COMMON TERMINOLOGY
State/National Register Terminology 1 2 Area of Significance - an aspect of historic development in which a property made contributions for which it meets the National Register criteria, such as architecture, entertainment or recreation. Character-Defining Features - the elements that account for the overall shape of the building, its materials, craftsmanship, decorative details, interior spaces and features, as well as the various aspects of its site and environment. Compatible Feature - a prominent or distinctive aspect, quality, or characteristic of a cultural landscape that contributes significantly to its physical character. Land use patterns, vegetation, furnishings, decorative details and materials may be such features.
Contributing Resource - a building, site, structure, object, or feature adding to the significance of a property.
Designation Boundary - the boundary defined by the Landmarks Board and City Council that encompasses a historic property. This boundary represents a physical area in which any future alterations have historic preservation review associated with them.
Eligibility - ability of a property to meet the State/National Register criteria.
Evaluation Criteria - the established criteria for evaluating the eligibility of properties for inclusion in the State Register and National Register of Historic Places and its level of significance—local, state, or national. Historic Context - information about historic properties based on a shared theme, specific time period and geographical area. Landscape Characteristics - the tangible and intangible aspects of a landscape from a historic period; these aspects individually and collectively give a space its historic character and aid in understanding its historical importance. Local Landmark - a local area or building that has been determined to have a special character and historic, architectural, or aesthetic or value to the city. Period of Significance - the span of time in which a property attained the significance for which it meets the State and/or National Register criteria, and/or Local Landmarks criteria.
Property Type - a grouping of properties defined by common physical and associative attributes.
Integrity 3 Integrity is the ability of a property to convey its significance. It is assessed to determine if the characteristics that shaped the property during the period of significance are present as they were historically. Location is the place where the historic property was constructed or the place where the historic event occurred.
Materials are the physical elements that were combined or deposited during a particular period of time and in a particular pattern or configuration to form a historic property. Workmanship is the physical evidence of the crafts of a particular culture or people during any given period in history or prehistory.
Feeling is a property’s expression of the aesthetic or historic sense of a particular period of time.
Setting is the physical environment of a historic property.
Association is the direct link between an important historic event or person and a historic property.
Design is the combination of elements that create the form, plan, space, structure, and style of a property.
1 United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, “National Register Bulletin 15: How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation” (Washington DC: Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 1997); Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, History Colorado. “How to Nominate a Property to the State Register.” (Denver, CO: History Colorado, 2018). 2 Charles A. Birnbaum and Christine Capella Peters, The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties with Guidelines for the Treatment of Cultural Landscapes (Washington DC: Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 1996). 3 Ibid.
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