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a. It is inappropriate to remove trees and shrubbery using mechanical equipment in cemeteries. Rather, remove small trees, saplings, and shrubs by hand or by cutting them and leaving the stump. Take care not to disturb the ground under or around the feature.
4. Repair cemetery features, forms, materials, and details in kind.
a. Minor works approval is required for replacement markers in locally designated historic landmark cemeteries. Broken markers should be repaired using accepted preservation methods or left in place and a new marker erected adjacent to it.
5. New burials and markers for those burials do not require approval from the Historic Preservation Commission provided no other features in the cemetery will be disturbed. 6. Relocation of a cemetery is
strongly discouraged within the Town of Wake Forest. Please contact the Historic Preservation Planner at 919- 435-9516 for additional information.
The Old Friendship Chapel Cemetery is a historically African American Cemetery and a locally designated historic landmark.
7. Use care when operating
handheld weed trimming tools in cemeteries and avoid grave markers, monuments, walls, and fences to ensure they are not damaged. 8. It is appropriate to erect fences or walls around cemeteries for their protection using known boundaries. If the boundaries
of a cemetery are not well defined, undertake ground- penetrating radar to confirm boundaries.
The Friendship Chapel Missionary Baptist Old Cemetery is a significant African American cemetery and a locally designated historic landmark.
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