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24 National Register Fact Sheet 3, Page 2 What is a National Register Nomination? A National Register nomination is a scholarly and authoritative document that thoroughly describes and evaluates a property's setting and physical characteristics, documents its history, assesses its sig- nificance in terms of its historic context, and demonstrates how it specifically meets National Register criteria for evaluation. It is supported by professional quality black and white photographs, maps delineating the property's boundanes, and other materials and information. The nomination must be prepazed according to federal and state guidelines. Who Prepares National Register Nominations? Most nominations aze prepazed by private consultants hired either by individual property owners or by local governments or organizations. Nominations of archaeological sites aze sometimes prepared by professional azchaeologists as part of their on-going research. HPO National Register staff is responsible for reviewing, editing, and processing nominations prepared in these ways. Due to the great demand for National Register nominations, the small HPO staff is unable to prepare nominations as a public service. An owner of a Study List property who seeks to have it listed in the National Register may hire a pri- vate consultant to prepare the nomination. A list of qualified consultants is available from the His- toric Preservation Office. HPO staff cannot quote fees, and fees will vary depending on the consul- tant and the complexity of the nomination. An owner may expect to pay a professional historian, architectural historian, or azchaeologist the equivalent of 40 to 80 hours of time at a professional hourly wage. Some owners aze interested in preparing their own nominations and aze capable of doing so. A packet that includes the NPS instruction manual, the supplementary state instruction manual, and sample nominations may be purchased from the Historic Preservation Office for $10.00. The level of description, historical documentation, analysis, and writing in every nomination must meet accepted professional standazds. The SHPO will not submit substandard norrunations to Washington, and HPO staff cannot make major revisions or provide detailed critiques of inadequate nominations. Because documentation of azchaeological properties always involves excavation, analysis, and interpretation requiring specialized training, nomuations of azchaeological properties are always prepazed by profes- sional archaeologists. What Happens to the Finished Nomination? The nomination is reviewed by members of the National Register Advisory Committee at one of the regular quarterly meetings. If the NRAC recommends that the nomination be submitted to the National Register, it is signed by the State Historic Preservation Officer and forwarded to the Keefer of the National Register. At the National Register office, the nomination is reviewed and the decision to list or not list is made within not less than 15 and not more than 45 days of receipt. If the property is listed, the HPO will notify the owner and provide a certificate stating that the property has been listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Owners who desire plaques may order them from private commercial suppliers. The HPO does not provide plaques or recommend any particular sup- plier, but a list of manufacturers is available on request. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: National Register Coordinator Survey aad Plaaning Branch State Historic Preservation Office N.C. Division of Archives sad History 109 East Jones Strcet Raleigh, North Carolina 27601-2807 919/733545 Offices of the Survey sad Planniag Breach are at 515 N. Blouat Street is Raleigh. For information about archaoological . sites and the National Register, contact the Officx of State Archaeology at the above address or telephone 919/733-7342. 03/08/95