Architectural Survey Status, Records, & Reports
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What has been documented?
Most of North Carolina’s counties have been the subject of some level of architectural survey. To find out what type of survey work has been completed in a given county, please check the status report.
All surveyed resources have been located on our web map, HPOWEB.
Architectural Survey Records
When a historic resource has been surveyed in North Carolina, that means it has been documented with photographs, notes, site plans, and location information which is added to a physical survey file and to a database. The HPO houses these survey files and the database.
Most commonly, resources are surveyed as part of a larger project such as a county-wide or municipal survey project or a mitigation project conducted to offset the adverse effect that an undertaking is having on historic resources.
Architectural Survey Database
The HPO’s architectural survey database is currently available only in the HPO offices. A staff person can search the database for you, but all the information in the database is also available in the physical survey file available in our File Rooms.
Architectural Survey Reports
Most architectural survey projects result in a report. Reports are available in the Survey Reports by County section below.
Architectural Survey Reports are also available here, but this list is a work-in-progress and remains incomplete.
Multiple Property Documentation Forms
The National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation Form (MPDF) nominates groups of related significant properties. On it, the themes, trends, and patterns of history shared by the properties are organized into historic contexts and the property types that represent those historic contexts are defined. The MPDF is a cover document - and not a nomination in its own right - but serves as a basis for evaluating the National Register eligibility of related properties. It may be used to nominate and register thematically-related historic properties simultaneously or to establish the registration requirements for properties that may be nominated in the future.
- Alamance County: Historic Resources of Burlington (5/31/1984)
- Alamance County: Log Buildings in Alamance County, NC c. 1780-c. 1930 (11/22/1993)
- Ashe County: Historic and Architectural Resources of Ashe County, NC c. 1799-1955 (7/9/2009)
- Buncombe County: Biltmore Village Historic Resources (11/15/1979)
- Buncombe County: Historic Resources of Downtown Asheville (4/26/1979)
- Burke County: Historic and Architectural Resources of Morganton (11/9/1987)
- Catawba County: Historic and Architectural Resources of Catawba County, NC (4/27/1990)
- Catawba County: Historic Resources of Hickory (3/15/1985)
- Chatham County: Chatham County Multiple Resource Nomination (7/5/1985)
- Chatham County: Historic Resources of Pittsboro, NC (6/24/1982)
- Craven County: Historic African American Churches in Craven County, NC: 1864-1947 (6/30/1997)
- Cumberland County: Historic Resources of Fayetteville, NC (5/23/1983)
- Cumberland County: Pope Air Force Base Early Expansion Multiple Property Group (1/16/1991)
- Davidson County: Davidson County Anglo-German Cemeteries
- Davidson County: Historic Resources of Davidson County (7/10/1984)
- Duplin County: Historic and Architectural Resources of Duplin County, NC ca. 1790-1943 (10/20/1995)
- Durham County: Faculty Avenue Houses of Trinity College: A Thematic Nomination (11/29/1979)
- Durham County: Historic Resources of Durham (8/9/1985)
- Edgecombe County: Historic Resources of Tarboro (4/2/1980)
- Forsyth County: African American Neighborhoods in Northeastern Winston-Salem, NC ca. 1900-1948 (6/26/1998)
- Forsyth County: Historic and Architectural Resources in Kernersville, NC (2/25/1988)
- Forsyth County: Slater Industrial Academy Residences of Columbian Heights (7/22/1979)
- Gaston County: The Architecture of Hugh Edward White and White, Streeter & Chamberlain, 1921-1939 (4/12/2001)
- Granville County: Historic and Architectural Resources of Granville County, NC (4/28/1988)
- Guilford County: Historic and Architectural Resources of Greensboro, NC, 1880-1941 (12/20/1991)
- Henderson County: Historic and Architectural Properties in Hendersonville, NC (2/24/1989)
- Iredell County: Historic Resources of Iredell County (12/8/1980)
- Johnston County: Historic Resources of Selma, NC (6/24/1982)
- Lee County: Historic and Architectural Resources of Lee County, NC, ca. 1800-1942 (8/18/1993)
- Lenoir County: Historic and Architectural Resources of Kinston, NC (11/7/1989)
- Lincoln County: Historically and Architecturally Significant Churches and Cemeteries in Lincolnton, NC (12/14/1994)
- Macon County: Historic and Architectural Resources of Macon County, NC, ca. AD 600-1945 (5/20/1998)
- McDowell County: Historic and Architectural Resources in Downtown Marion, NC (3/28/1991)
- Mecklenburg County: Historic and Architectural Resources of Rural Mecklenburg County, NC (1/31/1991)
- Multiple Counties: Civil War Era National Cemeteries (10/14/1994)
- Multiple Counties: Courthouses in North Carolina (A Thematic Nomination) (5/10/1979)
- Multiple Counties: Eastern North Carolina Civil War Shipwrecks, 1861-1865
- Multiple Counties: Historic Resources of Great Smoky Mountains National Park MPS (11/29/2016)
- Multiple Counties: Rosenwald Schools in North Carolina (8/28/2015)
- Multiple Counties: United States Second Generation Veterans Hospitals MPS (5/24/2012)
- Multiple Counties: World War II Shipwrecks along East Coast and Gulf of Mexico (6/26/2013)
- Onslow County: Historic and Architectural Resources of Onslow County, NC (11/13/1989)
- Pasquotank County: Historic and Archictectural Resources of Elizabeth City, NC 1793-1943 (2/25/1994)
- Pender County: US Naval Ordnance Test Facility, Topsail Island, NC (9/14/1993)
- Richmond County: Historic Resources of Rockingham (9/22/1983)
- Rockingham County: The Dan River Navigation System in North Carolina (3/19/1984)
- Rockingham County: Historic Resources of Reidsville (12/9/1986)
- Samson County: Sampson County Multiple Resource Nomination (3/17/1986)
- Stanly County: Badin Multiple Resource Nomination (10/12/1983)
- Transylvania County: Historic and Architectural Resources of Transylvania County, NC ca. 1820-1941 (12/30/1993)
- Wake County: Early Modern Architecture in Raleigh Associated with the Faculty of the NCSU School of Design (9/21/1994)
- Wake County: Early Twentieth-Century Raleigh Neighborhoods (7/29/1985)
- Wake County: Historic and Architectural Resources of Oberlin, Wake County, NC 1865-1952 (5/16/2002)
- Wake County: Historic and Architectural Resources of Wake County, NC (ca. 1790-1941)
- Wake County: Historic and Architectural Resources of Wake County, NC (Rosenwald Schools Amendment) (8/28/2015)
- Wake County: Historical and Architectural Resources of the Five Points Neighborhoods, Raleigh, NC, 1913-1952 (5/16/2002)
- Wake County: Post-World War II and Modern Architecture in Raleigh, NC, 1945-1965 (8/11/2009)
- Washington County: Historic and Architectural Resources of Plymouth, NC (1/16/1991)
- Wilkes County: Historic Resources of Wilkesboro (7/6/1982)
- Wilson County: Historic Resources of Wilson County (2/13/1986)
Survey Reports by County
Sometimes, historic resources are documented during thematic context studies or other multi-county projects. The reports and contexts resulting from these projects are enumerated at the bottom of this list:
ALAMANCE COUNTY
Alamance County Architectural Heritage (1980 Survey)
Alamance County Survey Update (Historic Contexts), 2002
Alamance County Survey Update (Property Types), 2002
Alamance County Architectural Inventory, 2014, posted by the Alamance County Historic Properties Commission
West Burlington Architectural Survey Update, 2021
ALEXANDER COUNTY
Alexander County Survey, 1987
Taylorsville Comprehensive Architectural Survey, 2023
ASHE COUNTY
Ashe County Survey, 2008
BEAUFORT COUNTY
Beaufort County Municipalities Survey, 2009
Comprehensive Architectural Survey of Beaufort County: Phases II and III (Rural) FinalReport
BERTIE COUNTY
Bertie County Survey, 2010
BRUNSWICK COUNTY
Brunswick County Survey, 2010
BUNCOMBE COUNTY
Asheville Architectural Survey Update, Phase I, 2011
Asheville Architectural Survey Update, Phase II, 2011
Black Mountain Survey, 2007
Asheville African American Heritage Resource Survey, 2022
BURKE COUNTY
Valdese Comprehensive Architectural Survey, 2022-2023
CALDWELL COUNTY
Caldwell County Survey, 1987
City of Lenoir Survey, 2018
CARTERET COUNTY
Carteret County Survey, 2012
CATAWBA COUNTY
Hickory Survey Update, 2015
CLEVELAND COUNTY
Cleveland County Architectural Survey Update of Historic Resources from 1945 to 1975, 2019
COLUMBUS COUNTY
Columbus County Reconnaissance Survey, 1998
CUMBERLAND COUNTY
Fayetteville Municipal Survey, 2001
Fayetteville Modern Architectural Survey, 2009
Architectural Survey of the Broadell Neighborhood, Fayetteville, 2023
Cumberland County Architectural Survey Update, Phase 1 Report, 2024
CURRITUCK COUNTY
Currituck County Survey, 2010
CURRITUCK and DARE COUNTIES
Currituck Banks, North Banks, and Roanoke Island Survey, 2003
DAVIDSON COUNTY
Thomasville Survey, 2004
DURHAM COUNTY
Durham County Survey, 1991
Architectural and Historical Resources at Stagville, 1980
EDGECOMBE COUNTY
Tarboro Survey, 1979
Tarboro Architectural Survey Update, 2022
Edgecombe County Architectural Survey Update, 2023
FORSYTH COUNTY
Forsyth County Survey Update, 2007
Forsyth County Survey Update, 2008
Forsyth County Survey Update, 2009
The Bethania Freedmen’s Community (Forsyth County), 2012
Forsyth County’s Agricultural Heritage, 2012
Forsyth County Architectural Survey Update, Phase I: The Unincorporated Portions of Southwest Forsyth County, the Town of Lewisville, and the Village of Clemmons, 2019
Forsyth County Architectural Survey Update, Phase II: the Unincorporated Portions of North-Central Forsyth County and the towns of Bethania, Rural Hall, and Walkertown, 2020
Forsyth County Architectural Survey Update, Phase III: the Unincorporated Portions of the Pinnacle, Vienna, Belews Creek, Belews Lake, Kernersville, Winston-Salem East and West, High Point, Midway, and Welcome USGS Quads; and the Town of Kernersville, 2021
FRANKLIN COUNTY
Franklin County Survey Update, 2015
GASTON COUNTY
Gaston County African American Resources Survey, 2000
Dallas Architectural Survey Update, 2019
GRAHAM COUNTY
Robbinsville Comprehensive Architectural Survey, 2018
GRANVILLE COUNTY
City of Oxford Architectural Survey Update. 2018
GUILFORD COUNTY
Greensboro Survey Update, Phase I-A, 2007
Greensboro Survey Update, Phase I-B, 2008
Greensboro Survey Update, Phase II: South Greensboro and Lake Daniel, 2009
Greensboro Survey Update, Phase II: 1940-1970 Reconnaissance Survey, 2009
Architectural Survey of African American Neighborhoods in East and Southeast Greensboro, 2020
High Point Industrial Resources Survey, 2014
HARNETT COUNTY
Harnett County Survey, 2008
HAYWOOD COUNTY
Haywood County Survey, 1983
Waynesville Architectural Survey Update, 2021
HENDERSON COUNTY
Henderson County Survey, 1980
Hendersonville Survey, 1988
HERTFORD COUNTY
Hertford County Survey, 2011
HOKE COUNTY
Hoke County Comprehensive Architectural Survey: Phase 1 Scoping Report, 2022
Hoke County Comprehensive Architectural Survey: Phase III (Raeford) Report, 2024
IREDELL COUNTY
Mooresville Survey, 2016
JACKSON COUNTY
Cashiers Survey Phase 2, 2014
Jackson County Architectural Survey Update of Historic Resources from 1945-1975, 2021
LENOIR COUNTY
Lenoir County Survey Update (North of US 70, 2010)
Lenoir County Survey Update (South of US 70, 2010)
MACON COUNTY
Macon County Survey, 1993
MECKLENBURG COUNTY
Mecklenburg County Survey, 1988
Charlotte Post-WWII (1945-1965) Survey, 2000
Charlotte Industrial and Institutional Survey, 2001
Mecklenburg County African American Resources Survey, 2002
Charlotte Survey Phase I, 2014
Charlotte Survey Phase II, 2014
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Montgomery County Comprehensive Architectural Survey, Phase 1, 2023
MOORE COUNTY
Southern Pines Historic District Survey Update, 2010
NORTHAMPTON COUNTY
Northampton County Survey, 2010
ONSLOW COUNTY
Town of Swansboro Architectural Survey Update, 2022
ORANGE COUNTY
Orange County Student Survey, 1976
Orange County Survey, 1993
Orange County Survey Publication Manuscript, 1996
Chapel Hill Township Survey (Outside Municipalities), 1992
Architectural Survey and National Register Evaluation of St. Mary's Road, Orange County, 1999
Hillsborough Architectural Survey, 2017
PENDER COUNTY
Pender County Survey, 1997
Penderlea Survey, 2012
PERSON COUNTY
Person County Comprehensive Architectural Survey - Phase One, 2023
PITT COUNTY
Greenville Survey Update, 2010
POLK COUNTY
An Architectural and Historical Survey of Tryon, North Carolina, 1979
Downtown Tryon Survey, 2008
Polk County Comprehensive Architectural Survey, Phase I, 2023
ROCKINGHAM COUNTY
Rockingham County Survey, 2003
ROWAN COUNTY
Salisbury Historic District Architectural Survey Update, 2023
STOKES COUNTY
Stokes County Survey, 1989
SURRY COUNTY
Mount Airy Architectural Survey Update, 2018
TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY
Walking Around the World: African American Landscapes and Experience in Transylvania County, 2019
VANCE COUNTY
Vance County Comprehensive Architectural Survey, Phase 1, 2024
WAKE COUNTY
Cary Survey Update, 2014
Raleigh Survey Phases I and II, 1989-1991
Raleigh Survey Phase III, 1992
Raleigh Survey Update (1945-1965), 2006 (Note: The MPDF accepted by NPS and posted elsewhere on this site is an edited version of a portion of the survey report)
Raleigh Survey Update, 2016-2017
Raleigh African American Neighborhoods, 1988
Reconnaissance Survey Report for Non-Residential Raleigh, 2017
Wake County Survey Update, Phases I & II, 2007
Wake County Municipalities Survey Update, 2015: Apex, Fuquay-Varina, and Holly Springs
Wake County Municipalities Survey Update, 2016: Knightdale, Rolesville, and Wendell
Wake County Survey Update, Phase III, 2017: Apex, Fuquay-Varina, and Holly Springs Service Areas, Falls Non-urban Service Area
Wake County Architectural Survey Update, Phase IV: Zebulon Corporate Limits and Extraterritorial Jurisdiction, 2018
Wake County Architectural Survey Update, Phase V: Long- and Short-Range Urban Service Areas of the Towns of Knightdale, Rolesville, Wendell, and Zebulon and the Contiguous Little River Water Supply Watershed of Eastern Wake County, 2019
Wake County Historic Farm Context (1918-1968), 2022
Wake Forest Architectural Survey Update (1958-1975), 2020
WASHINGTON COUNTY
Plymouth Survey, 1990
WATAUGA COUNTY
Watauga County Survey, 2003
YANCEY COUNTY
Yancey County Survey, 1981
THEMATIC and MULTI-COUNTY PROJECTS
The Architecture of the Department of Defense (nationwide), 2011
The Bethania Freedmen’s Community (Forsyth County), 2012
Charlotte Industrial and Institutional Survey, 2001
Forsyth County’s Agricultural Heritage, 2012
Historic Dam Context (Avery, Watauga, and Wilkes Counties), 2022
Historic Schools Context (Cleveland, Henderson, Polk, and Rutherford Counties), 2015
Historic Store Context (Burke, Caldwell, Cleveland, McDowell, and Rutherford Counties), 2011
Mapping the Civil Rights Movement in Northeastern North Carolina, 2023
Rosenwald Schools in Edgecombe, Halifax, Johnston, Nash, and Wilson Counties, 2007