Let us help you find the research resources you are looking for! Many of our visitors are seeking information on their own historic property or family history, local historic preservation resources, or the heritage activities in Davidson County:
HISTORIC ARCHITECTURE & PRESERVATION:
Lexington Historic Preservation Commission - http://www.lexingtonnc.net/index.aspx?page=155
Thomasville Historic Preservation Commission - http://www.thomasville-nc.gov/government/boards-committees/historic-preservation-commission
Preservation North Carolina - http://www.presnc.org/
State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) - http://www.hpo.ncdcr.gov/
Genealogy of a House (list of SHPO resources useful for property research) - https://www.ncdcr.gov/resources/family-history-genealogy/house-genealogy
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps - http://sanborn1.proquest.com/index.php
TOURISM & DEVELOPMENT
Lexington Tourism Authority - http://www.visitlexingtonnc.com/
Uptown Lexington, Inc. - https://uptownlexingtonnc.com/visit-uptown/
Thomasville Tourism Commission - http://www.tvillenc.com/
GENEALOGY
Davidson County Public Library System - http://www.co.davidson.nc.us/Library/Genealogy_and_History.aspx
Davidson County Register of Deeds - http://davidsoncorod.org/
CITY DIRECTORIES
THOMASVILLE
1933 - https://archive.org/details/thomasvillenorth03caro
1935 - https://archive.org/details/baldwinstimestho01bald
1943 - https://archive.org/details/millersthomasvil1943mill
1945 - https://archive.org/details/millersthomasvil1945mill
1949 - https://archive.org/details/millersthomasvil1949mill
1951 - https://archive.org/details/millersthomasvil51mill
1954 - https://archive.org/details/millersthomasvil1954mill
1956 - https://archive.org/details/millersthomasvil19561957
1958 - https://archive.org/details/millerslexington1949mill
1960 - https://archive.org/details/baldwinstimestho01bald
1962 - https://archive.org/details/millersthomasvil19621963
LEXINGTON
1916 - http://library.digitalnc.org/cdm/ref/collection/dirdavidson/id/885
1925 - https://archive.org/details/baldwinstimestho01bald
1937 - https://archive.org/details/baldwinslexingto01lexi
1941 - https://archive.org/details/millerslexington1941mill
1949 - https://archive.org/details/millerslexington1949mill
1951 - https://archive.org/details/millerslexington00mill
1953 - https://archive.org/details/millerslexington53mill
1955 - https://archive.org/details/millerslexington19551956
1957 - https://archive.org/details/millerslexington19571958
1959 - https://archive.org/details/millerslexington19591960
1961 - https://archive.org/details/millerslexington19611962
Additional sources for North Carolina City Directories:
http://digitalnc.org/collections/north-carolina-city-directories
http://archive.org/search.php?query=collection%3A%22ncdir%22