What is the National Register of Historic Places? |
What it is:
How Many Buildings in Cherokee County have been nominated?: Benefits: There are many benefits to nominating a property to the National Register of Historic Places include: local and national recognition of the important resources, tourism, education, and community pride. There are some tax incentives for property owners as well. |
2018-2020 Project: Nominating four historic homes
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In 2018, the Cherokee Historic Preservation Commission is thrilled was awarded a Historical Resource Development Program (HRDP) grant. The grant award was used to hire an architectural historian to nominate six properties in the City of Cherokee to the National Register of Historic Places.
Six Cherokee properties were considered for the NRHP:
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1998 Cherokee Commercial Historic District |
The buildings noted with these special recognition plaques, are considered a contributing structure to the downtown
Cherokee Historic Business District. This project was started in 2002 and is an ongoing project. |