The Commission recommends properties for historic landmark designation and preserves properties through design review and buying and selling endangered historic landmarks.

The Commission office is at 2100 Randolph Road in Charlotte in the historic Ratcliffe-Otterbourg House. The Commission meets the second Monday night of each month at 6 p.m. and the public is welcome.

Top news from the Historic Landmarks Commission

• City Council designates the Lee House an historic landmark
• Historic Marker places at site of Good Samaritan Hospital
• Survey of black historical properties underway
• East Trade Street buildings endangered by new arena
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The Commission is partnering with Mecklenburg County, The City of Charlotte and Crescent Resources to rebuild the trolley barn for use by the trolleys that run between Uptown Charlotte and Historic South End.

Click the following links:

• For Driving And Walking Tours
• For Histories Of Neighborhoods
• For Brief Essays on Selected Neighborhoods
• For Sketches Of Personalities
• For "The Growth of Charlotte: A History"
  
  

The restoration of the W. T. Alexander House continues. Workmen have begun repainting. Stripping paint and preparing the surface are essential to an effective repainting job.

Explanation of the structure and powers of the Commission

Meet the members of the Historic Landmarks Commission

Dr. Dan Morrill

The Consulting Director for the Commission is Professor Dan Morrill of UNC-Charlotte. Dr. Morrill has been the front-face of the Commission for 15 years. He recently published a History of Mecklenburg County that focuses on the two major themes that have driven the County's development - economic expansion and race.

Click here for Internet excerpts from Dr. Morrill's book.

The Hornet's Nest
The Hornet's Nest is the symbol of Mecklenburg County. In 1780 the British army occupied Charlotte and called Mecklenburg County  a "Hornet's Nest" of rebellion because of the opposition to British rule among the local Scots-Irish settlers. It is also the symbol of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks Commission.