Piedmont Historic Homes

Updated January 25, 2023

• Preservation Organizations
• Historic Preservation Agencies
• Real Estate Websites of Interest
• Helpful Information About Older Homes
• Glossary: Styles, Types and Terminology

Preservation Organizations

• Caswell County Historical Association
  • Blog
• Eden Preservation Society
• Preservation Burlington
• Preservation Forsyth
• Preservation Greensboro
  • Architectural Salvage of Greensboro
  • Blog
  • Preservation Greensboro Development Fund
• Rockford Preservation Society

• Preservation North Carolina

• National Trust for Historic Preservation

Historic Preservation Agencies

Local

• Alamance County Historic Properties Commission
• Burlington Historic Preservation Commission
• Forsyth County Historic Resources Commission
• Greensboro Historic District Program (historic districts)
• Guilford County Historic Preservation Commission (landmarks)
• Lexington Historic Preservation
• Mount Airy Historic Preservation Commission
• Randolph County Historic Landmark Preservation Commission
• Reidsville Historic Preservation Commission
• Thomasville Historic Preservation Commission

State

• North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office

National

• National Register of Historic Places
  • North Carolina Sites on the National Register
• The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties (PDF) (online)

Real Estate Websites of Interest

• Old-house listings, advice, etc.
  • Circa: “The world’s greatest historic house marketplace”
  • oldhousedreams.com — Listings for “fixer uppers, time capsules and restored historic homes”
  • oldhouses.com — “Historic homes for sale”
  • oldhouseweb.com — “Ideas and advice for old house enthusiasts”
  • This Old House — “Build Your Dream. Do It Right.”
• Lands of America: National listings of farms, ranches, acreage and country homes
• Mansions, estates, castles, etc.
  • Christie’s International Real Estate: “The world’s most desirable properties”
  • Sotheby’s International Realty: “Luxury real estate, worldwide”

Helpful Information About Older Homes

• The Craftsman Blog
• Asbestos abatement guide from asbestos.com
• Lead-based paint from epa.gov
• Reddit: r/OldHouses, r/CenturyHomes

Glossary: Styles, Types and Terminology

About the glossary section:
Muntins & Mullions, Pilasters & Quoins:
Every Part of Your House, No Matter How Obscure, Has a Name

• 26 Popular House Styles
• 36 different residential architectural styles (as opposed to types of structures)
• 43 different types of residential structures (as opposed to architectural styles, including barndominiums, castles and yurts)
• American house styles
• What Makes a House a Bungalow?
• This Is the Definition of a Cottage
• Dictionary of architectural terms
• 25 old-house terms defined
• Doors: terminology and styles (early American)
• Glossary of Common House Parts
• Historic home styles
• “House Parts You Didn’t Know Had a Name“
• Masonry: Bonds and Patterns, Types
• Porch types
• Roof types
• List of roof shapes
• Siding terminology
• Window types
• Window words