Final Report: Charlotte Comprehensive Architectural Survey, Phase I, Charlotte, North Carolina, December 9, 2014

Mattson, Alexander and Associates, Inc.

From introduction: "In 2012, the City of Charlotte was awarded a federal grant from the North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office (HPO) to conduct a Phase I (reconnaissance level) architectural survey of Charlotte. The Phase I survey is anticipated to be the first of five (two reconnaissance-level and three intensive-level) investigations of architectural resources within the central city. This project is designed to support future planning efforts as well as local historic landmark and district designations, conservation district designations, and National Register nominations. This initial Phase I survey was limited to the area within the general radius of Route 4, an eighteen-mile, partial ring road around the Charlotte’s central business district and surrounding, adjacent neighborhoods. The City of Charlotte contracted with Mattson, Alexander, and Associates, Inc. (MAA), an historic preservation consulting firm based in Charlotte, to conduct the Phase I survey. Frances P. Alexander and Richard L. Mattson were the principal investigators, and Mr. John Howard, Director of the Charlotte Historic District Commission, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Department, was the local project coordinator. The tasks completed under the Phase I scope of work are summarized below: 1) The principal investigators determined the status of existing National Register and/or locally designated resources in the survey database... 2) The principal investigators also updated existing HPO survey files on properties that lack any designation (approximately 300 individual properties outside the historic districts and approximately 36 subdivisions/neighborhoods)... 3) Finally, the principal investigators conducted a reconnaissance-level survey of additional neighborhoods within the Route 4 boundary that predate 1970. These neighborhoods have not been surveyed previously and may merit further documentation in a future phase of the comprehensive survey. The newly investigated neighborhoods were documented with one or two photographs, and cursory information, including a brief written summary, was entered in the HPO survey database for each neighborhood. No paper survey files were produced. The newly surveyed neighborhoods were selected in consultation with the Charlotte Planning Department and the North Carolina Historic Preservation Office." Funding was provided in part by a 2013 Historic Preservation Fund grant to the City of Charlotte (project number NC-13-015) administered by the North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office (grant number P13AF00046) and the State, Tribal, and Local Plans and Grants Division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. Charlotte, North Carolina is a Certified Local Government.

Final Report: Charlotte Comprehensive Architectural Survey, Phase I, Charlotte, North Carolina, December 9, 2014

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