Historic Sites and Districts

Duke Homestead, a National Historic Landmark

Durham contains many historic buildings, properties and districts that are chosen for their historic significance by the local Historic Preservation Commission, the Secretary of the Interior’s National Historic Landmarks, and/or by the National Parks Service’s National Register of Historic Places.

You can search for all the National Register and Local Historic Landmark properties and districts on the State Historic Preservation Office’s GIS mapping service:  HPOWEB

Click below to learn more about the historic significance of these areas, and to see listings of individual properties.

• National Register of Historic Places (National Park Service)
• National Historic Landmarks (Department of the Interior)
• NC Historic Sites (North Carolina)
• Local Historic Districts and Landmarks (City of Durham)