North Carolina Architecture: Online Resources

A biographical dictionary that highlights architects and builders who have produced North Carolina’s architecture for more than 300 years.

Contains more than 3,000 maps, ranging in date from the late 1500s to 2000, and including detailed maps for each of North Carolina's one hundred counties.

NC State's library has a large collection of digital plans, details, and maps that are accessible to the public.

This website is managed by the North Carolina Government & Heritage Library at the State Library of North Carolina. It provides a reliably sourced overview of North Carolina's architecture, organized chronologically, with additional information on buildings of interest.

The North Carolina Digital Collections is a partnership between the State Library of North Carolina and the State Archives of North Carolina. This link leads to their collection on Urban Development, housed by the State Library of North Carolina. Many of these reports contain detailed maps, demographic statistics, urban area photographs, traffic circulation reports, descriptions of local establishments, land use surveys, growth projections, and development suggestions.

Landscape plan and exterior and interior photos

Architectural drawings (floor plans, site plan, section, and elevation), and exterior and interior photos