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CONSENT AGENDA REQUEST
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Sponsor:
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Board of Supervisors Meeting Date:
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William G. Downey, Scott
District Supervisor
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August 16, 2004 |
Staff Lead:
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Department:
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Frederick P.D. Carr, Director
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Community Development |
Topic:
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A Resolution to the Virginia Board of Historic Resources and
the National Park Service Supporting the Inclusion of Atoka
on the Virginia Landmarks and National Registers
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Topic
Description:
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On July 26,
2004, the Virginia Department of Historic Resources
conducted an evening public hearing and informational
meeting regarding the merits of including the Atoka on the
Virginia Landmarks Register and the National Register of
Historic Places. This hearing was conducted in the Marshall
Community Center. Property owners and community
representatives received a briefing from the County’s
architectural consultant, Maral Kalbian, and responded
positively to her report.
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Requested Action of the Board of Supervisors: |
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Consider adoption of the attached
resolution. |
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Financial Impact Analysis: |
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None.
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Summary
Staff Report: |
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The County
has 21 historic areas that are of state and national
significance. The Final Report for Survey Update of
Historic Properties in Fauquier County, Virginia (March 20,
2002) recommended all be submitted for designation on
the Virginia Landmarks and National Register of Historic
Places.
As a result
of the referenced report, the County has pursued this major
project with both Board of Supervisors and private
contributions. In FY 2004, the County completed detailed
surveys which resulted in the Settlements of Ashville and
Morgantown and the Villages of Delaplane and New Baltimore
being placed on the Virginia Landmarks and the National
Register of Historic Places.
The survey
work and requisite public hearing for the Village of Atoka
has been completed. The property owners and community
representatives received a briefing on July 26, 2004 from
the County’s architectural consultant, Maral Kalbian, and
responded positively to her report. The Virginia Department
of Historic Resources will present these findings to the
Commonwealth Board of Historic Resources in September 2004.
The Village
of Atoka is located in the Scott Magisterial District. It
is a small community that lies approximately five miles
north of Rectortown in the northernmost portion of Fauquier
County, directly adjacent to Route 50. It was originally
known as Rector’s Cross-Roads, after the family that owned
the land. The community became known as Atoka after a post
office was established there in the early 1890s.
The Atoka
Historic District boundaries include approximately six
acres, and are drawn to incorporate seven historic
properties including four dwellings and their various
outbuildings, two commercial buildings, and a stone
springhouse. The 2 ˝ story Caleb Rector House (Mosby
Heritage Association Headquarters) sits above the grade of
the local road and is one of the most prominent and
certainly one of the oldest structures within the
community. Here is where Colonel John S. Mosby and his
Rangers were officially organized on June 10, 1863.
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Identify
any other Departments, Organizations or Individuals that
would be affected by this request:
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Property owners.
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RESOLUTION
A Resolution to the Virginia
Board of Historic Resources and the National Park Service Supporting the
Inclusion of ATOKA on the Virginia Landmarks and National Registers
WHEREAS, Atoka is a small rural community developed at the intersection
of Atoka Road and the Ashby Gap Turnpike; and
WHEREAS, it is one of Fauquier County’s best preserved rural crossroads;
and
WHEREAS, Atoka Historic District boundaries include approximately six
acres, and are drawn to incorporate seven historic properties including
four dwellings and their various outbuildings, two commercial buildings,
and a stone springhouse; and
WHEREAS, the 2˝ story Caleb Rector House (Mosby Heritage Association
Headquarters) sits above the grade of the local road and is one of the
oldest and most prominent within the community; and
WHEREAS, here is where John S. Mosby and his Rangers were officially
organized on June 10, 1863; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED by the Fauquier County Board of Supervisors this 16th day of
August 2004, That the Board hereby supports and encourages the Virginia
Board of Historic Resources to include the Atoka Historic District,
located in the Scott Magisterial District, in the Virginia Landmarks
Register; and, be it
RESOLVED FINALLY, That the Virginia Board of Historic Resources
recommends to the National Park Service, due to the established and
unique history and National significance of Atoka, that this community
be enrolled in the National Register of Historic Places.
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