Sample Nominations

These are good examples of listed properties in the National Register of Historic Places

National Register Review Checklists: items we look for when we review each nomination.

Johnston, Asa, Farmhouse: Conecuh County, AL
Listed: 05/21/2008
Criterion: C
Area of Significance: Architecture
Level of Significance: State
An 1842 vernacular house with vaulted ceiling dogtrot passage.

Kuchamaa: San Diego County, CA
Listed: 10/06/1992
Criterion: A
Area of Significance: Religion
An outstanding example of place associated with Native American religious values.

Ocoee Christian Church: Orange County, FL
Listed: 03/28/1997
Criteria: A & C
Area of Significance: Architecture, Exploration/Settlement, Religion
A church founded just two years after the town was settled, and significant for Carpenter Gothic style architecture.

Empire Manufacturing Co. Building: Fulton County, GA,
Listed: 2/20/2002
Criteria: A & C
Area of Significance: Architecture & Industry
Example of a simple nomination for an Art Deco industrial building.

Shields-Etheridge Farm: Jackson County, GA
Listed: 06/25/1992
Criteria: A & C
Area of Significance: Industry, Landscape Architecture, Education, Architecture, Agriculture
Example of a rural farm landscape with 65 contributing resources.

James Leavitt House: York County, ME
Listed: 09/22/2004
Criterion: C
Area of Significance: Architecture
Good example of a house nominated for architecture (Greek Revival).

Pine Grove Cemetery: Worcester County, MA
Listed: 03/12/2008
Criteria: A & C
Area of Significance: Art, Community Planning and Development, Landscape Architecture, and Social History
Pine Grove Cemetery, the oldest remaining link to Leominster's early history, was established in
1742. It possesses integrity of location, design, setting, matfrials, workmanship, feeling, and
association.

Apartment Buildings on the North End of the Paseo Boulevard in Kansas City, Missouri MPS Kansas City, MO
Accepted: 10/22/02
A Multiple Property Submission for apartment buidlings

Bennett Avenue Historic District: St. Louis County, MO
Listed: 03/20/2008
Criterion: A
Area of Significance: Black History
Example of an African-American historic district.

Kansas City Terminal Railway Company Roundhouse Historic District: Jackson County, MO
Listed: 01/26/2001
Criteria: A & C
Area of Significance: Transportation, Architecture
A collection of some of the few remaining railroad maintenance buildings and structures from the era of steam powered rail travel in Kansas City

Garden Bowl: Wayne County, MI
Listed: 07/03/2008
Criterion: C
Area of Significance: Entertainment/Recreation
Detroit's oldest operating bowling alley.

Port Oneida Rural Historic Landscape: Leelanau County, MI
Listed: 6/27/1997
Criterion: A
Area of Significance: Agriculture, European, Exploration/Settlement
This property is a good example of a rural historic landscape
Text of nomination/ photographs in nomination

Omaha Star, The: Douglas County, NE
Listed: 12/27/2007
Criteria: A & B
Area of Significance: Communications, Social History, Black
A commercial building for the Omaha Star newspaper owned and operated by an African-American woman, Mildred Brown

Marion Steam Shovel: Genessee County, NY
Listed: 02/22/2008
Criterion: C
Area of Significance: Engineering
The first steam shovel listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

Nakashima, George, House, Studio and Workshop: Bucks County, PA
Listed: 8/14/2008
Criteria: A & C
Area of Significance: Art
The property contains many fine examples of International Style buildings with interiors and a landscape setting that complement and reflect Nakashima's craftsmanship.

Agricultural Resources of Pennsylvania Multiple Property Submission Cover Document: accepted 08/07/2007
A multiple property submission cover document on Pennsylvania's agricultural resources.

• Multiple Property Form
• I. Introduction
• II. Agriculture in the Settlement Period to c1840
• III. Northern Tier Grasslands
• IV. North and West Branch Susquehanna River Valleys
• V. Central Limestone Valleys
• VI. Allegheny Mountains Plateau
• VII. Potter County Potato and Cannery Crops
• VIII. River Valleys Tobacco
• Geographical Data
• Statement of Method
• Property Types

Florence Downtown Historic District: Florence County, SC
Listed: 7/02/08
Criteria: A & C
Area of Significance: Architecture, Commerce
Example of a historic district.

North Anderson Historic District: Anderson County, SC
Listed: 7/31/08
Criteria: A & C
Area of Significance: Architecture, Community Planning and Development
Example of a 20th Century residential historic district.

Bell Witch Cave: Robertson County, TN
Listed: 03/21/2008
Criterion: A
Area of Significance: Entertainment/Recreation
An example of a historic site.

Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio Railroad Station and Depot: Washington County, TN
Listed: 03/27/2008
Criteria: A & C
Area of Significance: Transportation, Architecture
An example of rail related property.