On March 19, 2020, the Eno River Association in partnership with Orange County’s Lands Legacy Program, the North Carolina Agricultural Development and Farmland Preservation Trust Fund, and the City of Raleigh’s Watershed Protection Program, has secured the purchase of a “working lands” conservation easement on a 57-acre historic property in Hillsborough. The easement serves the dual purpose of protecting prime farmland and protecting the quality of water that flows downstream of the farm.
The Holden-Roberts Farm is owned and operated by Nels and Nancy Anderson and is located on St. Mary’s Road. The farm is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and contains a well preserved, rare Reconstruction-period I-house (circa 1873) and a large intact grouping of agricultural outbuildings constructed at various times from 1900 through 1950. This project will ensure a historically significant farm property will remain as a tangible and meaningful link to the small farm culture dating from the 1800s. Protecting this property will also help preserve the scenic viewshed and rural character of the historic St. Mary’s Road corridor.
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