National Historic Districts Descriptions

   For each National Historic District there is a nomination form submitted to the National Park Service of the the US Department of the Interior that describes the neighborhood. You may view and download these descriptions by clicking on a given district name. These are all Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) files and require the free Adobe Acrobat Reader.


Boylan Heights (469 KB, 9 pages)
Depot District (312 KB, 3 pages)
Dix Hill (259 KB, 3 pages)
East Raleigh (180 KB, 2 pages)
Historic Oakwood (206 KB, 7 pages)

Mordecai Part One (459 KB, 6 pages)
Mordecai Part Two (380 KB, 5 pages)
Mordecai Part Three (309 KB, 4 pages)
Roanoke Park (293 KB, 4 pages)
Vanguard Park (247 KB, 3 pages)
West Raleigh (110 KB, 1 page)


You may also like to check out the Park Service's National Register of Historic Places as well.