RHDC values research that illuminates aspects of the city's history. To that end, RHDC has a Research Committee that seeks to identify properties with particular historic significance. The Committee nominates properties for designation to the following rosters:

• Raleigh Historic Landmarks
• Raleigh Historic Districts 
• Properties with Statewide Significance
• National Register of Historic Places

Publications

RHDC has published multiple documents:

• Primer for Property Owners & Residents of Raleigh Historic Districts
• Raleigh Historic Landmarks Brochure
• Character Preservation Overlay Districts
• Common Beauty: History of the Physical Form and Uses of Moore Square 
• Historic Context & Physical Evolution of Nash Square
• Culture Town: Life in Raleigh's African American Communities
• Design Guidelines for Raleigh Historic Districts and Landmarks 
• Deja News (formerly In the Districts)

Surveys

RHDC has conducted multiple surveys and research projects. Some links in this section open a PDF in a new window. The documents are image intensive and may take a moment to load.

• Archaeological Investigations at the Crabtree Jones Site (31WA1871**) -- (with Preservation North Carolina)
• Raleigh Comprehensive Architectural Survey 
• Comprehensive Architectural Survey Multiple Property Types Documentation 
• The Architecture of William Henley Deitrick & Associates from 1926-1959
• College Park/Idlewild Mini-district Phase I Survey 
• College Park/Idlewild Neighborhoods 
• Designing A 21st-century City: Historic Preservation and the Raleigh of Tomorrow
• Early Raleigh Neighborhoods and Buildings
• Ground Penetrating Radar Survey of Oak Grove Cemetery
• Historic Context for Stronach's Alley City Block
• Post-World War II and Modern Architecture in Raleigh, 1945-1965 
• The Evolution of Raleigh's African-American Neighborhoods in the 19th and 20th Centuries 
• An Intensive Cultural Resource Investigation: The Reverend M.L. Latta House and Latta University Site 
• New Bern Avenue/Edenton Street Historic Architecture Survey: 500-1000 Blocks 
• Raleigh's Kit Homes: A Brief Historical Context and Argument for Landmark Designation 
• Residential Development in the Village of Method: A Brief Historic Context for Landmark Designation of Individual Properties
• Anderson Heights Study List Report
• Anderson Heights Neighborhood Study
• Raleigh Architectural Survey 2017 Update
• Ridgewood North Survey Report
• Context for the Work of Architect Leif Valand
• Lightner Brothers Study

Helpful Links

Documents from RHDC partners. Some links in this section open a PDF in a new window. The documents are image intensive and may take a moment to load.

• Index to the Real Estate Maps of Clarence Lamb Mann, Primarily Encompassing the City of Raleigh and Wake County, North Carolina (1893-1960). Compiled by Charles P. Blunt, IV.