Raleigh Historic Development Commission

Raleigh Historic Development Commission DISCLAIMER: Opinions are the Commission's and do not necessarily reflect views of City of Raleigh or Raleigh City Council.

Tell us which of Raleigh's LGBTQIA+ historic places are important to you! Take our online survey by 09/15/24. We'll use ...
09/10/2024

Tell us which of Raleigh's LGBTQIA+ historic places are important to you! Take our online survey by 09/15/24. We'll use your feedback to help select 20 sites for a deeper research dive as part of the LGBTQIA+ Historic Context Study. Visit our project page at raleighnc.gov (search term: LGBTQIA+) or go straight to the survey: https://publicinput.com/x0213. 🌈

Have you engaged with us to unlock the historic places, past and present, that are important to ’s LGBTQIA+ community? ...
07/09/2024

Have you engaged with us to unlock the historic places, past and present, that are important to ’s LGBTQIA+ community? We’re now in Phase II of the project. You’re invited to come meet the new project consultant, receive project updates, vote for places we should focus on, and share ideas about how to celebrate them.

Tues., 7/23 at 7 p.m.
Halifax Community Center
1023 Halifax St.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/4clyYMp

Join us tomorrow, MAY the 4th! For a historic sites bike ride! We need volunteers to lead and sweep each group of cyc...
05/03/2024

Join us tomorrow, MAY the 4th! For a historic sites bike ride! We need volunteers to lead and sweep each group of cyclists as we visit 5 historic sites on the 6-mile trail. Comment if you can help or if you are interested in joining us for the 10am kick-off at Crank Arm Brewing Company Some e-bikes will be available courtesy of the City of Raleigh, and some bicycles will be available for rent from thebikelibrary.com or bring your own. Be sure to check in with RHDC at Crank Arm before biking! (P.S. Star Wars attire is optional!)

The Raleigh Historic Development Commission (RHDC), in partnership with the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission (...
04/22/2024

The Raleigh Historic Development Commission (RHDC), in partnership with the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission (BPAC), will be hosting a bike ride that will begin and end at Crank Arm Brewing. The 6-mile route includes stops at five Raleigh Historic Landmarks.

Saturday, May 4 (Rain date if needed: May 11)
Crank Arm Brewing
10 a.m. to noon

RHDC volunteers at each site will share a brief history of the property. Riders are encouraged to bring their own bikes and helmets. Limited bike rentals will be available through the Bike Library at Crank Arm. A few free Cardinal Share e-bikes will also be available.

Crank Arm Brewing Company .bike.library

Are you a Raleigh resident? Do you have experience in history, architecture, or historic preservation? If you want to se...
04/22/2024

Are you a Raleigh resident? Do you have experience in history, architecture, or historic preservation? If you want to serve on the Raleigh Historic Development Commission (RHDC), please submit a letter of interest, a resume, and an application.

RHDC’s Nominations Committee identifies qualified potential commissioners and submits recommendations to the Raleigh City Council for appointment. In July 2024, there will be two vacancies.

The city and RHDC seek to increase racial, gender, and geographic diversity.

RHDC consists of 12 members appointed by City Council. All members must live within the city’s corporate limits. The majority of the members must have demonstrated special interest, experience, or education in history, architecture, historic preservation, archaeology, or related fields. At least one-fourth of the members must either live in or own property in a Raleigh historic overlay district or in a Raleigh Historic Landmark. Terms are two years (July 1-June 30) with a limit of 3 consecutive terms.

RHDC has four standing committees: Certificate of Appropriateness (COA), Community Awareness, Nominations, and Research. Visit the Commission's webpage https://raleighnc.gov/planning-and-development/raleigh-historic-development-commission for more information on the commission and its work program.

Montague Bldg. Photo by Michael Zirkle Photography, copyright RHDC

Meet a Commissioner: Octavia RaineyOctavia is a journalist, community advocate, and historian. She graduated from St. Au...
03/05/2024

Meet a Commissioner: Octavia Rainey
Octavia is a journalist, community advocate, and historian. She graduated from St. Augustine’s University in 1978 and has lived in Raleigh her whole life.
She is a champion of preserving the African American history of Raleigh. "I love history because it tells the story of the past; it is your past that gets you to your present and your present to your future."

Meet a Commissioner: I am David Serxner. I have been a Commissioner with the RHDC for almost a year. I have an extensive...
02/06/2024

Meet a Commissioner: I am David Serxner. I have been a Commissioner with the RHDC for almost a year. I have an extensive background in historic preservation and am an active living historian/museum educator. I have a deep love for Raleigh's history and it is an honor to advocate for its interpretation and preservation.

Did you know? Old growth wood is a durable building material? Old growth wood refers to timber logged from forests tha...
02/06/2024

Did you know? Old growth wood is a durable building material? Old growth wood refers to timber logged from forests that grew slowly over time. The slow growth rate creates tight, dense annual rings that is naturally rot and insect resistant. This photo shows wood harvested in the 1850's versus after the year 2000. Each dark line represents 1 year of growth It's no longer commercially available in the U.S. Hold onto your historic windows and siding and maintain them as long as you can! Once replaced with new wood, the replacement cycle will really speed up due to faster rotting.

Photo courtesy of Ian Dunn

Did you guess correctly? It is the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station Cottage, 2714 Vanderbilt Avenue. Res...
01/12/2024

Did you guess correctly? It is the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station Cottage, 2714 Vanderbilt Avenue. Research on to***co, cotton, rice, pea crops, fertilizer, soil properties, and insect control, along with poultry and swine, was conducted at this site. Yesterday's image courtesy of Agricultural Extension and Research Sciences. Today's image is from 2009 from Michael Zinkle Photography, Copyright Raleigh Historic Development Commission.

This photo from 1921 shows a 2 story house constructed in 1886. It stood on 10 acres outside of town and now is part of...
01/11/2024

This photo from 1921 shows a 2 story house constructed in 1886. It stood on 10 acres outside of town and now is part of a neighborhood well within the town. Can you name this landmark?

Meet the Commissioner: Curtis Kasefang. Curtis is in his first term back on the commission, on its COA committee. Bef...
01/02/2024

Meet the Commissioner: Curtis Kasefang. Curtis is in his first term back on the commission, on its COA committee. Before that, he served ten years on RHDC’s Design Review Advisory Committee; immediately after, he spent six years on the COS Committee and four years as the Commission Chairperson.
Since 1995, Curtis has lived with his wife in a 1911 bungalow in the Oakwood Historic District. He has had a lifelong interest in architecture. As a child, he was fascinated by the work of Frank Lloyd Wright and Buckminster Fuller. Starting in his teenage years, he studied and collected Old House journals to learn about the construction of pre-WW2 housing: that collection is now housed in the Wake County Olivia Raney Local History Library.
When not working on commission matters, he works as a theatre consultant, helping architects renovate and design new theatres. Cutis co-founded Theatre Consultants Collaborative in 2005. TCC is a virtual corporation with a dozen collaborators scattered across the United States and Canada. His theatre consulting work on hundreds of theatres is visible on projects in the US, Canada, Europe, and the islands in between. His work on theatre renovation projects has helped him integrate his interest in preservation, his theatre consulting skills, and his passion for sustainability.
Remember: The most sustainable building is one you already own.

Congrats to those who got it right! It is the State Capitol, completed in 1840 and located in Union Square at 1 E Edento...
12/19/2023

Congrats to those who got it right! It is the State Capitol, completed in 1840 and located in Union Square at 1 E Edenton St. It is also one of only two remaining National Historic Landmarks in Raleigh, the highest preservation honor in the US. The Capitol is currently closed for major renovations including the replacement of the iconic copper dome. Learn more about this local landmark at https://raleighhistoric.org/

Photo Credit - Visit Raleigh

Address

1 Exchange Plaza
Raleigh, NC
27601

Telephone

+19199964478

Website

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Raleigh Historic Development Commission posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Organization

Send a message to Raleigh Historic Development Commission:

Shortcuts

Share

Category

Our Purpose

The mission of the Raleigh Historic Development Commission is to identify, preserve, protect, and promote Raleigh’s historic resources.

We aim to preserve the history of Raleigh, both by providing educational posts and information on our city’s unique history and historic structures, highlighting fun history-related events and opportunities for citizens to take part in preserving history, and by maintaining the existing character of Raleigh’s historic districts and landmarks.

Come explore Raleigh’s engaging history, and take part in creating history for Raleigh’s future generations!