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Lutherao Church in America, successively known as the North Carolina Male Academy (1855-1858), North Carolina College (1859-1901) and the Mount Pleasant Collegiate Institute (1903-1933). This institution's campus has already been nominated to the National Register. One and two stor9 residences on the Salisbury Road (now North Main Street) and o~ the streets to the east, west and south complement the charm of the school's buildings and grounds. Many of them are also historically associated with the school and another Lutheran- sponsored seat of learning, the now demolished Mount Amoena Seminary that stood on South Main Street. Mount Pleasant, like many other Piedmont villages, became a small textile center at the turn of the century, and some of the houses and Other structures to be included iN the district are associated with this development. Many of the houses are good examples of nineteenth century craftsmanship that reflect the influence of the Greek Revival, Gothic Revival and Queen ~nne styles on vernacular architecture in North Carolina. Finally, two institutional historic districts will be included in the multiple resource nomination. The Stonewall Jackson Training School, built over a fifteen year period, beginning in 1909, represented a pioneer effort to provide more humane treatment for juvenile offenders in North Carolina. Despite its long period of initial development, the campus has notable architectural unity - all of its brick buildings are in the Classical Revival Style and feature richly decorated wooden cornices. The Graves (1876) and Faith (1891) Halls, two oldest buildings on ~he campus of Barber-Scotia College, and the related Westminister Presbyterian Church, will be included in a final historic district to be included in the nomination. They were built as part of the former Scotia Seminary, founded by the Presbyterian Church U.S.A. in 1867, to provide training for black women. The three buildings are good examples of late nineteenth century institutional and ecclesiastical architecture. 7. Provide additional time to complete the Comprehensive Community Inventory during the early months of the project, the Principal Investigator labored under the mistaken belief that courtesy required him to arrange appontments tn advance with the owners of all inventoried properties. The setting of appointments considerably slowed the inventory work and placed the project several weeks behind schedule The Principal Investigator no longer works in this fashion, but has been unable to make up the lost time. As a result, the inventory's field work may not be complete until December lst.; it was orginally to be finished by October lOth. lhe addition of two months to prepare the publication will enable the Principal Investigator to produce the inventory publication as envisioned in the 1979 work program. C. Methodology The methodology of the project's first stage, preparation and printing of the Comprehensive Community Inventory, is straightforward. The Principal Investigator and the Draftsman-Cartographer (see below) will produce a mock-up of the inventory document for the competitively chosen printer. As the printer's work' progresses, it will be carefully monitored by both of these project employees. The Principal Investigator will also work with staff of ~tCDAH's Survey and Planning Branch, who will provide editorial supervision.