Alamance	Alexander	Alleghany	Anson	Ashe	Avery	Beaufort	Bertie
Bladen	Brunswick	Buncombe	Burke	Cabarrus	Caldwell	Camden	Carteret
Caswell	Catawba	Chatham	Cherokee	Chowan	Clay	Cleveland	Columbus
Craven	Cumberland	Currituck	Dare	Davidson	Davie	Duplin	Durham
Edgecombe	Forsyth	Franklin	Gaston	Gates	Graham	Granville	Greene
Guilford	Halifax	Harnett	Haywood	Henderson	Hertford	Hoke	Hyde
Iredell	Jackson	Johnston	Jones	Lee	Lenoir	Lincoln	McDowell
Macon	Madison	Martin	Mecklenburg	Mitchell	Montgomery	Moore	Nash
New Hanover	Northampton	Onslow	Orange	Pamlico	Pasquotank	Pender	Perquimans
Person	Pitt	Polk	Randolph	Richmond	Robeson	Rockingham	Rowan
Rutherford	Sampson	Scotland	Stanly	Stokes	Surry	Swain	Transylvania
Tyrrell	Union	Vance	Wake	Warren	Washington	Watauga	Wayne
Wilkes	Wilson	Yadkin	Yancey

The North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office, a section of the Office of Archives and History in the Department of Cultural Resources, helps private citizens and institutions, local governments, and state and federal agencies identify, evaluate, enhance, and protect places significant in North Carolina history and archaeology. The chief activities of the State Historic Preservation Office are the

• statewide survey of historic buildings and archaeological sites,
• the National Register of Historic Places,
• technical restoration assistance to public and private owners of historic properties, including those seeking preservation income tax credits,
• assistance to over 80 local preservation commissions,
• preservation grant assistance for local projects, and
• review of state and federal actions affecting historic and archaeological properties.

Each year, an average of 2,000 historic buildings and 1,000 archaeological sites are added to the statewide survey. Over 2,100 North Carolina buildings, sites, and districts are listed in the National Register of Historic Places, and an average of 60 additions are made to the National Register each year. Staff provides technical restoration assistance to over 2,000 local projects annually. Since 1976, over 700 National Register buildings have been privately rehabilitated using preservation tax credits, an investment of 315 million dollars to enhance local economic development and tourism initiatives while preserving the state's heritage. A new state credit for non-income-producing historic structures, inaugurated in 1998, has stimulated 22 million dollars in construction activity for 250 historic private residences in its first two years.

The information provided in these fact sheets is updated annually by the staff of the North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Questions and requests for additional information may be addressed to:

North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office
4617 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-4617
Tel: 919/733-4763
Fax: 919/733-8653
hpo@ncsl.dcr.state.nc.us