Data and API

Downloads

• sites.geojson — Every published place with coordinates. ~412 KB gzipped.
• districts.geojson — 191 historic district boundaries, local and National Register.
• sites.csv — Tabular export. Page through with limit and offset.

API

GET /api/v1/sites

Paginated list. Parameters: limit (max 500), offset, status (extant | demolished), format (json | csv).

GET /api/v1/sites/{slug}

One place in full, including its district memberships.

GET /api/sites.geojson

The whole published archive as a GeoJSON FeatureCollection.

GET /api/districts.geojson

District boundaries as polygons, plus one label anchor per district.

CORS is open and no authentication is required. Please be reasonable about request volume — the bulk downloads exist so you don't have to crawl.

License

Data compiled by Open Raleigh is offered under CC BY 4.0. Attribute “Open Raleigh” and, where you can, the original source listed on each record.

The underlying government records are public and carry their own terms. Photographs and contributed narrative will be licensed individually as they are added — each will state its own terms rather than inheriting a blanket claim.

Sources

• NC Historic Preservation Office — Survey inventory for Wake County — the bulk of the archive, including demolished buildings.
• City of Raleigh — Raleigh Historic Landmarks and the historic overlay districts.
• National Park Service — National Register of Historic Places listings and district boundaries.