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�`�. 1 2 Properties are nominated at either a local, state, or national level of significance depending on the 3 geographicat range of the importance of a property and its associations. The level of significance 4 must be justified in the nomination. The majority of properties(about 70%) are listed at the local level 5 of significance. The level of significance has no effect on the protections or benefits of listing. 6 7 Besides meeting one or more of the above criteria, a property must also have"integrity"of"location, 8 design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association." This means that the property must 9 retain enough of its historic physical character(or in the case of archaeological sites, intact 10 archaeological features)to represent its historic period and associates adequately. ll 12 All prope►ties change over time, and in some cases past alterations can take on historical significance 13 in their own right. The degree to which more recent, incompatible, or non-historic alterations are 14 accepfable depends on the type of property, its rarity, and its period and area of significance. 15 Buildings with certain types of alterations are usually turned down by the National Register Advisory 16 Committee. For example, 19�h and early 20�h century wood frame buildings that have been brick 17 veneered in the mid-twentieth century are routinely turned down for loss of historic integrity. 18 19 The Criteria Exceptions 20 The criteria excludes birthplaces and graves of historical figures, cemeteries, religious properties, 21 moved buildings, reconstructions, commemorative properties, and properties less than 50 years old, 22 with certain exceptions. The following exceptions are sometimes encountered: 23 24 Historic churches that retain sufficient architectural integrity can usually be suecessfully nominated 25 under criterion C (architecture), sometimes together with criterion A for social or religious history. . 26 27 Cemeteries may sometimes successfully be nominated under criterion C when they retain important 28 examples of historic stone carving, funerary art, and/or landscaping, and they also may be eligible 29 under criterion A or criterion D. However, both the National Register Advisory Committee and the 30 National Register have turned down nominations of graves when the historical importance of the 31 deceased is the sole basis for the nomination. The National Register was created primarily to 32 recognize and protect historic places and environments that represent how people lived, worked, and 33 built in the historic past. Human burials are recognized and protected under other laws and programs. 34 35 Moved buildings may sometimes be successfully nominated under criterion C for architecture when 36 they remain in their historic communities and the new setting replicates the original setting. The point 37 to remember is that the program is called the National Register of Historic Places, not Historic 38 Buildings or Historic Things, because significance is embodied in locations and settings as well as in 39 the structures themselves. Buildings moved great distances, buildings moved into incompatible 40 settings(such as a farmhouse moved into an urban neighborhood or a downtown residence moved to 41 a suburb), and collections of buildings moved from various locations to create a pseudo-historic 42 "village"are routinely turned down. In some cases, the relocation of a historic building to a distant or 43 incompatible setting may be the last and only way to save it, and such an undertaking may be 44 worthwhile. However, sponsors of such a project must understand that the property subsequently may 45 not be eligible for the National Register. 46 47 If a property is less than 50 years old, it can be nominated only if a strong argument can be made for 48 exceptional significance. For example, Dorton Arena on the State Fairgrounds was completed in 49 1953. It was successfully nominated to the National Register in 1973 as one of the most important 50 examples of modernism in post-VWVII American architecture. 51 52 9/27/2010 Draft Orange County Design Standards 71