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26 <br />National Register Fact Sheet 4, Page 2 <br />. Between 1976 and 1993, 803 National Register properties in North Carolina were rehabilitated <br />under federal historic preservation tax incentive programs, representing an investment of over <br />5286,000,000 in National Register properties in the state. <br />. The Restoration Branch of the State Historic Preservation Office offers technical restoration <br />consultation services to owners of historic properties, including municipal and county governments, <br />churches, businesses, and private property owners. Restoration Branch staff provides consultation <br />services to more than 1,500 historic properties in a typical year. Restoration staff is located in <br />Raleigh (919/733-6547), Asheville (704/274-6789), and Greenville (919/830-6580). <br />. Since the mid-1970s three-fifths of North Carolina's 100 counties and scores of municipalities have <br />participated in survey and planning grant projects co-sponsored with the State Historic Preservation <br />Office to conduct comprehensive surveys of histonc properties and prepare nominations of <br />properties and districts to the National Register of Historic Places. Many other counties have <br />participated in regional reconnaissance surveys. The .Survey and Planning Branch maintains an <br />estimated 65,000 survey files with photographs and information about historic structures. The <br />Office of State Archaeology maintains information concerning the approximately 25,000 <br />prehistoric and historic archaeological sites recorded in the state. Thirty-seven counties and twent~r- <br />five municipalities have published historic architecture survey catalogues, many of which are still <br />in print and available for purchase from the State Historic Preservation Office. <br />For iafon~ation about why the National Register was created and what listing means to a property owner, see NATIONAL <br />REGISTER FACT SHEET 1, "WHAT IS THB NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES?" <br />For as explanation of National Register criteria for evaluation, see NATIONAL REGISTER FACT SHEET 2, "NATIONAL <br />REGISTER CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION.' <br />For information about how properties sad districts are listed is the National Register, see NATIONAL REGISTER FACT <br />SHEET 3, 'HOW HISTORIC PROPERTIES ARE LISTED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES." <br />See the handout titled "A COMPARISON OP THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES WITH LOCAL <br />HISTORIC LANDMARK AND DISTRICT DESIGNATIONS" for an explanation of the differences between the two <br />ProBm~• <br />FOR MORE INFORMATION: <br />Historic structures and the National Register. Survey and Planning Branch, 919/733-6545. <br />Archaeological sites and the National Registex: t]ffce of State Archaeology, 919/733-7342. <br />Preservation tax credits and technical restoration assistance: Restoration Branch, 919/733547. <br />Greats to local governments and organizations for historic property surveys and National Register nominations: Groats <br />Coordinator, Administration Branch, 919/733-4763. <br />Lists of available architecdiral survey publications: Administrative Assistant, Administration Branch, 919/733-4763. <br />Address correspondence to the appropriate broach named above at the State HisWriC Freservation Office, N.C. Division of <br />Archives sad History, 109 E. Jones Street, Raleigh, N.C. 27601 2807. <br />The National Register Program is governed by the following federal and state tales and regulations: 36CFR Part 60 <br />(interim rule), 36CFR Part 61 (final rule), and North Carolina Administrative Code T07: 04R .0300. <br />7/15/94 <br />