Criteria
According to the National Register of Historic Places for a building to become a historic house, an individual must nominate the building, site or space and provide sufficient documentation to justify reasoning. Following this, a four step criteria must be followed:
- A notable event must be evident, and also have made a significant contribution to the history of the community or country.
- A person/group of people of the place of interest must hold significance.
- The design and construction of the building should hold some form of artistic significance and/or be unique to that era.
- It must have the potential to be able to educate and inform modern audiences, and most importantly be relevant to history.
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