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Siceloff Manufacturing Company Local Historic Landmark Designation Consideration
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Presenter: Kurtis Rogers Planner II
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Summary:
The City has received a request for a Local Historic Landmark Designation for the Siceloff Manufacturing Company located on 200 East Second Avenue. Designating a property as a Local Historic Landmark involves several steps. Once a request is received, staff reviews the request, including the Local Landmark Report submitted by the applicant, and brings it before the Historic Preservation Commission to vote on whether or not they would like to pursue possible designation of the property. If so, staff would send the report to the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) for a 30-day review per NC 160D-946. Following the State’s review, the Historic Preservation Commission will review the item again with any comments from the State, hold a Public Hearing, and make a recommendation to City Council. City Council may then designate the landmark by adopting a designation ordinance for the property following a Public Hearing.
The Historic Preservation Commission must find that the property in question meets two criteria: first, that it has special significance, and, second, that it retains integrity. A property can be considered significant because it is associated with an important historical event (e.g., a building used to house World War II soldiers training for combat), it is associated with an important historical person, it is architecturally distinctive, it may hold important archaeological information, or for a combination of these things. One claim of significance usually is sufficient. Integrity is the extent to which the building or property looks like it did during the period in which it gained significance. In other words, the property can be said to have integrity if its historic importance can be seen or experienced, ra...
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