Defining Boundaries for National Register Properties, National Register of Historic Places Bulletin (Nrb 21/12)

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By
Donna J. Seifert
including
Barbara Little, Beth L. Savage, and John H. Sprinkle, Jr.
1995
Revised 1997

Photo Credits: (Top Left) Detail of USGS map showing the National Register boundaries of the Columbia Historic District in Cedarburg, Wisconsin. (Top Right) View of Architect Marcel Breuer's International Style home in Lincoln, Massachusetts. (Photo by Ruth Williams) (Bottom left) View of the Roxborough State Park Archeological District near Waterton, Colorado. (Photo by William Tate) (Bottom Right) Detail of a 1987 land survey map defining the property boundaries of Gunston Hall in Buncombe County, North Carolina. (Photo by Blue Ridge Land Surveying, Inc.)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREFACE

CREDITS AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I. DEFINING BOUNDARIES FOR NATIONAL REGISTER PROPERTIES

Why Boundaries are Important
Getting Help
Deciding What to Include
Factors to Consider
Selecting Boundaries
Revising Boundaries

II. DOCUMENTING BOUNDARIES

Completing Section 10, Geographical Data
The Verbal Boundary Description and Boundary Justification
Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) References
Global Positioning System (GPS)

III. CASE STUDIES

Boundaries for Buildings

Buildings in Urban Settings
Buildings in Rural Settings

Boundaries for Historic Districts

Contiguous Districts in Urban Settings
Discontiguous Districts in Urban Settings
Contiguous Districts in Rural Settings
Discontiguous Districts in Rural Settings
Parks as Districts

Boundaries for Particular Property Types

Traditional Cultural Properties
Mining Properties

Boundaries for Archeological Sites and Districts

Archeological Sites
Contiguous Archeological Districts
Discontiguous Archeological Districts
Shipwreck Sites

Boundaries for Historic Sites

Boundaries for Objects

Boundaries for Structures

IV. REFERENCES

V. NATIONAL REGISTER CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION

VI. NATIONAL REGISTER BULLETINS

APPENDIX: Definition of National Register Boundaries for Archeological Properties (formerly National Register Bulletin 12: Definition of National Register Boundaries for Archeological Properties)

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