Michelle Michael

Town of Wake Forest, NC

Michelle Michael has been the Historic Preservation Planner for the Town of Wake Forest since 2014. Michelle received her Master of Historic Preservation degree from the University of Georgia in 1994. Since that time, she has worked in a variety of roles within the historic preservation field including for Preservation North Carolina, as a private historic preservation consultant, and as the architectural historian for Fort Bragg, North Carolina. As a consultant Michelle completed National Register Nominations in North and South Carolina, two large-scale municipal architectural surveys in Fayetteville and Edenton, local landmark designations, design guidelines, and tax credit project applications. Michelle’s most recent position before coming to Wake Forest in 2014 was as the Architectural Historian for Naval Facilities Engineering Command and Navy Commander Region Southeast based in Jacksonville, Florida where she provided historic preservation support to twenty-two military installations in seven states. While at the Town of Wake Forest, Michelle has worked to promote and educate the public on the importance of historic preservation in Town Planning. A few of the projects she has worked on during her time in Wake Forest include walking tour brochures and apps, archaeology workshops at the Ailey Young House, the rehabilitation of the Ailey Young House, the architectural survey update (1958-1975), the Design Standards for Historic Districts and Local Landmarks, the NE Community Plan Update, the NE Community Story Map, and the Historic Preservation Plan Update which was adopted in October 2022.