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I NORTH CAROLINA DIVISION OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE i N, qTION,4L REGISTER F~4CT SHEET 4 I TIlE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES 1N NORTIt CAROLINA: FACTS AND FIGURES ' I · are over 58,000 listings of historic buildings, structures, sites, objects, and districts in the The{e National Register across the United States and its territories. I · The first nominations from North Carolina were submitted in 1969. Today there are approximately 1,750 National Register listings in the state. In reCent ).ears the state has submitted an average of 70 new nominations per ),ear to the National Register. ]~qost nominations are prepared by privale I consultants working for local governments, or for private 'property owners. Nominations are care- fiflly prepared and screened in the review process, and 99% of all nominations from North Caro- lina ba~¢ been successfully listed. A list of all National Register entries in North Carolina as of the i most recent complete fiscal ),ear, arranged alphabetically by county and giving name, town or vicinily, and date lisled, is ~ail~b_le from the Stale Historic Preservation Office for $:5.00. · Of the 1,7.50 lotal listings in North carolina, about 920 are historic districts, some of which con- I lain several hundred contributing historic buildings or sites. Types of districts include residential neighborhoods, commercial districts, prehistoric and historic archaeological districts, industrial complexes, mill villages, and rural farming districts. Since the first historic district nominations did Inot include complete lists of all properties included within district boundaries, it is not possible lo delermine the precise number of historic properties in North Carolina that are lisled in the National Register. The Slate Historic Preservation Office estimates that approximately 20,000 historic properties in Norlh Carolina are listed in the National Register either as individual listings or as I contributing properties within districts. Properties within districts that contribute lo the historic character of the district are eligible for federal environmental protections and benefits to the same exlent as if they were individually listed. i · Of all North Carolina properties listed in the National Register, approximalely 85% are privately owned and 15% publicly owned. About 70% are listed at a local level of significance, 25 % at a i slatewide level, and 5% at a national level of significance. The level of significance at which a property or district is listed does not affect ils eligibilily for benefil$ or the consideration it receives in environmental review processes. I · North Carolina's National Register listings reflect the whole spectrum of the state's human experi- ence Ihrough its long history: prehisloric Indian siles; shipwreck siles; modest log houses of settlers and slaves; houses and outbuildings of ordinary farmers and townspeople; the mansions of wealthy I planlers and merchanls; churches of all sizes and denominations; courthouses, schools and other public buildings; commercial buildings of many types; and induslrial and transportation buildings and siles. Listings vary from 10,000-year-old archaeological sites to the 19.53 Dorlon Arena at the I Stale F. airgrounds. What all these places have in common is that they reveal in a tangible way some important aspect of pasl life in Norlh Carolina and its diverse communities. I · The Stale Hisloric Preserv~lion office reviews over 2,000 federal and state actions annually to delermine their polential effects on properties listed in or eligible for listing in the National Regis- let. Where a federal or stnte undertaking is in conflict with the preservation of a National Register property, tile Slate Historic Preservalion Office will negoliate with the responsible agency in an I atlempt to eliminale or minimize the effect under procedures prescribed by federal law (Section 106 of Ihe Nalional Historic Preset,alton Act of 1965) or state law (G.S. 121-12a). ! (see other side)