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From:Ginelle Hardy <br />To:McLoughlin, Mark <br />Cc:Bernal, Sarah <br />Subject:First American Title / Toll Brothers Residential Development Project <br />Date:Monday, September 23, 2019 10:25:02 AM <br />Dear Commissioner McLouglin, <br />Please consider a delay in moving forward on an approval of the <br />First American Title / Toll Brothers Residential Development <br />Project. <br />There is concern that original existing architectural features, <br />materials and fabric remain intact at the historical First American <br />Title Company building and site. Additionally an assessment of <br />the physical state of preservation of the 1931 Art Deco (zig-zag <br />Moderne) style structure; (which likely rests underneath the <br />modern Jeffersonian facade), has not taken place. <br />Here is an opportunity to open up the Historic Property Survey in <br />order to reinvestigate the historic significance of this property and <br />to reconsider the historic importance of the founder and leaders of <br />the Orange County Title Company, (later renamed as the First <br />American Title Company). <br />Please keep in mind that a blanket policy practice to dismiss <br />historic buildings as automatically insignificant because they <br />have not been included in a recognized historic district may <br />become an increasingly obsolete practice. Surveys age as time <br />goes by older buildings can benefit from another look as to their <br />historical significance and historical value. <br />Thank you, <br />Ginelle Hardy <br />7