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 National Register Bulletin How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation

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U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service

PDF of: How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation bulletin (13 MB)

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By the staff of the National Register of Historic Places
finalized by Patrick W. Andrus
edited by Rebecca H. Shrimpton
1990
Revised 1991, 1995, 1997
Revised for Internet 1995, 2001, 2002


Photo Credits: (clockwise from top left) Frederick Douglass Home, Washington, D.C. (Walter Smalling, Jr.); Francis Canyon Ruin, Blanco vicinity, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico (John Samuelson); Main Street/Market Square Historic District, Houston, Harris County, Texas(Paul Hester); Bridge in Cherrytree Township, Venago County, Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania Department of Transportation)
Note:Except for the above illustrations, the photographs and captions found in the printed version of How to Apply the National Register Criteria are omitted from this electronic version.

Table of Contents

Mission

Preface

I. Introduction

II. National Register Criteria for Evaluation

III. How to Use this Bulletin to Evaluate a Property

IV. How to Define Categories of Historic Properties

V. How to Evaluate a Property Within its Historic Context

VI. How to Identify the Type of Significance of a Property

VII. How to Apply the Criteria Considerations

VIII. How to Evaluate the Integrity of a Property

IX. Summary of the National Historic Landmarks Criteria for Evaluation

X. Glossary

XI. List of National Register Bulletins

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