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[EXTERNAL] -Documents sha red in today 's meeting of Roanoke County Board of
Supervisors
Preliminary Information Form AS APPROVED .doc; Map of Coles Terry Ru ral Historic
District 4-20-16 .pdf; Ltr Hare -State Review Board approval Coles Terry RHD
9-27 -16 .pdf; Kirchen to FERC approving NRHP nominat ion of CTRHD 3-12 -20 .pdf
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TO : Roanoke County Board of Supervisors , Clerk to the Board 's Office
FROM : Ann Rogers , Section 106 Coordinator , Blue Ridge Environmental
Defense League
I will be making a presentation at today 's meeting of the Roanoke County
Board of Supervisors . In my presentation , I will be sharing the documents
lis t ed below (attached and linked):
1 . Preliminary Information Form (PIF) for the Coles-Terry Rural Historic
District on Bent Mountain (September , 2012)
2 . Map of Coles -Terry Rural Historic District
3 . Letter from James Hare , Director , Survey and Register Division,
Virginia Department of Historic Resources , recognizing the Coles-Terry
Rural Historic Dist r ict as eligible for listing on the Nationa l Register
of Historic Places (September , 2016)
4 . National Register of Historic Places Form for Coles-Terry Rural
Historic District , prepared by SEARCH for Mountain Valley Pipe l ine , LLC
(November , 2019 )
5 . Letter from Roger Kirchen , Director , Review and Compliance Division ,
Virginia Department of Historic Resources , approving the National Register
of Historic Places nomination of the Coles-Terry Rural Historic District ,
as prepared by SEARCH (March , 2020)
6 . MVP Boost Alternatives Study , which indicates (see chart on page 10 -8)
that Swann Alternative 4 , located inside the Coles -Terry Rural Historic
District , is not "within O . 5 mile of NRHP Historic District " (October ,
2025 ). Please note : t he document size prevented attachment to this email
message . Please access the document at -->
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In my presentation to the Board this afternoon , I will be announcing plans
to complete t he nomination of the Coles -Terry Rural Historic Di strict to
the National Register of Historic Places.
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Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League and our chapter organization ,
Preserve Bent Mountain , will be communicating with Mountain Valley
Pipeline , LLC regarding the historic status of the Coles -Terry Rural
Historic District as the basis for eliminating Site 4 , located on Bent
Mountain , from among the alternative sites being considered for their
proposed compressor station .
We would be extraordinarily appreciative of the support of the Roanoke
County Board of Supervisors in our efforts to obtain MVP ,LLC 's recognition
of the eligibility for listing on the National Register of Historic Places
of the Coles -Terry Rural Historic District , within which is located Swann
Compressor Station Alternative Site 4 .
Thank you ,
Ann Rogers
Section 106 Coordinator
Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League
(540) 312 -3104 (Ann's cell)
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DEPARTMENT OF HISTORIC RESOURCES
2801 Kensington Avenue, Richmond, Virginia 23221
Telephone: (804) 367-23 23 Fax: (804) 367-2391
PRELIMINARY INFORMATI ON FO RM
HISTORIC DISTRICT
An historic district is defined as a significant concentration of buildings, structures, or sites that are united historically
and aesthetically by plan or physical development. The following constitutes an application for preliminary
consideration of eligibility for the nomination potential of a historic district for listing in the Virginia Landmarks
Register and the National Register of Historic Places. This does not mean that the district is being nominated to the
registers at this time. Rather, it is being evaluated to determine if it qualifies for such listings. Applicants will be
notified of the staffs and the State Review Board 's recommendations.
Contact the Virginia Department of Historic Resources Archivist to determine if previous survey material for this
proposed district is on file, and if the district has been previously evaluated by DHR. Obtaining previously recorded
information could save a significant amount of time in preparing this Preliminary Information Form (PIF). The
archivist may be reached by phone at (804) 482-6102, or by email at Quatro .Hubbard @dhr .virginia.gov . The
archivist will also give you the address of the regional office to which you should send yo ur completed PIF materials.
Please type this form and, if additional space is needed, use 8½" x 11 " paper. If an electronic version of this PIF is
available, it would be helpful if it could be submitted on a disc, or via email to the archivist. Note: All submitted
materials become the property of the Virginia Department of Historic Resources and will not be returned.
Ph otograph s: Please provide at least four (4) co lor or black-and-white (B&W) photographs of general streetscapes
and four (4) color or B&W photographs showing a sample of individual buildings within the proposed district. The
inclusion of photographs is essential to the completion of this application. With out pho tograph s, th e appli ca tio n
c an not be evaluated. Photographs should be labeled on the reverse side in soft pencil or china marker (not with
adhesive labels), and are not to be mounted or affixed in any way.
D igital Images: In addition to the images printed on photographic paper, digital images, if available, should be
submitted in TIF or JPEG format and can be included on the same disc as the PIF.
M aps: Please include two (2) maps showing the location of the proposed district:
• A copy of a USGS Quad map with name of county/ city printed on the map and with the name of the
proposed district indicating its location (s ections of USGS Quadrangle maps can be printed free of charge from
http://store.u sgs .gov and hand-labeled to mark property boundaries or location), and
• A map showing a closer picture of the proposed boundaries with street names and/ or routes and possible
building footprints would also be helpful. Please include a "North" arrow, date, and "Not to Scale" on this
map.
Before submitting this form, please make sure that you have included the following:
• Section of labeled USGS Quadrangle map
• Proposed district boundary map
• 4 labeled color or B&W general photos
• 4 labeled color or B&W individual building photos
• Completed Resource Information Sheet, including
o Applicant contact information and signature
o City or county official's contact information
Thank you for taking the time to submit this Preliminary Information Form. Your interest in Virginia's historic
resources is helping to provide better stewardship of our cultural past.
Preliminary !nfonnation Fonn
Revised September 2012
Virginia Department of Historic Resources
PIF Resource Information Sheet
This information sheet is designed to provide the Virginia Department of Historic Resources with the necessary data to be able to
evaluate the significance of the proposed district for possible listing in the Virginia Landmarks Register and the National Register
of Historic Places. This is not a formal nomination, but a necessary step in determining whether or not the district could be
considered eligible for Listing. Please take the time to fill in as many fields as possible. A greater number of completed fields will
result in a more timely and accurate assessment. Staff assistance is available to answer any questions you have in regards to this
form .
General Property Information
District Name(s):
District or Selected
Building Date(s):
Coles -Terry Rural Historic District (CTRHD)
1835 -1970 [8J Circa 0Pre 0P ost
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For Staff Use Only
DHR ID #: 080-5689
Open to the Public? No
Main District
Streets and / or
Routes:
Poor Mountain Road, Honeysuckle Road City: Bent Mountain Zip: 24059
County or Ind. City: Roanoke County USGS Quad (s): Bent Mountain
Physical Character of General Surroundings
Acreage: 2,560 Setting (choose one): D eity D urban 0 Town Osuburban [8J Rural 0Transportation
Corridor
Site Description Notes/Notable Landscape Features /Streetscapes:
This rural, mostly forested district encompasses about 2,500 acres on the eastern slope of Poor Mountain. starting
4 /10 mile east of the intersection of Poor Mountain Road and Honeysuckle Road in Bent Mountain, Roanoke
County, VA, extending 3.25 miles southwest along the crest of Poor Mountain to the Montgomery County line . It
includes the headwaters of Laurel Creek and Bottom Creek where they emerge at the foot of Poor Mountain , and
old apple orchards. The district contains a network of Civilian Conservation Corps forest roads and paths
connecting to a fire tower at the highest point of Poor Mountain at 3,926 feet elevation. Prehistoric
archaeological sites have been found along the creeks.
Ownership
Cate ories :
[8JPriv ate
General District Information
What were the historical uses of the resources within the proposed district? Examples include: Dwelling, Store, Barn, etc ...
Dwelling, tobacco grow ing and curing, timber harvest, sawmill industry, apple orchards, apple sales, horsemanship,
and recreation, including horseback riding and hiking along Honeysuckle Road and along the district's many fire
roads and fire trails, and auto m obile excursions to the fire tower
What are the current uses? (if other than the historical D o m estic
use)
Architectural styles or elements of
buildings within the proposed district: Vernacular (no discernable style) ------'--------'--'-------------------~
Preliminal)' ln fonna ti on Fonn
Revised September 2012
Architects , builders , or original
owners of buildings within the
proposed district:
A ll buildings a nd structures have b een or are now ow ned by m e mb ers
of the Terry family.
Are there any known threats to this district? The proposed Mountain Valley Pip elin e and other n atural gas pipelines
p roposed for constructio n through rural areas and wildlands of Virginia
General Description of District:
The CTRHD includes lands historically and currently owned by the Terry family. The boundary was
adjusted to exclude modem resources that would not be contributing to the district's significance .
Buildings and structures within the CTRHD are contained within the five properties listed below , four of
which are currently owned by the Terry family. Construction dates for dwellings are from the Roanoke
County GIS mapping system (http://gisweb.roanokecountyva.gov).
1. Aunt Grace Fortesque's house [aka. Terry Moncure Place, DHR 080-5679]
-current owner: Frank H. Terry, Jr. ET AL
-parcel id: 102.00-01-02.00-0000
-contributing resources: house built ca. 1890-1940s; garage built ca. 1900 ; barn built ca. 1875; stone wall
built ca. 1890; Cook's house built ca . 1890 .
-un-delineated Archaic and Woodland period archaeological sites (extensive collection oflithics in
owner 's possession).
2 . Coles Terry's house [ not surveyed]
-current owner: John Coles Terry III
-parcel id: 102.00-01-0800-0000
-contributing resource: house built 191 O; remnant of old orchard
3. Baker House [not surveyed]
-current owner: Frank H. Terry Sr. Estate
-parcel id: 103 .00-02-01.00-0000
-contributing resources: house built ca. 1875; 2 Terry Barns built ca . 1875 and ca. 1890
4. Janet Wynot house [OHR 080-0490]
-current owner, Janet Wynot
-parcel id: 103.00-01-01.00-0000
-contributing resources: house believed built in first or second quarter 19th century and originally owned
by Terry family; Coles and Terry Family Cemetery; stone wall
5. Fire Tower [not surveyed]
-current owner: Elizabeth Terry Reynolds and PMTS, LLC (Terry family)
-parcel id: 093.00-01-46.00-0000 and 102.00-01-01.00-0000
-contributing resources: fire tower built by Civilian Conservation Corps circa 1933 ; cobbled stone road
providing access to fire tower; metal sign at base of cobbled road ; network of jeep roads and foot trails
providing access to fire tower
Preliminaiy In forma ti on Form
Revised Septe mber 20 12
Significance Statement: Briefly note any significant events , personages , and/or families associated with the proposed
district. It is not necessary to attach lengthy articles or genealogies to thi s form. Please list all sources of information.
Normally , only information contained on this form is forwarded to the State Review Board .
The Coles-Terry Rural Historic District appears to be eligible under Criterion A in the area of Agriculture
and Criterion C in the area of Architecture. The period of significance begins in 1835 with the purchase of
15,000 acres ofland by John Dabney Coles, and ends in 1970 , with the cessation of the 100-year boom in
apple orchards on Bent Mountain that began during Reconstruction.
Grace Fortescue Terry-chronicler of the Coles/Terry family legacy
In 1957, Grace Fortescue Terry produced a typewritten history of her family, titled, "BENT MOUNTAIN
By Mrs. Philip StLeger Moncure (Grace Fortescue Terry) daughter of John Coles Terry, of Bent
Mountain, Va." Much of the information appearing in the 1957 document was subsequently published in
the Winter 1967 edition of the Journal of the Roanoke Historical Society, in an article titled,
"Recollections of Bent Mountain, Virginia."
In her 12-page typewritten narrative, Grace Fortescue Terry, whom we will refer to henceforward as
"Aunt Grace," chronicles a sequence whereby the current heirs of the Terry family came to own hundreds
of acres ofland on Bent Mountain. The story begins with General George Washington giving "some
hundred thousands of acres" to the "doughty" General Andrew Lewis. Aunt Grace's narrative does not
date this gift . However, we know that Lewis died in 1781, so we can date this gift sometime between
1 770 and 1780.
The heirs of Andrew Lewis lost no time in selling their shares of this enormous tract of wilderness land
given by General Washington to General Lewis. The Lewis heirs sold:
• 15,000 acres to John Dabney Coles, Aunt Grace's great grandfather, in 1835, and
• 2,000 acres to an individual named William Dabney in the early 1800s , who sold the same land to
Capt. Joseph Motley Terry, Aunt Grace's grandfather, around 1850.
It was through these two purchases that the Coles/Terry family obtained ownership of the land that is
contained within the CTRHD. Terry and Coles , both of whom lived in Pittsylvania County prior to the
Civil War, hired contract labor to grow tobacco on their land during the decades prior to the Civil War.
Aunt Grace's narrative states that Terry and Coles moved Caucasian families to Bent Mountain as tenants,
"with contracts for clearing, building and crop-raising. This new ground of loose fertile loam was well
suited to tobacco growing, it being the cash crop. An overseer managed these settlements of white tenants,
in addition to separate clearings by colored families, brought from the lower plantations."
Coles' daughter, Catherine, married Terry. In 1845 , the couple had a son, John Coles Terry, who inherited
his mother's share of the Coles estate while a very young child, and also later inherited his father's land.
The fact that John Coles Terry inherited thousands of acres ofland comprising a significant portion of
what is , today, the community of Bent Mountain, and, through his ownership, kept these lands
unsubdivided through the early 20th century, has helped to endow the Bent Mountain community with the
distinctively rugged appearance of a wild mountain frontier that has persisted to the present time .
John Coles Terry, who was Aunt Grace's father, had a brilliant military career. According to Aunt Grace,
a year before the start of the Civil War, he entered VMI as a cadet. At the start of the war, his father
organized a company of volunteers and became their captain, but soon suffered a severe wound, moved to
Bent Mountain to recover, and never re-entered battle .
Early in 1862, at age 17, John Coles Terry joined the Confederate forces under the command of General
Stonewall Jackson. Later, at the death of Stonewall Jackson, Terry joined forces under General Jubal
Early and stayed with Early through the valley campaign. Early and Joseph M . Terry had been partners in
a law practice in Pittsylvania County prior to the start of war.
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Aunt Grace's recounting of her father's gallantry in the Ci vil War is both excruciatingly touching and
written in a brilliant literary style. She says , on page 11 of her typewritten narrative ,
He [John Coles Terry] had an active career, on his alternating mounts "Mary" (Stuart) and
"Raliegh." First with Jackson in his hound and fox forays against Milroy in and out of West
Virginia and Virginia , with weeks of brilliant maneuvering, swiftness and victories. These
adventurous years were a delight to a high spirited boy, and he reli ved it with many an anecdote to
his rapt audience (his children) through Maryland , into Pennsylvania to Gettysburg -sometimes a
dispatch carrier -or scouting-or in the thick of battle with di smounted cavalry . Those gallant
horses "Mary" and "Raliegh" spent their last years on Bent Mt. honored above all four footed
friends. "Mary"'s descendants remained in the Terry family for years . She herself was an eighth
generation foal in the equestrian branch of the family of thoroughbreds. The last one , Dainty
Dixie , was in the fourteenth generation. Alas that motors have bani shed so many noble creatures
to the green pastures of the haven where their great spirits are, we tru st, forever young and fleet of
foot.
George S. Jacks' History o(Roanoke County
Several other history texts , made available to us at the Virginia Room of the Roanoke City Public Library ,
offer accounts of the development of the Coles/Terry family legacy. The principal among these is a text
that was rescued from obscurity by a reprinting commissioned by Wytheville , VA antiquarian bookseller,
Jim Presgraves . This text, titled History of Roanoke County, by George S. Jack , was copyrighted in 1912 .
It contains two sections pertinent to the CTRHD. The first section, bearing the heading "The Coles
Purchase ," says that John Coles Terry inherited all of Joseph M. Terry's land , and that this inheritance was
5,000 acres , which is much larger than the 2 ,000 acres cited in Aunt Grace's text. It also says that John
Dabney Coles owned 12 ,000 to 14 ,000 acres , which is 1,000 acres fewer than cited by Aunt Grace. The
following is an excerpt:
The Coles Purchase
As the years passed away , the great Lewis Tract was divided and most of the original boundary
passed out of the hands of the first owner or his immediate descendants. A man named Clark
became the owner of most of the mountain land and of a large boundary of the plateau land on top
of the mountain. This he afterwards sold to John M. Price of Fincastle , who in tum sold to John
Coles, a boundary of twelve thousand acres , more or less , which pro ved to be nearer fourteen
thousand acres, for the sum of $12 ,000.00. Some six or eight thousand acres of the original Lewis
Tract, near the Floyd County line, was purchased many years ago by Tazewell and Warfield Price.
In the years to come as this section became more thickly populated , thes e vast boundaries were
subdivided into smaller farms , with the exception of one large tract o f nearly five thousand acres
which was purchased by the late Captain Joseph Motley Terry , and which at his death reverted to
J. Coles Terry , his son , all of which the latter still owns. On thi s beautiful plateau are now some of
the best homes in Roanoke County , and some of the most producti ve, a s well as the largest apple
orchards of this section of Virginia .
History of Roanoke County also contains biographical sketches of the most prominent men in the county's
history. It contains a sketch and photograph of John Coles which begins , "Perhaps the best known citizen
of the Bent Mountain district is John Coles , who was born in Pittsylvania County , in 1836, being the only
son of John Coles, Sr., also a native of Pittsylvania County , Virginia." Thus , John Coles Jr. was Captain
Joseph M . Terry's brother-in-law, and John Coles Terry's uncle. John Coles Jr. is the grandfather of the
family members who are present-day owners of the properties in the CTRHD.
Deedie Dent Kagey's When Past is Prologue: A History of Roanoke County
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Kagey's history of Roanoke County is useful in documenting economic activity of the Coles and Terry
family members.
Kagey provides a list of individuals' names listed in the "Productions of Agriculture" census of 1870.
Among these are John Coles (i.e., John Coles, Jr., Joseph M. Terry's brother-in-law) and John Coles
Terry. John Coles is listed as having 3,950 acres under production in a farm valued at $8,000. John Coles
Terry is listed as having 4,900 acres under production in a farm valued at $7,000.
Kagey states that the 1884-1885 Virginia Gazeteer and Business Directory listed the principal farmers of
Roanoke by communities. Under the heading "Bent Mountain" were listed the names John Coles, John C.
Terry, and Joseph M. Terry. The same gazeteer listed J.M. Terry as an attorney doing business in Bent
Mountain/Air Point. According to Kagey, the Virginia State Directory 1897 listed persons who provided
goods or services in Roanoke County. Included on this list were "J. C. Terry & Co ." listed as "general
merchant" and "J. Coles Terry" listed as "mills (saw and planing)".
A Gilmer Collection Confederate Army map (1864) of Bent Mountain shows the location of a "Terry saw
mill" at a point inside the CTRHD along Bottom Creek. Thus we can surmise that the Terry family
sawmill business was active during the 30 year period from 1864 through 1897, if not longer.
Kagey's list from the 1897 directory also includes John Coles and J. C. Terry as having farm operations in
"Air Point", which is a location along U.S. 221 in Bent Mountain that was the center of the famous Bent
Mountain orchard industry which emerged during Reconstruction. Kagey includes the Terry family
among those who were stakeholders in the Bent Mountain orchard industry, stating, "By 1910, J. Coles
Terry ... [was] among those who ran successful orchards on Bent Mountain." Kagey adds, "Everyone [on
Bent Mountain] had an orchard. Grace Moncure [i.e., Aunt Grace) had six or eight."
A 1963 topographic map of Airpoint shows the prevalence of orchards, demonstrating the persistence of
the Bent Mountain orchard industry well into the 20 th century.
Fire tower
The presence of the fire tower at the highest point on Poor Mountain (3,926 feet) is documented in Aunt
Grace's manuscript. She associates the location of the tower with a historic site called "Street's Entry," a
place that was used to enter the Bent Mountain area by military explorers prior to the construction of
roads. A sizeable network of fire roads and fire trails were built to provide access to the fire tower. Many
of these roads and trails are extant today and have been used for recreational horseback riding and hiking
by the Terry descendants.
Roanoke historian, Lee Pendleton's 1976 manuscript, "Poor Mountain," discusses the fire tower. He
describes his first visit to the tower in the mid-1930s:
The Adult CCC men had worked the road and it pulled the hill well. We drove west out the ridge
as far as we could go. A fire tower with a telephone had been built. The custodian and wife were
glad to see us and some of our party climbed the tower. I went about halfway. Men and women
had been going up on Sunday for years, in "T" model Fords, carrying an extra supply of water for
the radiator.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
Terry, Grace Fortescue. "Bent Mountain". 1957. Virginia Room, Roanoke City Public Library, Roanoke,
Va.
Jack, George S. History of Roanoke County. 1910. Virginia Room.
Kagey, Deedie Dent. When Past is Prologue: A History of Roanoke County. 1988. Virginia Room.
Confederate Army Map of Bent Mountain, Gilmer Collection, 1864 . Virginia Room.
USGS Topographic Maps of Bent Mountain, 1963. Virginia Room.
Pendleton, Lee. "Poor Mountain". 1976. Virginia Room.
Sorrell, Robert. Blue Ridge Fire Towers. The History Press. 2015.
Byrne, John P. "Civilian Conservation Corps in Virginia, 1933-1942 ." 1982.
http ://scholarworks.umt.edu/cgi /viewcontent.cgi?article=2824&context=etd
Forest History Society, 701 William Vickers Ave., Durham, NC 27701-3162. www.foresthistory.org.
The Society's historian offered valuable technical assistance in our research on the fire tower.
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Applicant Information (Individual completing form)
Ann Rogers
634 7 Back Creek Road
Boones Mill, VA 24065
540-312-3104
Date: 4-20-16
Applicant's Signature: flnn /YI· Roqers
Notification
In some circumstances, it may be necessary for DHR to confer with or notify local officials of proposed li sti ngs of properties
within their jurisdiction. In the following space, p lease provide the contact information for the local County Administrator or
City Manager.
Mr. D Mrs.D Dr. D
Miss D Ms . D Hon.D Thomas C. Gates Administrator
--------(N-am_e_) ______________ (P_o-si-tio_n_) -------;
Roanoke County
(Locality)
R oanoke
(City)
VA
(State)
5204 Bernard Dr.
(Address)
24018 540-772-2004
(Zip Code) (Daytim e telephone including area code)
Please use the following space to exp lain why yo u are seeking an evaluation of this district.
To acknowledge, honor, and safekeep the Coles/Terry family heritage, and to protect the breathtakingly
beautiful landscapes and cherished historic structures contained within the district from being abused or
destroyed by inappropriate industrial development.
Would yo u be interested in the State and/or the Federal Rehabilitation Tax Credits? Yes [8J
Would yo u be interested in the easement program? Yes [8J
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COMMONWEALTH of VIRGINIA
Matt Stri ckler
Secretary ojNatural Reso urces
Department of Historic Resource s
28 01 K ensi n gt o n Ave nu e , R ic hmond , Virgi n ia 23221
March 12, 2020
Mr. Paul Friedman
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
888 First Street NE, Room IA
Washington, DC 20426
Re: Mountain Valley Pipeline Project
Revised Final NRHP Nomination for the Coles-Terry Rural Historic District (080-5689)
FERC Docket No . CP16-10-000; DHR File No . 2014-1194
Dear Mr. Friedman:
Juli e V. Langan
Director
Te l: (804) 367-2323
Fax: (804) 367-239 I
www .dh r.v irginia .gov
The Department of Historic Resources (DHR) has received the document referenced above prepared by SEARCH for
Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC pursuant to Section 4.2 .8 of the Revised Historic Property Treatment Plan for th e
Bent Mountain Rural Historic District (080-0322), Bent Mountain Apple Orchard Rural Historic District (080-5731)
and Coles-Terry Rural Historic District (080-5689) (February 2018) . It is our opinion that the final National
Register of Historic Places (NRHP) nomination for the Coles-Terry Rural Historic District (DHR ID #080-5689)
represents a good-faith effort to address previous comments on the nomination . By this letter we accept this
document as partial fulfillment of approved treatment plan .
According to Section 4 .2.8 of the Treatment Plan, MVP should provide the following :
• Three (3) hard copies and one (1) digital copy (Microsoft® Office Word format) of the completed final
nomination form and all accompanying material (in appropriate formats); and
• Two (2) sets of address labels for all current property owners within the proposed NRHP historic district at
the time of submission for use by the DHR in nomination-related correspondence.
Please work with Mike Pulice (michael.pulice @dhr.virginia .gov) in DHR 's Western Region Preservation Office to
determine what additional materials are necessary and how to prepare the address labels . Should you have any
questions concerning these comments, please contact me at roger.kirchen @dhr.virginia.gov.
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Review and Compliance Division
c . Ms. Megan Neylon, EQT
Ms. Evelyn M . Tidlow , GAi
Western Reg ion O ffi ce
962 Kim e Lane
Salem , VA 2415 3
Te l: (540) 38 7-5443
Fax : (540 ) 387 -5446
North ern Reg ion Office
5357 Main Street
PO Box 51 9
Steph ens City , VA 226 55
Te l: (540) 868 -7029
Fax: (5 40 ) 868-7 033
Eastern Reg ion Otli ce
280 I Kensington Avenue
Ri chmond, VA 2322 1
Te l: (804) 367 -2323
Fax: (804 ) 367-2 39 1
Coles Terry Rural Hi storic District
Co ntr ibutin g reso urces include (e ast to west) ➔ Bake r Ho use a nd tw o adjacent barn s; Janet Wynot (form er ly Te rry) ho use ; Coles and Terry Fa mil y
Ce metery ; Co les Terry 's ho use and o ld orchard ; Grace Fo rte scue Te rry 's hou se and sto ne wa ll ; Fire Towe r b uilt dur ing C iv il ia n Co nservati on Co rp s
era, w ith co nne ct in g fi re ro ads and tra il s; cobbl ed stone fire ro ad ; and , stee l s ig n mark in g entra nce to cob bl ed road area. A lso of inte res t : USGS
Way po int.
COMMONWEALTH of VIRGINIA
Molly Joseph Ward
Secretary of Natural Resources
Ann Rogers
634 7 Back Creek Rd .
Boones Mill, VA 24065
Department of Historic Resources
2801 Kensington Avenue, Richmond, Virginia 23221
September 27, 2016
Re: Coles-Terry Rural Historic District, Roanoke, County
Dear Ms. Rogers:
Julie V. Langan
Director
Tel : (804) 367-2323
Fax : (804) 367-2391
www.dhr.virginia.gov
We are pleased to inform you that at its September 15, 2016, meeting, the State Review Board concurred \vith the
Department of Historic Resources (DHR) that the Coles-Terry Rural Historic District is recommended eligible for
nomination to the national and state registers, assuming that a more substantially documented nomination fully supports
the arguments presented in the PIF and/ or raised in the staff and board discussions. Approval at the Preliminary
Information Form level is not the formal listing stage and not a guarantee that the nomination \vill succeed if the
documentation and argument made in the final formal nomination do not fully support the property's eligibility.
We caution you that if the staff or boards do not feel that a sufficient argument has been made for a resource, we may ask
for more information or make the recommendation that the resource no longer appears to meet the criteria for eligibility.
We strongly encourage you to work closely with the DHR staff as you work through the nomination process. Please feel
free to contact the Western Region Preservation Office at 540-387-5443 for any assistance.
The recommendation of eligibility is also subject to re-evaluation if the architectural and/ or archaeological resource is
significantly altered, remodeled, or partially demolished, or if further research reveals that the resource is less significant
than originally proposed.
Before making a final recommendation on the resource, the DHR staff, the State Review Board, and the Historic
Resources Board will need to see a fully developed nomination . The National Register of Historic Places form is used for
nominating resources both to the Virginia Landmarks Register and the National Register. You may prepare the
nomination yourself or hire a consultant.
Should the preparation of a nomination go forward, you will be notified prior to any formal action by the Department.
Thank you for your interest in the register program.
Western Region Office
962 Kime Lane
Salem, VA 24 I 53
Tel: (540) 387-5443
Fax : (540) 387-5446
Sincerely,
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]runes Hare
Director, Survey and Register D ivision
Northern Region Office
5357 Main Street
PO Box 519
Stephens City, VA 22655
Tel : (540) 868-7029
Fax : (540) 868-7033
Eastern Region Office
2801 Kensington Avenue
Richmond, VA 2322]
Tel : (804) 367-2323
Fax : (804) 367-2391