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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSP202100001 Study - Species Database Special Use Permit 2020-09-18 (1)� •s TIMMONS GROUP YOUR VISION ACHIEVED THROUGH OURS. September 18, 2020 Ms. Lisa Mattson Sun Tribe Development 300 E Main St, Suite 200 Charlottesville, VA 22902 RE: Midway Solar Site — Desktop Database Review Dear Ms. Mattson, 1001 Boulders Parkway Suite 300 Richmond, VA 23225 P 804.200.6500 F 804.560.1016 www.timmons.com Timmons Group has completed a desktop review of the Midway Solar project, a proposed facility for solar power. The project encompasses approximately 132.3 acres and is located in Albemarle County, Virginia (Figure 1: Vicinity Map). The study was developed as a preliminary planning tool to help identify potential constraints to assist in planning the proposed Midway Solar Site (Site). The study consists of a comprehensive review of publicly available environmental mapping and database resources to identify local, state, and federally regulated resources that have the potential to significantly impact the feasibility of the Site. Protected Species Database Search A protected species review was conducted to gain insight regarding the potential presence of Endangered Species Act (ESA) listed species, as well as State listed species onsite or in the vicinity of the Site. The following agencies and associated databases were reviewed for protected species: • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services (USFWS) — Information, Planning and Consultations system (IPaC) — Trust Resource List • Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (VDWR) — Wildlife Environmental Review Map Service (WERMS) • Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (VDWR) —Virginia Fish and Wildlife Information Services (VaFWIS) • Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (VDWR) — Northern Long -Eared Bat (NLEB) Winter Habitat and Roost Tree Locator • Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (VDWR) — Little Brown Bat and Tri-colored Bat Winter Habitat & Roosts Locator • Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation (VDCR) — Natural Heritage Data Explorer (NHDE) • Center for Conservation Biology (CCB) — VaEagles Nest Locator The comprehensive database search determined there is a potential for three species with federal and state protection to occur within the Site (see Attachment 1: Protect Species Database Searches). The potentially present species and its associated databases are listed below in Table 1. CIVIL ENGINEERING I ENVIRONMENTAL I SURVEYING I GIS I LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE I CONSTRUCTION SERVICES Midway Solar Site — Desktop Database Review Sun Tribe Development Table 1. Protected Species Potentially Present at Midway Solar Site Page 2 Common Name Scientific Name Status Agency Source Mammal Northern Long-eared bat Myotis septentrionalis Federal Threatened State Threatened USFWS Little Brown Bat Myotis lucifugus State Endangered VDWR Mollusk James spinymussel Parvaspina collina Federal Endangered State Endangered VDWR According to the USFWS IPaC results, the federally and state threatened northern long-eared bat (NLEB) (Myotis septentrionalis) has the potential to occur on the Site. Based upon a review of available information, in particular the VDGIF NLEB Winter Habitat and Roost Tree Locator, there are no known maternity roosts or hibernacula located within or in close proximity to the Site. Therefore, the Site will not likely affect any known NLEB areas and additional coordination with USFWS regarding this species is not anticipated. However, under the NLEB final 4(d) rule, the USFWS reserves the right to request additional studies or information during consultation with federal permitting agencies, if federal permits are pursued. According to VDWR — WERMS, the state endangered little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus) has hibernacula whose 5.5-mile buffer intersects the two-mile search radius around the Site. However, the 5.5-mile hibernacula buffer does not intersect the Site, and therefore no restrictions are anticipated with the species. The VDWR Little Brown Bat and Tri-colored Bat Winter Habitat & Roosts Locator indicates that the tri- colored bat (Perimyotis subflavus) does not have hibernacula within range of the Site, and therefore should not be impacted. According to VDWR, the state threatened James spinymussel (Parvaspina collina) occurs within the Mechums River. The Mechums River forms a portion of the northwest border of the Site, and is noted as a threatened and endangered species water for the James spinymussel. The species prefers free -flowing streams that vary in flow regimes and depths and can tolerate different substrates except silt. They are generally found in relatively in fast -flowing, well oxygenated reaches with good to excellent water quality. The James River spinymussel has narrow habitat constraints and requires pristine reaches of streams to survive and reproduce. There is a time of year restriction for in -stream work where the species is present from May 15 - July 31. Additionally, the Center for Conservation Biology has not identified any eagle nests adjacent to the Site. Comments from VDCR indicate that no state -listed plants or insects will be impacted. II. Habitat Assessment In order to assess if the Site contains any suitable habitat for the James River spinymussel, an onsite habitat assessment field investigation was conducted. A summary of the six assessed reaches is provided below with reach locations depicted in Figure 2. Representative photographs of each reach are provided in Attachment B. Midway Solar Site — Desktop Database Review Sun Tribe Development Reach UT1 and Reach UT5 Page 3 Reach UT1 and UT5 are both associated with moderate to slow -flowing unnamed perennial tributaries of Mechums River. These perennial streams have a drainage area of approximately 0.39 square miles and are generally between 8-10 feet wide. Water depths in these two channels range from less than 2 inches in most riffles to depths of approximately 1 foot in the deepest pools. Both tributaries likely once had gravel and cobble dominated substrate, however large amounts of sand and fine silt have aggregated along the stream bottom as a result of highly eroding stream banks. A fine layer of silt was noted covering stream substrate along the entirety of both reaches. Recent bank erosion has caused both streams to incise, over - widen, and aggregate with fine sandy and silty material. The highly incised, vertical and undercut banks ranging from 2-6 feet in height indicate that both streams harbor flashy, high flow events. Reaches UT2, UT3. and UT4 Reaches UT2, UT3, and UT4 characterize three small (approximately 2 to 3 feet wide) unnamed tributaries of the Mechums River. All three channels have an approximately 0.04 to 0.11 square mile watersheds. These stream reaches were determined to be intermittent as only some sections were flowing/contained water during the field investigation. All reaches had low baseflow and obvious signs of sediment aggradation in channels with fine layers of silt covering substrate throughout reaches. Mechums River This Reach of Mechums River presented with moderate flow and a drainage area of approximately 8.25 square miles. This reach varied from 22-30 feet wide with water depths in ranging from less than 6 inches in most riffles to depths of approximately 2 feet in the deepest pools. Portions of this reach contained coarse sand and gravel substrate with very little amounts of silt however many areas had heavy amounts of sediment aggradation and large amounts of fine silt and sand covering stream substrate. There were also signs of recent bank erosion which has caused much of the channel to become incise and over -widen. Highly incised, vertical and undercut banks ranging from 3-10 feet in height indicates this system often experiences flashy, high flow events. III. Cultural Resources We conducted a Virginia Department of Historic Resources (VDHR) database search for the Site and a one-half mile buffer surrounding the Site. An exhibit showing the approximate location of the Site with known architectural and archaeological resources from the Virginia Cultural Resource Information Services (VCRIS) database, along with information sheets for each of the resources within the search area are included in Attachment C: VCRIS Database Search. Eight architectural resources were identified within the one-half mile buffer, none of which are within the Site boundaries. No archaeological resources were identified. Table 2. Cultural Resources within 0.5 Mile of Midway Solar Resource ID 3ite Description Location Site Evaluation Status 02-0194 Haupt House Adjacent Not Evaluated 02-1279 Moon's Mill Site Adjacent Not Evaluated 02-1281 Duarry Site, Route 636 Adjacent Not Evaluated 02-2212 Batesville Historic District Adjacent NRHP Listing LR Listing 02-0655 hurch 1606 Craig's Store Road Mount Ed Baptist Church Adjacent Not Evaluated This property is associated with the Batesville Historic District 002-1278 Kennedy Farm djacent Not Evaluated 002-1211 Rt. 635 House Harold Brown House djacent Not Evaluated Midway Solar Site — Desktop Database Review Page 4 Sun Tribe Development 002-0709 ia-Barksdale Farm djacent INot Evaluated One architectural resource, the Batesville Historic District (002-2212) within the one-half mile buffer is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) and Virginia Landmarks Register (VLR). The remainder of the resources have not been evaluated for listing on the NRHP. A site conditions assessment by a registered historian is recommended to better understand the level of work required for a Phase I Cultural Resources Assessment. IV. Summary and Conclusions If work is proposed in wetlands or waters of the U.S., then Section 401 and Section 404 Clean Water Act Permits will be required. Submittal of a Section 404 Clean Water Act Permit will provide a federal nexus that will trigger a review of threatened and endangered species that could further impose timeline restrictions or reduce the developable footprint of the Site. Similarly, project review during the Solar Permit By Rule process will result in state agency coordination, during which further information could be requested by the coordinating agencies, including habitat or species surveys. Due to the excess of finer sandy and silty substrate, lack of fast -flowing well oxygenated water, and evidence of recent flooding events, it is believed that no suitable habitat exists within Reaches UT1, UT2, UT3, UT4, and UT5 of the Midway Solar site for the James River spinymussel. However, there is potential habitat for the protected species in question within the assessed reach of Mechums River. Further work associated with the northern long eared bat and little brown bat is not anticipated. A site conditions assessment by a registered historian is recommended to better understand the level of work required for a Phase I Cultural Resources Assessment. We appreciate the opportunity to present this preliminary analysis for planning purposes. Please note that threatened and endangered database searches must be current (data accessed within six months) to be considered current by reviewing agencies. If you have any questions, please contact me at (804) 200-6577 or iulia.campusCrDtimmons.com. Sincerely, Jaulia Campus Figure 1: Vicinity Map Figure 2: Wetlands and Waters of the US Map Attachments Attachment A: Protected Species Database Searches • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services (USFWS) — Information, Planning and Consultations system (IPaC) — Trust Resource List • Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (VDWR) — Wildlife Environmental Review Map Service (WERMS) • Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (VDWR) —Virginia Fish and Wildlife Information Services (VaFWIS) • Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (VDWR) — Northern Long -Eared Bat (NLEB) Winter Habitat and Roost Tree Locator Midway Solar Site — Desktop Database Review Sun Tribe Development Page 5 Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (VDWR) — Little Brown Bat and Tri-colored Bat Winter Habitat & Roosts Locator Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation (VDCR) — Natural Heritage Data Explorer (NHDE) Center for Conservation Biology (CCB) — VaEagles Nest Locator Attachment B: Representative Site Photographs Attachment C: VCRIS Database Search Path: Y:\851\45853.004-MidwaylGISW5083.004-VIC.mxd — j 636 T — \ 1 A ` . � gib.• � �. : • t�--- \� i 0Llmits Site � 41 �• �714 IS Site limits are approximate. � _.. • _ _ ;, _ —__ Topographic imagery from USGS. 0 1 200 2 400 3600 4 Sao eet MIDWAY SOLAR TIMMONS GROUP .�•E�� ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA FIGURE I: VICINITY MAP YOUR VISION ACHIEVED THROUGH OURS. TIMMONS GROUP JOB NUMBER: 45853.004 U.S.G.S. QUADRANGLE(S): COVESVILLE PROJECT STUDY LIMITS: 132.3 ACRES DATE(S): 2016 LATITUDE: 37.986521 WATERSHED(S): RIVANNA (JAMES RIVER BASIN) LONGITUDE:-78.741392 HYDROLOGIC UNIT CODE(S): 02080204 Tives. pansa oats .pmpeM 0 TIMMONS GROUP mat may am n rep am a Part an s a n us or aM puroase oevep in uam. u not Hamer! Inmrehuaion. bidding, mahr turebumian slaking mllmm rM anpess au illen mnseM of TIMMONS GROUP. ATTACHMENT C: VCRIS Database Search Virginia Department of Historic Resources (VDHR) —Virginia Cultural Resources Information System ga�es�ille Rdi fF 44ABoo3o -� -i - j SIT /.� :�: • j M. ,b � .., i� �i71r�'n'�'+ '� A�'; �`�.. � m: .' r°'�,. �. rl': ,a •:. .s�r ��. ;� � .,.3. n,_N ll.. ''N'�,. .r.. `-i� 11 11• �Ii ` _X �'.., �. ! k !✓ �+T• :,% �� - d� � _• �. �j' .gyp � ' J rs-% ^{�.f � r - '; r r '. s kkk444ryrfl�;� yi: b• A / • P.- q y �•i;t. .l, F - `P., . i ,r/Y'Mn Y yY�' ( •'11f r w•��!" •+.Q. 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Just south of the Kennedy House, Surveyor Assessment: No Data Surveyor Recommendation: No Data Ownership Ownership Category Ownership Entity Private 6"o Data Primary Resource Information Resource Category: Domestic Resource Type: Single Dwelling NR Resource Type: Budding Historic District Status: No Data Date of Construction: Date Source: No Data Historic Time Period: No Data Historic Context(s): Domestic Other m Number: .No Data Architectural Style: No Data Form: No Data Number of Stories: 0.0 Condition: No Data Interior Plan: Central Passage, Single Pile Threats to Resource: .No Data Architectural Description: Long 1-house with decorative bargeboards. DHR ID: 002-1211 Other DHR ID: No Data August 04, 2020 Page: 1 of 2 Virginia Department of Historic Resources Architectural Survey Form Secondary Resource Information Historic District Information.. Historic District Name: No Data Local Historic District Name: No Data Historic District Significance: No Data CRM Events Event Type: Survey:Phase UReconnaissance Project Review File Number: No Data Investigator: O'Dell, Jeff Organization/Company: Unknown (DSS) Photographic Media: No Data Survey Date: No Data Dhr Library Report Number: No Data Project Staff/Notes: Very brief, illegible handwritten fieldnotes; no survey date provided. Bibliographic Information Bibliography: No Data Property Notes! No Data DHR ID: 002-1211 Other DHR ID: No Data August 04, 2020 Page: 2 of 2 Virginia Department of Historic Resources DHR ID: 002-1278 Architectural Survey Form Other DHR ID: No Data Property Information Properly Names Name Explanation Historic/Current Property Addresses Current - Route 635 County/Independent City(s): Incorporated Town(s): Zip Code(s): Magisterial District(s): Tax Parcel(s): USGS Quad(s): Name Property Evaluation Status Kennedy Farm Not Evaluated Albemarle (County) No Data No Data No Data No Data COVESVDLLE Additional Property Information Architecture Setting: Rural Acreage: No Data Site Description: The house is sited on a slight rise at the edge of a forest. The gravel drive leads directly to the front steps of the house. There is a frame barn with vertical wooden siding and a log corncrib located near the house. There is also a concrete block garage. Surveyor Assessment: No Data Surveyor Recommendation: \b Data Ownership Ownership Categoy Ownership Entity Private Primary Resource Information Resource Category: Domestic Resource Type: Single Dwelling NR Resource Type: Building Historic District Status: No Data Date of Construction: Ca 1880 Date Source: Site Visit Historic Time Period: Reconstruction and Growth (1866 - 1916) Historic Context(s): Architecture/l-andscape, Domestic Other m Number: No Data Architectural Style: Other Form: No Data Number of Stories: 2.0 Condition: Fair Interior Plan: Central Passage, Single Pile Threats to Resource: None Known Architectural Description: The main block of this unusual frame dwelling is basically an 1-house form: three -bays wide by one -bay deep, central -bay entrance, two exterior end brick chimneys, weatherboard siding, and a shingled gable roof. A three-story square tower protrudes outwards from the central front bay; this section is capped by a low-pitched concave mansard roof. A one-story porch covers the entire width of the facade; the standing -seam metal hipped roof is supported by turned posts. There are two shed additions at the rear: a one-story addition and a two-story addition. Both additions contain metal roofs and an interior brick chimney. There is a one-story screened -in shed -roofed porch off the side of the two story addition. arias agee: I -of 3 Virginia Department of Historic Resources Architectural Survey Form DHR ID: 002-1278 Other DHR ID: No Data Exterior Components Component Component Type Material Material Treatment Windows Sash, Double -Hung Wood 2/2 Roof Gable Slate Shingle Chimneys Exterior End Brick Bond, American Foundation Solid/Continuous Stone Other Porch 1-story Wood Posts, Turned Structural System and Frame Wood Weatherboard Exterior Treatment Secondary Resource Information Secondary Resource #1 Resource Category: Agriculture/Subsistence Resource Type: Barn Date of Construction: 1900Ca Date Source: Site Visit Historic Time Period: Reconstruction and Growth (1866 - 1916) Historic Context(s): Architecture/Landscape, Domestic Architectural Style: Other Form: No Data Condition: No Data Threats to Resource: No Data Architectural Description: This is a gable -front frame barn with vertical board siding and a standing -seam metal gable roof. Two symmetrical shed additions extend from either side. Currently used to store tractors and equipment. Number of Stories: No Data Secondary Resource #2 Resource Category: Domestic Resource Type: Garage Date of Construction: Ca Date Source: No Data Historic Time Period: Reconstruction and Growth (1866 - 1916) Historic Context(s): Architecture/Landscape, Domestic Architectural Style: No Data Form: No Data Condition: No Data Threats to Resource: No Data Architectural Description: Concrete block garage. Number of Stories: No Data Secondary Resource #3 Resource Category: Agriculture/Subsistence Resource Type: Corncrib Date of Construction: Ca Date Source: No Data Historic Time Period: Reconstruction and Growth (1866 - 1916) Historic Context(s): Architecture/Landscape, Domestic Architectural Style: No Data Form: No Data Condition: Good August 04, 2020 Page: 2 of 3 Virginia Department of Historic Resources Architectural Survey Form Threats to Resource: No Data Architectural Description: V-notched log budding with a standing -seam metal gable roof Gable -front with vertical board door. Long and narrow building. Historic District Informatioq'MI.— Historic District Name: No Data Local Historic District Name: No Data Historic District Significance: No Data CRM Events Event Type: Survey:Phase I/Reconnaissance Project Review File Number: ho Data Investigator: O'Dell, Jeff Organization/Company: Unknown (DSS) Photographic Media: No Data Survey Date: 9/1/1984 Dhr Library Report Number: No Data Project Staff/Notes: Handwritten, difficult to read. Dated 8-25. Bibliographic Information Bibliography: No Data Property Notes: No Data DHR ID: 002-1278 Other DHR ID: No Data August 04, 2020 Page: 3 of 3 Virginia Department of Historic Resources Architectural Survey Form Property Information Property Names Name Explanation Historic/Current Property Addresses Current - Route 636 County/Independent City(s): Incorporated Town(s): Zip Cartels): Magisterial District(s): Tax Parcel(s): USGS Quad(s): Name Property Evaluation Status Moon's Mill Site Not Evaluated Albemarle (County) No Data No Data No Data No Data COVESVILLE Additional Property Information Architecture Setting: Rural Acreage: No Data Site Description: Located just southwest of Mount Ed Church on Rt. 636, Page's Mill is nearby in Batesville, only a few hundred yards east. Surveyor Assessment: No Data Surveyor Recommendation: No Data Ownership Ownership Category Ownership Entity Private No Dam Primary Resource Information Resource Category: Archaeology Site Resource Type: Archaeological Site NR Resource Type: Site Historic District Status: No Data Date of Construction: Pre 1875 Date Source: Map Historic Time Period: Reconstruction and Growth (1866 - 1916) Historic Context(s): Industry/Processing/Extraction Other ID Number: No Data Architectural Style: No Data Form: No Data Number of Stories: No Data Condition: No Data Threats to Resource: No Data Architectural Description: Site ofMoon's Mill. Secondary Resource Information DHR ID: 002-1279 Other DHR ID: No Data August 04, 2020 Page: I of 2 Virginia Department of Historic Resources Architectural Survey Form Historic District Information. Historic District Name: No Data Local Historic District Name: No Data Historic District Significance: No Data CRM Events Event Type: Survey:Phase UReconnaissance Project Review File Number: No Data Investigator: O'Dell, Jeff Organization/Company: Unknown (DSS) Photographic Media: No Data Survey Date: No Data Dhr Library Report Number: No Data Project Stalf/Notes: Very brief, illegible handwritten fieldnotes; no survey date provided. Bibliographic Information Bibliography: No Data Property Notes: No Data DHR ID: 002-1279 Other DHR ID: No Data August 04, 2020 Page: 2 of 2 Virginia Department of Historic Resources Architectural Survey Form Property Information Properly Names Name Explanation Function/Location Property Addresses Current - Route 636 County/Independent City(s): Incorporated Town(s): Zip Code(s): Magisterial District(s): Tax Parcel(s): USCS Quad(s): Name Property Evaluation Status Quarry Site, Route 636 Not Evaluated Albemarle (County) No Data No Data No Data No Data COVESVILLE Additional Property Information Architecture Setting: \b Data Acreage: A'o Data Site Description: Located on the north side of Rt. 636, this quarry site is located near Moods Mill. Surveyor Assessment: No Data Surveyor Recommendation: No Data Primary Resource Information Resource Category: Resource Type: NR Resource Type: Historic District Status: Date of Construction: Date Source: Historic Time Period: Historic Context(s): Other In Number: Architectural Style: Form: Number of Stories: Condition: Threats to Resource: Architectural Description: Quarry site new Moods MID. Archaeology Site Archaeological Site Site No Data No Data No Data Industry/Processing/Extraction No Data No Data No Data No Data No Data No Data Secondary Resource Information DHR ID: 002-1281 Other DHR ID: No Data August 04, 2020 Page: 1 of 2 Virginia Department of Historic Resources Architectural Survey Form DHR ID: 002-1281 Other DHR ID: No Data Historic District Information, i Historic District Name: No Data Local Historic District Name: No Data Historic District Significance: No Data CRM Events Event Type: Survey:Phase UReconnaissance Project Review File Number: No Data Investigator: O'Dell, Jeff Organization/Company: Unknown (DSS) Photographic Media: No Data Survey Date: No Data Dhr Library Report Number: No Data Project Stalf/Notes: Very brief, illegible handwritten fieldnotes; no survey date provided. Bibliographic Information Bibliography: No Data Property Notes: No Data August 04, 2020 Page: 2 of 2 Virginia Department of Historic Resources DHR ID: 002-2212 Architectural Survey Form Other DHR ID: No Data Property Information Properly Names Name Explanation Name NRHP Listing Batesville Historic District Property Addresses Alternate - Craigs Store Road Route 635 Current - Plank Road Route 692 Alternate - Schoolhouse Hill Alternate - Burchs Creek Road Route 689 Alternate - Miller School Road Route 635 County/Independent CRy(s): Albemarle (County) Incorporated Town(s): No Data Zip Cadets): 22903, 22920, 22959 Magisterial District(s): No Data Tax Parcel(s): No Data USGS Quad(s): COVESVILLE, CROZET Property Evaluation Status NRBP Listing VLR Listing This Property is associated with the Batesville Historic District, Additional Property Information Architecture Setting: Village Acreage: 135 Site Description: 1998 NRHP nomination, Summary Description [excerpt]: The Batesville Historic District is located at the intersection of County Routes 692 and 635 in Albemarle County. It sits between ridges to the north and south, the tree lines of which form the boundaries of the proposed historic district. The distinguishing feature of the Batesville Historic District is its linear pattern of development along Rts. 692 and 635. The district is one of the earliest surviving crossroads communities in Albemarle County, and has witnessed the intrusion of very few non-contributing resources or unsympathetic additions and alterations. Boundary Justification: The boundaries of the Batesville Historic District were drawn to incorporate the buildings of the village that contribute to the district's significance, and follow natural topographical features where applicable, to reflect Batesville's historic appearance as a village nestled between two ridges. The tree line along the ridges on both side of Route 692 and Route 635 (Craigs Store Road) provides a visual boundary for the district and therefore the boundary lines are drawn along this natural feature. The west end of the district is bounded by the intersection of Route 692 by the Mechums River. The east end of the district is bounded according to the location of contributing buildings. North of Route 692, the boundaries are formed by Route 635 and Route 689. Surveyor Assessment: 1998 NRHP nomination Statement of Significance: The village of Batesville, located at the intersection of Route 635 and Route 692 in Albemarle County, exemplifies crossroads community development in Virginia during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Batesville's development was fueled by an increase in traffic along Route 692 in the early nineteenth century when the road was incorporated as pan of the Staunton and James River Turnpike. Through the remainder of the nineteenth century and into the twentieth century, Batesville continued to grow resulting in the construction of numerous residences and stores along Route 692 and Route 635. The buildings represent the major trends in Virginia's architectural history: the early -nineteenth-century, Federal Style; the mid - nineteenth -century Greek Revival Style; variations on the National and Victorian Folk styles, and the late -nineteenth- and early - twentieth -century Classical Revival and Colonial Revival styles. Batesville's development slowed dramatically by the 1930s and since that time, the village has witnessed few intrusions to its fabric. The significance of the Batesville Historic District is as a rural crossroads commercial center from the mid-18& century through the World War D period. {can be understood within the Virginia historic context "Settlement Patterns, Architecture, Transportation, and Commerce in the Northern Piedmont region from the Early National Period (1789-1830) through World War I to World War 11 (1914-1945)." ) The Batesville Historic District stands today as one of the earliest surviving crossroads communities in Albemarle County, and as a physical reflection of its long history. The Batesville Historic District is eligible for the National Register at the local level under Criteria A and C with significance in the areas of Architecture, Transportation, and Commerce. See nomination for Historical Background. Surveyor Recommendation: Recommended Eligible Ownership Ownership Category Ownership Entity Private No Data Primary Resource Information August 04, 2020 Page: 1 of 4 Virginia Department of Historic Resources Architectural Survey Form Resource Category: Resource Type: NR Resource Type: Historic District Status: Date of Construction: Date Source: Historic Time Period: Historic Context(s): Other ID Number: Architectural Style: Form: Number of Stories: Condition: Threats to Resource: Architectural Description DHR ID: 002-2212 Other DHR ID: No Data Other Historic District District Contributing Ca 1800 Site Visit Early National Period (1790 - 1829) Architecture/Community Planning, Commercelfrade, Domestic, Religion, Transportation/Communication No Data Mixed (more than 3 styles from different periods, 0) No Data No Data Good None Known 1998 NRHP nomination Summary Description [excerpt]: The Batesville Historic District contains 44 buildings (33 contributing, I 1 noncontributing). The district consists of all of the properties lining County Route 692 (Plank Road) between Mechums River at the west end and the Curtis A Haden, M House (6490 Plank Road) at the east end; the properties along County Route 635 (Craig's Store Road (south of Route 692) and Miller School Road (north of Route 692) between Mount Ed Baptist Church at the south end and the intersection of County Route 689 (Burch's Creek Road) at the north end; the properties along the south side of Route 689 between Route 635 and the William B. Smith House (1524 Burch's Creek Road); and the properties on Schoolhouse Hill. The contributing resources in the Batesville Historic District illustrate the general trends in Virginia's architectural history: the early -nineteenth- century Federal Style, the mid -nineteenth-century Greek Revival Style, simple late -Victorian styles from the late -nineteenth and early -twentieth centuries, Classical Revival and Colonial Revival styles. Most of the residences are simplified styles, consistent with the vernacular building tradition in rural Virginia. A few commercial and religious buildings of these styles are also present. For the most part, the buildings in the district are simple frame gable -end, gable -with -wing, or 1-house types referred to stylistically as Folk National or Folk Victorian by Virignia and Lee McAlester in "A Field Guide to American Houses." The domestic structures dating from the early nineteenth century include both vernacular and high -style examples such as the Brooks -Martin Log House and Federal -style dwellings such m the Walters -Page House and Westbury (which also features a Victorian -style porch addition). Meant Ed Baptist Church and the Batesville Methodist Church are excellent examples of brick Greek Revival buildings constructed in the mid - nineteenth century. The largest percentage of resources in the Batesville Historic District was constructed during the late -nineteenth and early -twentieth centuries. These buildings reflect the Folk National style, such as the Foster -Layman Store, and the Folk Victorian style, such as the Dr. Smith House, the Barskdale House, and the Hill House. Page's Store (also known w the Charles Joseph Store) is a commercial building constructed in the vernacular tradition at the turn of the century. The largest dwelling in Batesville, Castiebrook, is a significant example of Colonial Revival construction. Also from this time period are a few examples of early twentieth century Classical Revival buildings such as Woodlea and the Batesville Elementary School. The majority of the buildings in the Batesville Historic District remain in good condition and have experienced few, if any, alterations. This high concentration of contributing resources enables the Batesville Historic District to successfully depict the long period of development experienced by the crossroads community from the beginning of the nineteenth century through the first three decades of the twentieth century. See nomination for the district's inventory with individual property descriptions. Secondary Resource Information Historic District Information Historic District Name: Batesville Historic District Local Historic District Name: No Data Historic District Significance: No Data CRM Events August 04, 2020 Page: 2 of 4 Virginia Department of Historic Resources Architectural Survey Form Event Type: NRHP Listing DDR In: Staff Name! Event Date: Staff Comment No Data Event Type: VLR Listing DHR ID: Staff Name: Event Date: Staff Comment No Data Event Type: NRHP Nomination D 1R ID: Staff Name: Event Date: Staff Comment Intern, Batesville Historical Society 002-2212 NPS 12/9/1999 002-2212 State Review Board 6/16/1999 002-2212 Christine A. Prestegard 7/10/1998 Event Type: DHR Board: Eligible DHR ID: 002-2212 Staff Name! DHR staff Event Date: 7/28/1997 Staff Comment Determined eligible with a score of 34. Event Type: PIF DHR ID: 002-2212 Other DHR ID: No Data Project Review File Number: No Data Investigator: Christine A. Prestegard Organization/Company: Unlmown(DSS) Photographic Media: Film Survey Date: 7/17/1997 Dhr Library Report Number: No Data Project Statf/Notes: No Data Surveyor's NR Criteria A - Associated with Broad Patterns of History, C - Distinctive Characteristics of Architecture/Construction Recommendations: Event Type: Survey:Phase I/Reconnaissance Project Review File Number: .. I'd Investigator: Jeffrey M. O'Dell Organization/Company: VA Dept. of Historic Resources Photographic Media: Film Survey Date: 7/5/I990 Dhr Library Report Number: No Data Project Staff/Notes: No Data Surveyor's NR Criteria A - Associated with Broad Patterns of History, C - Distinctive Characteristics of Architecture/Construction Recommendations: August 04, 2020 Page: 3 of 4 Virginia Department of Historic Resources Architectural Survey Form Bibliographic Information BibBography: No Data Property Notes: No Data DHR ID: 002-2212 Other DHR ID: No Data August 04, 2020 Page: 4 of 4 Virginia Department of Historic Resources Architectural Survey Form Property Information Properly Names Name Explanation Current Property Addresses Current - Route 636, Off Of County/Independent City(s): Incorporated Town(s): Zip Cartels): Magisterial District(s): Tax Parcel(s): USGS Quad(s): Name Property Evaluation Status Haupt House Not Evaluated Albemarle (County) No Data No Data No Data No Data COVESVDLLE Additional Property Information = Architecture Setting: Rural Acreage: No Data Site Description: No Data Surveyor Assessment: No Data Surveyor Recommendation: No Data Ownership Ownership Category Ownership Entity Private A' I ""i DHR ID: 002-0194 Other DHR ID: No Data Primary Resource Information - Resource Category: Domestic Resource Type: Single Dwelling NR Resource Type: Building Historic District Status: No Data Date of Construction: Ca 1900 Date Source: Site Visit Historic Time Period: Reconstruction and Growth (1866 - 1916) Historic Context(s): Domestic Other ID Number: No Data Architectural Style: No Data Form: No Data Number of Stories: 0.0 Condition: No Data Interior Plan: Central Passage, Single Pile Threats to Resource: No Data Architectural Description: Architecture Summary: August 04, 2020 Page: 1 of 2 Virginia Department of Historic Resources Architectural Survey Form Secondary Resource Information Historic District Information.. Historic District Name: No Data Local Historic District Name: No Data Historic District Significance: No Data CRM Events Event Type: Survey:Phase UReconnaissance Project Review File Number: No Data Investigator: No Data Organization/Company: Unknown (DSS) Photographic Media: No Data Survey Date: No Data Dhr Library Report Number: No Data Project Staff/Notes: Brief notes on lined paper, little description. Bibliographic Information Bibliography: No Data Property Notes! No Data DHR ID: 002-0194 Other DHR ID: No Data August 04, 2020 Page: 2 of 2 Virginia Department of Historic Resources Architectural Survey Form Property Information Property Names Name Explanation Name Function/Location Church, 1606 Craig's Store Road Historic Mount Ed Baptist Church Property Addresses Current - 1606 Cmig's Store Rd. (Rt. 635) County/Independent City(s): Albemarle (County) Incorporated Town(s): No Data Zip Code(s): 22924 Magisterial District(s): No Data Tax Parcel(s): 85-23 USGS Quad(s): COVESVILLE Additional Property Information DHR ID: 002-0655 Other DHR ID: 002-2212-0029 Property Evaluation Status Not Evaluated This Property is associated with the Batesville Historic District. Architecture Setting: Village Acreage: No Data Site Description: Located on the west side of Route 635, 1/4 mile south of Route 692. Building stands atop a steep hill on the southern edge of the village of Batesville. Cemetery is on the north slope of hill. A non-contributing picnic shelter, 1-story brick parsonage (circa 1960) and 1 equipment shed. Surveyor Assessment: The Mount Ed Baptist Church is a contributing resource in the Batesville Historic District. One of two antebellum brick churches in Batesville, Mount Ed Baptist Church traces its roots to Whitesides Creek Church, founded in 1788. One of the first Baptist meeting houses in the county, it stood along Rt. 635, across from the present church. It was replaced by a new brick building in 1806, at which time the name Mount Ed came into use. That building was tom down when the congregation moved across the road to the present structure in 1857. This church shares numerous similarities with the Batesville Methodist Church of 1861, including the pedimented gable -end, double front doors, pencilled mortar joints, and triple -hung sash. These similarities strongly suggest a common builder/brick mason. Surveyor Recommendation: No Data Ownership Ownership Category Ownership Entity Private No Data Primary Resource Information Resource Category: Religion Resource Type: Church/Chapel NR Resource Type: Building Historic District Status: Contributing Date of Construction: 1856 Date Source: Local Records Historic Time Period: Antebellum Period (1830 - 1860) Historic Context(s): Religion Other ID Number: No Data Architectural Style: Greek Revival Form: No Data Number of Stories: LO August 04, 2020 Page: 1 of 4 Virginia Department of Historic Resources DHR ID: 002-0655 Architectural Survey Form Other DHR ID: 002-2212-0029 Condition: Good Threats to Resource: None Known Architectural Description: I -story, 2-bay-wide, 4-bay-long, gable -roofed brick church with a pair of double -door entrances on the south gable end. Each bay is marked by brick pilasters with moulded capitals. Exceptional brick work features penciled mortarjoints and a vrater table. Church has a wide cornice and a plastered pedimented gable. Windows and doors have Greek Revival -period trim. There have been numerous altemtionstadditions to this church including: stairs and a handicap ramp; 1-story 6-bay brick wing on west, I -story, 2-bay brick wing on northeast; and new transoms above the front doors. Exterior Components Component Component Type Material Material Treatment Roof Gable Metal Standing Seam Structural System and Masonry Brick Bond, American Exterior Treatment Windows Sash, Triple -Hung Wood Other Foundation No Data Brick Other Secondary Resource Information Secondary Resource #1 Resource Category: Funerary Resource Type: Cemetery Date of Construction: 1856 Date Source: Local Records Historic Time Period: Antebellum Period (1830 - 1860) Historic Context(s): Religion Architectural Style: No Data Form: No Data Condition: Good Threats to Resource: None Known Architectural Description: Cemetery is located directly behind the church, on a rather steep slope. There are many inscribed monuments, mostly 20th century. There are two late- 19th century cast von fences. Current Use: Church/Religious Historic Religious AtHlitation: Baptist Ethnic Affiliation: No Data Has Marked Graves: True Has Unmarked Graves: False Enclosure Type: Fence Number Of Gravestones: No Data Earliest Marked Death Year: No Data Latest Marked Death Year: No Data Secondary Resource #2 Resource Category: DSS Legacy Resource Type: Shed Date of Construction: No Data Date Source: No Data Historic Time Period: Antebellum Period (1830 - 1860) Historic Context(s): Religion Architectural Style: No Data Form: No Data Condition: No Data August 04, 2020 Page: 2 of 4 Virginia Department of Historic Resources Architectural Survey Form Threats to Resource: Architectural Description: No Data Number of Stories: Secondary Resource #3 Resource Category: Resource Type: Date of Construction: Date Source: Historic Time Period: Historic Context(s): Architectural Style: Form: Condition: Threats to Resource: Architectural Description: No Data Number of Stories: Secondary Resource #4 Resource Category: Resource Type: Date of Construction: Date Source: Historic Time Period: Historic Context(s): Architectural Style: Form: Condition: Threats to Resource: Architectural Description: No Data Number of Stories: No Data No Data Domestic Single Dwelling No Data No Data Antebellum Period (1830 - 1860) Religion No Data No Data No Data No Data No Data Social/Recreational Shelter No Data No Dam Antebellum Period (1830 - 1860) Religion No Data No Data No Data No Data No Data Historic District Information. Historic District Name: Batesville Historic District Local Historic District Name: No Data Historic District Significance: No Data DHR ID: 002-0655 Other DHR ID: 002-2212-0029 CRM Events Event Type: DHR Staff-.MstDist, Contributing DHR ID: 002-0655 Staff Name: Prestegard, Christine A. Event Date: 10/18/1999 Staff Comment No Data August 04, 2020 Page: 3 of 4 Virginia Department of Historic Resources Architectural Survey Form Event Type: Survey:Phase I/Reconnaissance Project Review File Number: Investigator: Organization/Company: Photographic Media: Survey Date: Dhr Library Report Number: Project Staff/Notes: No Data Project Bibliographic Information: No Data Geoff Henry/Dames & Moore Unknown(DSS) No Data 3/22/1995 Mount Ed Baptist Church Name: Davis, Russell H. DHR CRM Report Number: A History of Mt. Ed Baptist Church, Albemarle Co., Va. Record Type: Article Bibliographic Notes: The Magazine of the Albemarle Historical Society, Vol. 32 (1974), pp. 8-38. Ia7:Ra X111MINS1 Other DHR ID: 002-2212-0029 DHR CRM Report Number: Mount Ed Baptist Church Record Type: Report Bibliographic Notes: By student survey team members Barbara Hume Church and Michael Francis Conner. Report for UVA School of Architecture class "Studies in Vernacular Architecture" under the direction ofK. Edward Lay, Professor. Fall 1976. Name: Pollock, Rev. Randall Record Type: Oral History/Interview Bibliographic Notes: Interviewed by Jeff O'Dell. Event Type: Survey:Phase II/Intensive Project Review File Number: Investigator: Organization/Company: Photographic Media: Survey Date: Dhr Library Report Number: Project Staff/Notes: No Data O'Dell, Jeff Unknown(DSS) No Data 12/1/1980 Mount Ed Baptist Church No Data Project Bibliographic Information: Name: Davis, Russell H. DHR CRM Report Number: A History of Mt. Ed Baptist Church, Albemarle Co., Va. Record Type: Article Bibliographic Notes: The Magazine of the Albemarle Historical Society, Vol. 32 (1974), pp. 8-38. DHR CRM Report Number: Mount Ed Baptist Church Record Type: Report Bibliographic Notes: By student survey team members Barbara Hume Church and Michael Francis Conner. Report for UVA School of Architecture class "Studies in Vernacular Architecture" under the direction ofK. Edward Lay, Professor. Fall 1976. Name: Pollock, Rev. Randall Record Type: Oral History/Interview Bibliographic Notes: Interviewed by Jeff O'Dell. Bibliographic Information Bibliography: No Data Property Notes: No Data August 04, 2020 Page: 4 of 4 Virginia Department of Historic Resources Architectural Survey Form Property Information Property Names Name Explanation Historic/Current Property Addresses Current - Route 635 County/Independent City(s): Incorporated Town(s): Zip Code(s): Magisterial District(s): Tax Parcel(s): USCS Quad(s): Name Property Evaluation Status Via -Barksdale Faun Not Evaluated Albemarle (County) No Data No Data No Data No Data COVESVDLLE Additional Property Information Architecture Setting: Rural Acreage: No Data Site Description: The property is located on the southeast side of Rt. 635, less than a mile southwest of Batesville. The house sits on a rise among the hills of the Burnt Mountain section, a very rugged coantry. There are large shade trees and mature shmbs in the yard. There is a late 19th century log bam/granary. There is also a cemetery located to the southeast of the dwelling on a hill. It is grown over with cedars and hardwoods. Surveyor Assessment: For chain of title, refer to file. Surveyor Recommendation: No Data Ownership Ownership Category Ownership Entity Private No Data Primary Resource Information DHR ID: 002-0709 Other DHR ID: No Data Resource Category: Domestic Resource Type: Single Dwelling NR Resource Type: Building Historic District Status: No Data Date of Construction: Post 1800 Date Source: Site Visit Historic Time Period: Early National Period (1790 - 1829) Historic Context(s): Architecture/Landscape, Domestic Other ID Number: No Data Architectural Style: Other Form: No Data Number of Stories: 1.5 Condition: Good Threats to Resource: None Known Architectural Description: The original house is log bodied and is covered with weatherboarding. This was one large room with a loft above. A huge stone chimney was at one end. Several rooms have been added to the log room making a rectangular house with no cellar. It is one and a half stories with a gabled roof. The shingle roof is now covered with metal. The whole house is now covered with plain weatherboarding. The house is now covered with plain weatherboarding. There are two chimneys, the one is between two rooms and a brick one stands on the south end. The wood cornices are plain box type. There is one, one story porch on the front and one on the back, these have square columns. Virginia Department of Historic Resources Architectural Survey Form DHR ID: 002-0709 Other DHR ID: No Data Exterior Components Component Component Type Material Material Treatment Foundation Solid/Commuous Stone Other Porch 1-story, No Data No Data Windows Sash, Double -Hung Wood 6/6 Roof Gable No Data NN a Data Roof Gable Metal Shingle Structural System and Frame Wood Other Exterior Treatment Structural System and Log Wood Other Exterior Treatment No Data No Data Brick No Data No Data %a Dam Stone No Data Secondary Resource Information Secondary Resource #1 Resource Category: Resource Type: Date of Construction: Date Source: Historic Time Period: Historic Context(s): Architectural Style: Form: Condition: Threats to Resource: Architectural Description: No Data Current Use: Historic Religious Affilitation: Ethnic Affiliation: Has Marked Graves: Has Unmarked Graves: Enclosure Type: Number Of Gravestones: Earliest Marked Death Year: Latest Marked Death Year: Significant Burials Marked Type Other Other Secondary Resource #2 Resource Category: Resource Type: Date of Construction: Date Source: Historic Time Period: Historic Context(s): Architectural Style: Form: Condition: Threats to Resource: Funerary Cemetery Post No Data No Data Architecturet'Landscape, Domestic No Data No Data No Data No Data Family No Data No Data True False No Data No Data 1930 1933 First Name Last Name Birth Year Death Year Bettie Via Francis 1855 1933 L.C. Via 1851 1930 Agriculture/Subsistence Barn Post No Data No Data Architecture/Landscape, Domestic No Data No Data No Data No Data August 04, 2020 Page: 2 of 3 Virginia Department of Historic Resources Architectural Survey Form Architectural Description: No Data Number of Stories: No Data Historic District Information Historic District Name: No Data Local Historic District Name: No Dam Historic District Significance: No Data CRM Events Event Type: Survey:Phase I/Reconnaissance Project Review File Number: .\o Data Investigator: Dormant, RE. Organization/Company: Unknown (DSS) Photographic Media: No Data Survey Date: 1/1/1937 Dhr Library Report Number: No Data Project Staff/Notes: WPA Survey Event Type: Survey:Phase I/Reconnaissance Project Review File Number: No Data Investigator: O'Dell, Jeff Organization/Company: Unknown (DSS) Photographic Media: No Data Survey Date: No Data Dhr Library Report Number: No Data Project Staff/Noba: Handwritten illegible fieldnotes; no survey date provided. Bibliographic Information Bibliography: No Data Property Notes: No Data DHR ID: 002-0709 Other DHR ID: No Data August 04, 2020 Page: 3 of 3