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Historic Preservation

Orlando has six Historic Preservation overlay districts with a variety of architectural styles.

Historic Preservation Services

Historic Preservation Districts

Orlando has six Historic Preservation overlay districts with a variety of architectural styles.

Apply for a Certificate of Appropriateness for Major Review

Do you want to make major changes to your historic property? To protect the city's historic districts and landmarks, our Historic Preservation Board offers guidance to help you get a Certificate of Appropriateness and necessary permits.

Submit an Entry for the 2025 Historic Preservation Calendar

The photos in each Historic Preservation Board Calendar are selected from submissions from community residents as part of a photo competition.

Apply for a Certificate of Appropriateness for Minor Review

Do you want to make minor changes to your historic property? To protect the city's historic districts and landmarks, our Historic Preservation Board offers guidance to help you get a Certificate of Appropriateness and necessary permits.

Find Historic Landmarks

Orlando is home to 51 historic buildings, sites, structures and objects worthy of preservation. Twelve of those are also included on the National Register of Historic Places.

Nominate a Local Historic Landmark

Do you want the city to recognize your property as a historic landmark? The Historic Preservation Board reviews nominations and recognizes sites that demonstrate significance in history, architecture, archaeology, engineering or culture.

Historic Preservation Incentive Programs

There are many resources that can help private property owners preserve or rehabilitate historic structures.

Apply for a Historic Preservation Board Award

The Historic Preservation Board Awards recognize property owners who take an active role in preserving and protecting their historic structures and the integrity of the City’s historic districts through appropriate additions and renovations to existing historic structures and compatible new construction in historic districts.

Historic Preservation Awards

Each May, during National Preservation Month, the Historic Preservation Board awards owners, preservationists, and developers for their stewardship and efforts to preserve Orlando’s historic resources.

The annual Historic Preservation Awards program recognizes the places that our historic resources have within our City Beautiful and the hard work that goes into rehabilitating and preserving these structures and places so that they may be enjoyed today and for many generations to come.

Award Categories:

Outstanding Residential Project:
Outstanding Commercial Project
Outstanding Infill Project
Outstanding Community Organizational Achievement
Centennial Award

Previous Award Winners

Apply for Historic Preservation Award

Historic Preservation Calendar

The City of Orlando has produced the popular Historic Preservation Board Calendar since 1989 and each is an exceptional depiction of Orlando’s treasured historic resources. The photos in each calendar are selected from submissions from community residents as part of a photo competition. The calendar themes are chosen every year by the Historic Preservation Board.

The calendar is free to the public and copies can be picked up at City Hall, Leu Gardens, and The History Center, while supplies last.

Learn more about the calendar

Contact Us

Phone

407.246.2269

Email

historicpreservation@orlando.gov

Location

City Hall

400 South Orange Avenue

Orlando, FL

32801

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Historic Preservation Board