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Statement of Interest: Possible Statewide Significance for the Dr Statement of Interest: Possible Statewide Significance for the Dr. M.T. Pope House MdM Historical Consultants, Inc., (MdM) is pleased to submit this Statement of Interest to explore and, if appropriate, document the statewide signiicance of the Dr. M.T. Pope House, listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1999 and designated a Raleigh Historic Landmark in 2009. Experience and Qualifications MdM is a woman-owned business enterprise with a reputation for producing high-quality work in a timely and professional manner. Founders and principals Jennifer Martin Mitchell and Cynthia de Miranda possess a combined 33 years of experience in the disciplines of architectural history and historic preservation. Ms. Mitchell and Ms. de Miranda have completed nearly ifty successful National Register nominations in the state, including nominations for approximately thirty individual buildings. MdM is qualiied to provide the following services. • National Register nominations • Local Landmark designation reports • Historic resource surveys • Design review guidelines • Historic tax credit applications MdM personnel meet the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualiication Standards as set forth in 36 CFR Part 61 for the areas of History and Architectural History. MdM maintains a current City of Raleigh business license; the number is 109773. Availability & Proposed Schedule Cynthia de Miranda and/or Jennifer Martin Mitchell will conduct all research and prepare all work products. Phase I, an exploration of two possible arguments for statewide signiicance, will likely include but may not be limited to research at the following repositories. • Shaw University’s archives, likely to have records of early graduates of the Leonard School • Southern Historical Collection at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the repository of the Pope family’s papers and likely those of other early African American physicians in North Carolina • Duke University Medical Center Library, which maintains an extensive bibliography relating to the history of African Americans in the medical ield • Old North State Medical Society in Durham, where historians associated with the society may have information pertinent to a possible argument for statewide signiicance Phase I research would also include interviews with Prof. Todd Savitt of East Carolina University, a historian with a research focus on African Americans in medicine; Dr. Brenda Armstrong, a physician and Associate Dean of the Duke University Medical School whose uncle was a Leonard School graduate; and likely other knowledgeable parties. MdM is available to begin work immediately on a study of the Pope House and can deliver research results for Phase I on or before June 20, 2011. Pending approval to continue to Phase II before July 1, 2011, MdM can produce a report on the statewide signiicance of the Pope House by August 1, 2011. Estimated Costs to Complete the Project Phase I: Initial Research & Memo of Findings $ 2,800.00 Phase II: Statewide Signiicance Report (if requested) $ 900.00 Similar Projects Completed by MdM Principals Perry School NRHP Nomination Franklin County’s only intact Jim Crow-era school, including a New Deal building based on Rosenwald Plans. Contact: Tommy Perry, Perry School Alumni, P.O. Box 105, Louisburg, NC 27549, 919-727-0033; submitted on time. Walltown Park Phase I Archaeology Report he study includes historical information on late-nineteenth-century African American shoemaker and landowner Anderson Leathers, whose holdings included a graveyard lot. Contact: John Paces-Wiles, City of Durham General Services Department, 2011 Fay Street, Durham, NC 27704, 919-560-4197 ext. 21252; submitted on time. Josephus Daniels House: Report on the Significance and Integrity of the Grounds, Raleigh, North Carolina Contact: Dan Becker, Raleigh Historic Districts Commission, P.O. Box 829, Century Station, Raleigh, NC 27602, 919-832-7238; submitted on time. Additional Information Resumes for Jennifer Martin Mitchell and Cynthia de Miranda are enclosed, as is a copy of the National Register of Historic Places nomination for the Perry School and the report for Walltown Park. JENNIFER MARTIN MITCHELL POSITION : Principal EDUCATION : M.A. History with Emphasis in Historic Preservation Middle Tennessee State University B.A. History and B.A. Sociology University of South Carolina Introduction to Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (2001) University of Nevada, Reno PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS : Preservation North Carolina Board of Advisors Preservation Durham City of Durham Historic Preservation Commission EXPERIENCE : Jennifer Martin Mitchell has seventeen years of experience as an architectural historian and seven years as a project manager. Before forming MdM Historical Consultants, Inc., she served as the Carolinas Regional Manager for Edwards-Pitman Environmental, Inc., and oversaw a staff of architectural historians, preservation planners, and archaeologists working on projects in the Carolinas and Virginia. Ms. Mitchell was responsible for scoping projects, preparing budgets, and monitoring and overseeing cultural resource surveys, nominations to the National Register of Historic Places, environmental documents necessary for compliance with federal and state laws, and consultations with historic preservation commissions throughout the region. Prior to joining Edwards-Pitman Environmental, Ms. Mitchell worked for the North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office as the National Register Coordinator in Raleigh and as the Historic Preservation Specialist in Asheville. Ms. Mitchell is the award-winning author of Along the Banks of the Old Northeast: the Historical and Architectural Development of Duplin County , North Carolina and a co-author of The Historic Architecture of Western North Carolina. Some projects Ms. Mitchell has been involved with are listed below. o Downtown Selma Historic District National Register Nomination, Selma, Johnston County, North Carolina (2010) o Perry School National Register Nomination, Franklin County, North Carolina (2010) o Johnson Farm National Register Nomination, Harnett County, North Carolina (2009) o Harmony Plantation National Register Nomination, Wake County, North Carolina (2008) o Wake County Historic Resources Intensive Survey, Wake County, North Carolina (January – September 2007) o Local Landmark Designation Report for Rogers Drug, Durham, North Carolina (2008) o Local Landmark Designation Report for Fire Station #1, Durham, North Carolina (2008) o Old Towne Historic District Design Guidelines, Augusta, Georgia (2006) o Wake County Historic Resources Reconnaissance Survey, Wake County, North Carolina (2005- 2006) o Skinnerville-Greenville Heights Historic District National Register Nomination , Greenville, North Carolina (2005) o Maiden Lane Historic District National Register Nomination, Raleigh, North Carolina (2005) o Dr. E. N. Lawrence House National Register Nomination , Raleigh, North Carolina (2005) o York-Chester Historic District National Register Nomination , Gastonia, North Carolina (2005) o Town Appearance Commission Procedures and Guidelines Evaluation, Town of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina (2005) o Rowland Main Street Historic District National Register Nomination, Rowland, North Carolina (2004) o City of Thomasville Architectural Survey, Thomasville, North Carolina (2004) o Apex Historic District Boundary Increase and Additional Documentation Study List Application, Apex, North Carolina (2004) MdM Historical Consultants, Inc. 1 o Borden Manufacturing Company National Register Nomination, Goldsboro, North Carolina (2004) o North Carolina Department of Transportation, Phase II Survey and Report, Replacement of Bridge No. 246 over Laurel Creek, Madison County, North Carolina (2004) o North Carolina Department of Transportation Phase II Survey and Report, Hillsborough Street Reconstruction, Project #1 (for Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.), Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina (2004) o City of Greenville Revitalization Area Historic and Architectural Evaluation, for the City of Greenville, North Carolina (2004) o City of Rock Hill, South Carolina Architectural Survey (for the City of Rock Hill and the South Carolina State Historic Preservation Office) (2003-2004) o Valle Crucis Historic District National Register Nomination , Valle Crucis, Watauga County, North Carolina (2004) o North Carolina Department of Transportation Phase II Survey and Report,, Replacement of Bridge No. 325 over Landrum Creek, Chatham County, North Carolina (2004) o West Raleigh Historic District National Register Nomination, Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina (2003) o North Carolina Department of Transportation Phase II Survey and Report (for Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.) Winston-Salem Northern Beltway , Forsyth County, North Carolina (2002-2003) o North Carolina Department of Transportation Phase II Survey, U.S. Highway 158 Widening , Halifax and Northampton Counties, North Carolina (2003- 2004) o North Carolina Department of Transportation Phase II Survey, Burgaw Bypass , Pender County, North Carolina (2003) o City of Greenville, South Carolina Architectural Survey ( for the City of Greenville and the South Carolina State Historic Preservation Office) (2002-2003) o North Carolina Department of Transportation Phase II Survey, U.S. Highway 158 Widening , Hertford County, North Carolina (2002) o North Carolina Department of Transportation Phase II Survey and Report, Alston Avenue Widening , Durham County, North Carolina
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