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<br /> National Register Fact Sheet 2, Page 2
<br /> APPLYING THE CRTFERIA
<br /> The two principal issues to consider in determining eligibility for the National Register are"significance"and"integrity."
<br /> A property may have"significance" for association with important events or patterns of history (criterion A); for association with
<br /> as important historical figure(criterion B); as an important example of period architecture, landscape,or engineering(criterion C);
<br /> or for the information it is likely to yield(criterion D, applied to archaeological sites and districts, and sometimes applied to certain
<br /> types of structures). A National Register nomination must demonstrate how a property is significant in at least one of these four
<br /> areas. For properties nominated under criterion A, frequently cited area of significance are agriculture, community planning and
<br /> development, social history, commerce,industry,politics and government, education, recreation and culture, and others. For tech-
<br /> nical reasons, criterion B(significant person)nominations are rare. Criterion C(architecture)is cited for most,but not all,nomina-
<br /> tions of historic buildings. Archaeological sites are always nominated under criterion D,but may also have significance under one
<br /> or more of the other three criteria.
<br /> Properties are nominated at either a local, state, or national level of significance depending on the geographical range of the impor-
<br /> tance of a property cad its associations. The level of significance must be justified in the nomination. The majority of properties
<br /> (about 70%)are listed at the local level of significance. The level of significance has no effect on the protections or benefits of list-
<br /> ing.
<br /> Besides meeting one or more of the above criteria, a property must also have "integrity" of "location, design, setting, materials,
<br /> workmanship,feeling,and association."This means that the property must retain enough of its historic physical character(or in the
<br /> case of archaeological sites,intact archaeological features)to represent its historic period and associations adequately.
<br /> All properties change over tine,and in some cases past alterations can take on historical significance in their own right.The degree
<br /> to which more recent, incompatible, or non historic alterations are acceptable depends on the type of property, its rarity, and its
<br /> period and area of significance. Buildings with certain types of alterations are usually turned down by the National Register
<br /> Advisory Committee. For example, 19th and early 20th century wood frame buildings that have been brick veneered in the mid-
<br /> 20th century are routinely turned down for loss of historic integrity.
<br /> Criteria Exceptions
<br /> The criteria exclude birthplaces and graves of historical figures, cemeteries, religious properties, moved buildings, reconstructions,
<br /> commemorative properties, and properties less than 50 years old, with certain exceptions. The following exceptions are sometimes
<br /> encountered:
<br /> Historic churches that retain sufficient architectural integrity can usually be successfully nominated under criterion C (architecture),
<br /> sometimes together with criterion A for social or religious history.
<br /> Cemeteries may sometimes;successfully be nominated under criterion C when they retain important examples of historic stone carv-
<br /> ing, funerary art, for landscaping, and they also may be eligible under criterion A or criterion D. However, both the National
<br /> Register Advisory Committee and the National Register have turned down nominations of graves when the historical importance of
<br /> the deceased is ft soles basis for the nomination. The National Register was created primarily to recognize and protect histori
<br /> places and envircts that represent how people lived, worked, and built in the historic past. Human burials are recognized an
<br /> protected under o4w laws and programs.
<br /> Moved buildings may sometimes be successfully nominated under criterion C for architecture when they remain in their histori
<br /> communities and the new setting adequately replicates the original setting. The point to remember is that the program is called ti
<br /> National Register of Historic Places, not Historic Buildings or Historic Things, because significance is embodied in locations ar
<br /> settings as well as in the structures themselves. Buildings moved great distances, buildings moved into incompatible settings (suc
<br /> as a farmhouse moved into an urban neighborhood or a downtown residence moved to a suburb), and collections of buildin;
<br /> moved from various locations to create a pseudo-historic "village"are routinely turned down. In some cases, the relocation of a hi
<br /> toric building to a distant or incompatible setting may be the last and only way to save it, and such an undertaking may 1
<br /> worthwhile. However, sponsors of such a project must understand that the property subsequently may not be eligible for C
<br /> National Register.
<br /> If a property is less than 50 years old, it can be nominated only if a strong argument can be made for exceptional significance. F
<br /> example,Dorton Arena on the State Fairgrounds was completed in 1953. It was successfully nominated to the National Register
<br /> 1973 as one of the most important examples;of modernism in post-WWII American architectum.
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