The effort to

The effort to

complete the

survey begins

So how was the process of completing the survey revived if it had languished since 1983? A year ago, Hal Hunter, while assisting both the Amissville Area Community Association (AACA) and the Rappahannock County Conservation Alliance (RCCA), got the ball rolling when he noticed that the county’s 1998 Comprehensive Plan, Chapter 7, pages 92-93, lists under “Principle 5” several policies that call for the completion of the Historic Resources Survey:

1. Support the establishment of historic districts to protect recognized properties of historic value and to retain the integrity of historic neighborhoods.

2. Support the establishment of rural historic districts to protect recognized properties of historic value which are located outside village and town settings that include historic buildings and the extensive surrounding historic landscapes and estate grounds.

3. Ensure that proposed development is compatible with the architectural attributes of nearby or adjoining historic properties, neighborhoods, and districts.

4. Promote the placement of scenic easements particularly (but not limited to) on lands associated with historic buildings and sites and those on the National Register of Historic Places, and seek to protect the scenic value of those lands when land use decisions and plans are made.

In fact, he found that the seventh policy specifically mentions completing the survey:

7. Encourage continuation of the Historic Properties Survey Program with funding participation. . by the Rappahannock County Board of Supervisors or its designee.

Hunter began to press this issue among his colleagues on the AACA and RCCA, including Steve Miller, Rick Kohler, Bob Dennis, ClifT Miller, and others. Soon he had an ad hoc citizens’ group formed for implementing the historic