ten properties from Chapel Hill Township on July 8, 1992, and the National Register Advisory Committee approved all of them. They ran from the Smith-Cole House and the two Couch farms to Bethel Baptist Church and Murphy School.
Subject: Murphey School · Bethel Baptist Church
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Reviewers turn down Tinnin Plantation near Efland for the Study List
Staff recommended rejecting the plantation because alterations had cost it much of its historic fabric, and on October 8, 1992 the committee accepted the recommendation. The applicant was to be told that the investigators of the countywide Orange County survey, then about to start, would look at the property again when their work was done.
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The state puts the Old Chapel Hill Cemetery on the Study List
A committee member asked how the cemetery differed from other town burial grounds that held a community's leading people. Staff answered that cemeteries had to be judged one at a time and that the cemetery's clearly bounded older sections and the importance of those buried there met the test for cemeteries. The committee approved it on January 14, 1993.
Subject: Old Chapel Hill Cemetery
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The state places rural Orange County houses, churches, schools and districts on the Study List
On July 8, 1993, after the survey of the rural county, the National Register Advisory Committee placed 23 rural Orange County properties on the state Study List: eighteen farmhouses and log houses, the Carr Methodist and Harmony churches, White Cross School, and the Cedar Grove and Oaks Rural historic districts.
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Sunnyside, the John Berry farm, joins the Study List
The National Register Advisory Committee placed Sunnyside, the farm of the builder John Berry east of Hillsborough (later the Baldwin farm), on North Carolina's Study List, its list of properties likely to qualify for the National Register. It came to the committee as a public request.
Subject: Sunnyside (John Berry farm)
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The Few's Ford site near Hillsborough joins the Study List
The state archaeology branch presented Few's Ford, outside Hillsborough, with two sites in Cabarrus and Davidson counties, and on April 14, 1994 the committee approved all three for the Study List. The minutes record no discussion of Few's Ford itself.
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The Alexander Hogan Plantation site in Duke Forest joins the Study List
The state archaeology branch presented the plantation site in Duke Forest on April 13, 1995. Members observed that such sites were not unique but were becoming rare, and that Duke's long ownership had kept this one undisturbed; the committee approved it unanimously.
Subject: Duke land purchases in Orange County
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A Lustron house on Stephens Street joins the Study List
On July 13, 1995 the committee placed the Lustron house at 109 Stephens Street in Chapel Hill on the Study List. Discussion turned to how many intact Lustron houses survived in North Carolina and whether a statewide count was needed; staff noted that intact examples in other states had been nominated under the exception for buildings less than fifty years old.
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State reviewers back the Hogan Plantation site nomination over Orange County's objection
After a September 12, 1995 hearing, the Orange County Historic Preservation Commission found the Duke Forest site ineligible, and the county commissioners agreed, while the tract was under study for a new county landfill. That kept the nomination from the committee in October 1995 until Duke Forest appealed. On January 10, 1996 the committee heard the case, one member questioned whether landfill politics had shaped the county's finding, and it approved the nomination unanimously for the Keeper to decide.
Subject: Duke land purchases in Orange County
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Reviewers deny the OWASA Jones Ferry Road water plant a place on the Study List
The Orange Water and Sewer Authority's Jones Ferry Road Water Treatment Plant was among five central region requests on July 10, 1997. Staff recommended denial because of modern alterations, and the committee accepted the staff recommendations without separate discussion of the plant.
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The Carr family cabin near Hillsborough joins the Study List
The National Register Advisory Committee placed the Carr family cabin near Hillsborough on North Carolina's Study List, its list of properties likely to qualify for the National Register.
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West Chapel Hill joins the Study List as a historic district
The National Register Advisory Committee placed the West Chapel Hill neighborhood as a historic district on North Carolina's Study List, its list of properties likely to qualify for the National Register. It came to the committee as a public request.
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The Carolina Inn joins the Study List
The committee approved the Carolina Inn in Chapel Hill for the Study List on July 9, 1998, among twenty public requests from the central and southeastern regions. The same meeting recommended the West Chapel Hill Historic District for nomination, and the inn's own nomination followed on April 8, 1999.
Subject: The Carolina Inn · West Chapel Hill Historic District
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The Old Tavern and White Oak Grove School join the Study List
The National Register Advisory Committee placed the log Old Tavern at 419 Hillsborough Street, Chapel Hill, and the White Oak Grove School for Black children near Cedar Grove on North Carolina's Study List, its list of properties likely to qualify for the National Register.
Subject: White Oak Grove School · Old Tavern (419 Hillsborough Street)
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Hickory Grove School near Carrboro joins the Study List
On April 8, 1999 the committee approved Hickory Grove School, listed on the agenda under Carrboro, with the day's other central and southeastern public requests. Staff had recommended all of them except a Chatham County house.
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Reviewers turn down the Blyden and Roberta Jackson House as too recent
Staff recommended against the Chapel Hill house, built about 1960, because the case for it rested on people still living and it did not meet the National Register test for properties less than fifty years old. The committee followed staff on July 8, 1999.
People: Roberta Bowles Hodges Jackson
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Montrose joins the Study List
The National Register Advisory Committee placed Montrose, William A. Graham's home in Hillsborough from 1842 to 1874, on North Carolina's Study List, its list of properties likely to qualify for the National Register.
Subject: Montrose
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The Thomas Jefferson Hogan House joins the Study List
The National Register Advisory Committee placed the Thomas Jefferson Hogan House near Calvander on North Carolina's Study List, its list of properties likely to qualify for the National Register.
Subject: Thomas and Mary Hogan House
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The St. Mary's Road area and the Occoneechee Speedway join the Study List
The National Register Advisory Committee placed the farm landscape along St. Mary's Road studied in the 1999 survey, and the Occoneechee Speedway near Hillsborough, on North Carolina's Study List, its list of properties likely to qualify for the National Register. The meeting's minutes are lost; the placements rest on the annotated agenda.
Subject: Occoneechee Speedway
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State reviewers approve the Occoneechee Speedway nomination despite Hillsborough's objection
Hillsborough's historic preservation commission approved the nomination, but the mayor objected after a vote of the town commissioners, because the old track lay in the path of a possible north-south bypass. Commissioner Ken Chavious asked the committee on February 14, 2002 to weigh the town's traffic needs. Members replied that only eligibility was before them and approved the nomination unanimously, with one member leaving the room because he consulted on the bypass.
Subject: Occoneechee Speedway
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The Bellevue mill joins the Study List
The National Register Advisory Committee placed the Belle-Vue Manufacturing Company mill in West Hillsborough on North Carolina's Study List, its list of properties likely to qualify for the National Register.
Subject: Bellevue Mill
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A tie vote keeps Person Hall off the Study List
UNC's campus preservation specialist Paul Kapp asked that Person Hall, already a contributing building in the Chapel Hill Historic District, be recognized on its own. Staff doubted how much of what was visible predated a 1977 renovation and urged the university to treat its old buildings as a district. On February 13, 2003 a motion to place the hall on the Study List split three to three, the chair voted no, and the committee deferred it; the Beta Theta Pi house was also deferred to await a possible Fraternity Court district.
Subject: Person Hall · Beta Theta Pi Fraternity House
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The Beta Theta Pi house joins the Study List
The National Register Advisory Committee placed the Beta Theta Pi fraternity house in Chapel Hill on North Carolina's Study List, its list of properties likely to qualify for the National Register.
Subject: Beta Theta Pi Fraternity House
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Reviewers reject the Great Oaks Plantation House, moved to Chapel Hill from near Greensboro
Staff recommended denial because the house had been moved more than forty miles from near Greensboro to Chapel Hill and had lost its geographic setting. Asked whether its architecture could outweigh the move, staff replied that the program valued place over fine carpentry, and on February 10, 2005 the committee accepted the recommendation. The same vote put the Cates-Dodson-Minnis House near Hillsborough on the Study List.
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The Cates-Dodson-Minnis House joins the Study List
The National Register Advisory Committee placed the Cates-Dodson-Minnis farmhouse west of Chapel Hill on North Carolina's Study List, its list of properties likely to qualify for the National Register.
Subject: Cates-Dodson-Minnis Farm
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The Strayhorn house in Carrboro joins the Study List
The National Register Advisory Committee placed the Strayhorn house in Carrboro on North Carolina's Study List, its list of properties likely to qualify for the National Register. Check whether this is the Toney and Nellie Strayhorn House before linking.
Subject: Toney and Nellie Strayhorn House and William Strayhorn House
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An expansion of the Rocky Ridge Farm district joins the Study List
The National Register Advisory Committee placed an expansion of the Rocky Ridge Farm historic district in Chapel Hill on North Carolina's Study List, its list of properties likely to qualify for the National Register.
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An expansion of the Chapel Hill Historic District joins the Study List
The National Register Advisory Committee placed an expansion of the Chapel Hill Historic District on North Carolina's Study List, its list of properties likely to qualify for the National Register.
Subject: Chapel Hill Historic District
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The 1953 Orange County Courthouse in Hillsborough joins the Study List
The committee's list of properties approved for the Study List on October 12, 2006 includes the Orange County Courthouse in Hillsborough. The survey layer identifies it as the 1953 Colonial Revival courthouse on Margaret Lane, not the older courthouse listed in the National Register in 1971.
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Rocky Ridge Farm's district expansion prompts a debate over the fifty-year rule
When staff presented the boundary increase and added documentation for the Rocky Ridge Farm Historic District on October 11, 2007, one member warned that stretching periods of significance into recent decades weakened the National Register, naming Rocky Ridge with two other nominations. Another member suggested the neighbors also claim significance for notable residents. The objecting member then moved approval of Rocky Ridge with the other routine nominations, and it passed.
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Reviewers reject the Reverend Archibald Currie House
Staff recommended against the Orange County house because of alterations and a lack of architectural significance, and on October 16, 2008 the committee voted unanimously to follow staff on the central and southeastern requests.
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The Eno Cotton Mill joins the Study List
The National Register Advisory Committee placed the Eno Cotton Mill in West Hillsborough on North Carolina's Study List, its list of properties likely to qualify for the National Register.
Part of Eno Cotton Mill and its village · 38 events
Subject: Eno Mill
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The Captain John S. Pope Farm joins the Study List
The National Register Advisory Committee placed the Captain John S. Pope Farm near Cedar Grove on North Carolina's Study List, its list of properties likely to qualify for the National Register.
Subject: John S. Pope Farm
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The Chapel Hill Historic District grows, but the university asks to stay out
When the committee reviewed the boundary increase and added documentation for the Chapel Hill Historic District on February 12, 2015, a member asked why the campus portion was not enlarged. Staff explained that UNC's administration had specifically asked not to be included. The committee approved the nomination with eight others.
Subject: Chapel Hill Historic District
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Hillsborough's Old Town Cemetery joins the Study List
The National Register Advisory Committee placed Hillsborough's Old Town Cemetery behind the Presbyterian church on North Carolina's Study List, its list of properties likely to qualify for the National Register.
Subject: Old Town Cemetery, Hillsborough
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An enlargement of the West Chapel Hill district joins the Study List
The National Register Advisory Committee placed an enlargement of the West Chapel Hill Historic District on North Carolina's Study List, its list of properties likely to qualify for the National Register.
Subject: West Chapel Hill Historic District
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Arthur Nash's house joins the Study List
The National Register Advisory Committee placed the house the university architect Arthur C. Nash built for his family in Chapel Hill on North Carolina's Study List, its list of properties likely to qualify for the National Register.
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The North Carolina Industrial Home for Colored Girls at Efland joins the Study List
Orange County submitted the Study List application for the former Efland home with the owner's knowledge, and the committee approved it with the other central region requests on February 9, 2017. A member asked whether the grounds had been assessed for archaeology; none had.
Subject: North Carolina Industrial Home for Colored Girls (Efland Home)
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The Rocks in Chapel Hill and Cedar Grove School join the Study List
Among nine central and southeastern public requests approved on October 12, 2017 were William C. Coker's house, The Rocks, in Chapel Hill and the Cedar Grove School north of Hillsborough. The same meeting placed the Hillsborough survey's Ja-Max Motor Lodge and Military Academy dining hall site on the list.
People: William Chambers Coker
Subject: Cedar Grove schools · The Rocks (William C. Coker House) · Ja-Max Motor Lodge
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Schley Grange Hall near Hurdle Mills joins the Study List
Staff proposed the grange hall as eligible for its place in the social history of the area. With no questions from members or the audience, the committee approved it by a 7-0 roll call vote on October 11, 2018.
Subject: Schley Grange Hall
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