The mission of the Raleigh Historic Development Commission is to identify, preserve, protect, and promote Raleigh’s historic resources.
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• Certificate of Appropriateness (COA)
• Design Review and Guidelines
Next COA Major Work Deadline:
4:00 pm on June 17
Raleigh National Register Districts
- Battery Heights Historic District
- Bloomsbury Historic District
- Blount Street Historic District*
- Boylan Heights Historic District
- Cameron Park Historic District
- Cameron Village Historic District
- Capitol Square Historic District
- Capitol Heights Historic District
- Crabtree Park Recreation Demonstration Area
- Depot Historic District
- Dix Hill Historic District
- East Raleigh-South Park Historic District
- Fayetteville Street Historic District
- Five Points Historic Neighborhoods
- Glenwood-Brooklyn Historic District
- Hayes Barton Historic District
- Hi-Mount Historic District
- Longview Gardens Historic District
- Madonna Acres Historic District
- Maiden Lane Historic District
- Moore Square Historic District
- Mordecai Place Historic District
- Oakwood Historic District
- Roanoke Park Historic District
- Rochester Heights Historic District
- St. Augustine's College Campus
- St. Mary's College
- Vanguard Park Historic District
- West Raleigh Historic District
*Blount Street is not a National Register Historic District. However, the local historic overlay district has been certified by the National Park Service as meeting National Register requirements. Contributing properties may be eligible for the federal and state tax credit programs.
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Raleigh Historic Landmarks (RHLs)
Raleigh City Council will consider the designation of the John E. & Frances Beaman House as a Raleigh Historic Landmark on June 4, 2013. READ MORE
Historic Overlay Districts (HODs)
The city’s first new HOD in 20 years celebrated its 1st anniversary May 1.
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Certificates of Appropriateness (COAs)
After a year-long public effort of updating the Design Guidelines, the draft document is in the hands of the City Attorney prior to going to the RHDC and City Council for formal adoption.
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