The mission of the Raleigh Historic Development Commission is to identify, preserve, protect, and promote Raleigh’s historic resources.
Our Mission
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Certificate of Appropriateness (COA)
Next COA Deadline:
4:00 pm on March 19
Raleigh Historic Resources
Raleigh has a wealth of historic resources, many of which have been designated as historically significant on the local, state, and/or national levels. These include:
Local
State
- Raleigh Properties with Statewide Significance. Properties designated as having statewide significance are rare. Raleigh has two such properties, the Josephus Daniels House (Wakestone) and the Rogers-Bagley-Daniels-Pegues House.
National
A Comparison of the National Register of Historic Places with Local Historic Designations (SHPO) 
National Register Travel Itinerary
The National Register of Historic Places features a travel itinerary for historic Raleigh.
What You Can Do
RHDC receives suggestions for local historic districts, local landmarks, and National Register districts from interested citizens, property owners, community groups, public officials, and others on a regular basis. Please let the Commission know what historic resources the community values by emailing us.
Sources: The History of Raleigh
Raleigh Historic Landmarks (RHLs)
On December 6, Raleigh City Council designated 4 new RHLs: the Cameron-Maynard-Gatling House, the Free Church of the Good Shepherd, the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows (GUOOF) Building, and the Raleigh Bonded Warehouse.
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National Register of Historic Places
In 2011, four RHDC sponsored Historic Districts were listed in the National Register: Longview Gardens, Rochester Heights, Battery Heights, and Hi-Mount.
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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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Historic Overlay Districts (HODs)
The possibility of the first new HOD in 20 years is on the horizon with a public information meeting set for January 18 and report to City Council on
February 7.
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