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Town of Cary · Historic Preservation Commission
Wednesday, September 9, 2026 at 6:30 pm · Virtual / Conference Room 11130, Call-in information will be available on agenda, For in person attendance: 316 N. Academy Street, Cary, NC 27513

Regular meeting Historic preservation

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What is in the packet

The packet's substantive attachment is the draft local designation report for the Ivey-Ellington House at 310 S. Academy Street, with the landmark application form, the statement of significance, the proposed landmark boundary, and photographs of the facade and south elevation. Local landmark designation is the strongest protection Cary can place on a private building, and the report is what the commission has to accept before it goes further.

The rest is continuing business carried in the August minutes: a paint microscopy study for the Nancy Jones House, a pre-application for a landmark designation on a property in Carpenter, the commission's 2025-2026 annual report, and planning for the community event it settled on. The meeting runs in person at town hall and by call-in.

Read from the first 48 pages of the packet. Open the full packet if this is not enough.

What's on this agenda

The commission takes up the draft local landmark report for the Ivey-Ellington property, which staff said in August was nearly ready. Local landmark designation is the strongest protection the town can put on a private building, so the report is the substantive item on this agenda.

The rest is continuing business: the commission's annual report for 2025-2026, another monthly update on the Nancy Jones House after August's break-in, and planning for the history trivia night the commission chose as its community event. The meeting runs both in person at town hall and by call-in.

Summarized from the published agenda. Read the agenda itself before acting on it.

Meeting recap

What happened, drawn from the records published after the meeting. Minutes

The commission adopted its 2025-2026 annual report at the meeting. It records a year with no Certificate of Appropriateness cases, a secured state grant for the Nancy Jones House, and Historic Sign Marker Program work paused for a staffing vacancy.

Staff also presented the draft local landmark designation report on the Ivey-Ellington House, a Gothic Revival dwelling moved from 135 W. Chatham Street to 310 S. Academy Street in 2023. The commission has not yet voted to recommend the landmark designation to the Town Council; the annual report lists finishing that process among its goals for 2027.

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Agenda items (2)

Staff or committee report · 2
  1. 1. Ivey-Ellington Draft Local Landmark Report
    Staff or committee report Historic preservation
    Cynthia de Miranda of MdM Historical Consultants, Inc. wrote the draft local landmark report on the Ivey-Ellington House, built around 1874-1882 and moved to 310 S. Academy Street in 2023. Staff presented the findings; the commission has not yet recommended the landmark designation to the Town Council, a step the annual report lists as a 2027 goal.
    • 310 S Academy St · no matching parcel on file
    • 308 S Academy St · Cary Town Of · 2.3 acres · assessed $5,504,388
  2. 2. 2025-2026 Annual Report
    Staff or committee report Historic preservation
    The commission adopted its 2025-2026 annual report, dated September 9, 2026. It records no Certificate of Appropriateness cases this year, a secured grant for the Nancy Jones House, and Historic Sign Marker Program work paused until a staff vacancy is filled.

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