The CHA was formed in 2016 to assist the Town in protecting significant historical, cultural and aesthetic components that define our community's past. After an arduous four-year effort, spanning the terms of two mayors and their supportive Town Councils, 13 buildings in our downtown area, successfully advanced to a listing on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). These structures, located primarily along Beaufort Street and neighboring Clark Street and Old Lexington Highway are, hence, a "living museum" of years past, thereby raising citizen and visitor awareness of and pride in our community's roots.