Members discuss drafting support letter to preserve Treegore (Tree Hill) Farm from housing development
Commission members heard that Tree Hill (later corrected to Treegore) Farm — a site with Civil War-era and tribal archaeological significance — faces a housing development proposal. A member asked the group to draft a preservation-support letter for review and potential submission to preservation authorities.
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A member reported that Algern's birthplace and Tree Hill Farm are slated for housing development that could disturb archaeological resources and tribal sites. The presenter said the developer had been working with tribes on archaeological data but that concerns remained that the proposal could 'destroy the archaeological record.'
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