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
​and two commercial buildings
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:
  • the Lemuel C. and Mary (Vaughn) Boughton House, also known as the J. H. and Sophia Brummer House, 736 W Cedar St (1891);
  • the Guy M. and Rose (Freeman) Gillette House, 111 N 11th St (ca. 1898);
  • the Roy C. and Lena (Johnson) Seaman House, 400 Magnetic Ave (ca. 1913);
  • Commercial Building: the Book Vine, 204 W. Main Street
  • Commercial Building: the Cherokee Main Street Pharmacy, 206 W. Main Street
  •  the Judge R. G. and Esther Rodman House/R. J. and Doris Thomas House, 402 Ash St (1958). (this property was deemed ineligible early in the review process).

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.
Below are nominations papers for the Cherokee Historic Business District.
Click to open the PDF documents.