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<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>Historical properties (assets) are delineated as "building", "site", "structure", "object" and "district" within the feature class. The definitions for these types are as follows: </SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Building - A building, such as a house, barn, church, </SPAN><SPAN /><SPAN><SPAN>hotel, or similar construction, is created principally</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN /><SPAN><SPAN>to shelter any form of human activity.</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN /><SPAN><SPAN>"Building" may also be used to refer to a historically</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN /><SPAN><SPAN> and functionally related unit, such as a</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN /><SPAN>courthouse and jail or a house and barn.</SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN>Site - A site is the location of a significant event, a</SPAN><SPAN /><SPAN><SPAN>prehistoric or historic occupation or activity, or</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN /><SPAN><SPAN>a building or structure, whether standing, ruined,</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN /><SPAN><SPAN>or vanished, where the location itself possesses</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN /><SPAN><SPAN>historic, cultural, or archeological value </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN /><SPAN><SPAN>regardless of the value of any existing structure.</SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN /></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN>Structure - The term "structure" is used to distinguish </SPAN><SPAN /><SPAN><SPAN>from buildings those functional constructions</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN /><SPAN><SPAN>made usually for purposes other than creating</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN /><SPAN><SPAN> human shelter.</SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN /><SPAN /></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN>Object - The term "object" is used to distinguish from </SPAN><SPAN /><SPAN><SPAN>buildings and structures those constructions </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN /><SPAN><SPAN>that are primarily artistic in nature or are relatively</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN /><SPAN><SPAN>small in scale and simply constructed. Although </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN /><SPAN><SPAN>it may be, by nature or design,</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN /><SPAN><SPAN> movable, an object is associated with a specific</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN /><SPAN><SPAN>setting or environment.</SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN /></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN>District-A district possesses a significant concentration,</SPAN><SPAN /><SPAN><SPAN>linkage, or continuity of sites, buildings, structures,</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN /><SPAN><SPAN>or objects united historically or aesthetically </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN /><SPAN>by plan or physical development.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>These definitions are per the National Register Bulletin: How to Complete the National Registration Form. For more info on national historic registration, visit: </SPAN><A href="http://www.nps.gov/nr/publications/bulletins/nrb16a/nrb16a_III.htm"><SPAN><SPAN>http://www.nps.gov/nr/publications/bulletins/nrb16a/nrb16a_III.htm</SPAN></SPAN></A></P><P><SPAN /></P><P><SPAN /></P></DIV></DIV></DIV> |