HomeMy WebLinkAboutHDC1987-006 Introduction, The Criteria For Evaluation, Criteria Considerations, And 7 PhotosI. INTRODQCPION
As the official list of properties si�mificant in American history, architecture,
archeolom engineering, and culture, the National Register of HVtorzc Places was
designed to be used by the general public, local communities, state governments,
and federal agencies in their preservation planning efforts. Properties Listed in
the National Register receive a limited form of vrotection and certain benefits.
For information concerning the effects of listing, write the National Park Service
or anv of the historic preservation offices in the states and territories.
The Criteria For Evaluation
The criteria are the National Register's standards for evaluating the significance
of properties. The criteria are designed to guide the states, federal agencies, the
Secretary of the Interior and others in evaluating potential entries father than
areas of the National Paris System and National Historic Landmarks) for the
National Register.
The cmality of significance in American history, architecture, archeolog!r,
engineering, and culture is present in districts, sites, buildings, structures, and
objects that possess integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship,
feeling, and association, and:
A. that are associated with events that have made a significant contribution
to the broad patterns of our history; or
i3. that are associated with the lives of oersons significant in our past; e
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C. that embody the distinctive characteristics of a twe, period, or me
of construction, or that reoresent the work of a master, or that possess
,nigh artistic values, or that represent a significant and distinguishable
entity whose components may lack individual distinction; or
D. that have yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in
prehistory or history.
Criteria considerations
Ordinarily cemeteries, birtholaces, or graves of historical figures, properties
owned by religious institutions or used for religious purposes, structures that have
been moved from their original locations, reconstructed historic buildings,
properties primarily commemorative in nature, and properties that have achieved
significance within -the past 50 years shall not be considered eligible for the
National Register. However, such properties will qualify if they are integral parts
of districts that do meet the criteria or if they fall within the Following
categories:
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