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<br />Research may reveal that a proper,
<br />significant in other historic contexts or
<br />is significant at a higher level. For
<br />example, a property previously
<br />recognized as of local significance could
<br />be found to be of national significance.
<br />A change in location or condition of a
<br />registered property may mean that the
<br />property is no longer significant for the
<br />reasons for which it was registered and
<br />the property should be deleted from the
<br />registered list.
<br />Public Availobility
<br />Lists of registered properties should
<br />be readily available for public use, and
<br />information on registered properties
<br />should be distributed on a regular basis.
<br />Lists of properties registered nationally
<br />are distributed through publication in
<br />the Federal Register and to
<br />Congressional Offices and State Historic
<br />Preservation Offices. Comprehensive
<br />information should be stored and
<br />maintained for public use at designated
<br />national. State and local authorities
<br />open to the public on a regular basis.
<br />Information should be retrievable by
<br />the property name, and location, historic
<br />context or property type. The specific
<br />location of properties that may be
<br />threatened by dissemination of that
<br />information must be withheld. These
<br />may include fragile archeological
<br />properties or properties such as religious
<br />sites, structures, or objects whose
<br />cultural value would be compromised by
<br />Public knowledge of the property
<br />location.
<br />Recommended Sources of Technical
<br />M formation
<br />How to Complete Notional Register Forms.
<br />National Register Division, National Park
<br />Service. U.S. Department of the Interior, 1977.
<br />Washington, D.C. Available through the
<br />Superintendent of Documents, US
<br />Government Printing Office, Washington,
<br />D.C. 20402. CPO Stock Number 024-005-
<br />00669 -4. This publication is the standard
<br />reference on the documentation requirements
<br />of the National Register of Historic Pieces
<br />program.
<br />How Ta Series. Available through the
<br />National Register Branch, Interagency
<br />Resources Division, National Park Service,
<br />Department of the Interior 20240. These
<br />information shells contain supplementary
<br />information about interpreting the Naaonul
<br />Register criteria for evaluation and
<br />documentation requirements of the National
<br />Register registration program. Title include:
<br />How To Establish Boundaries for National
<br />Register Properties,
<br />How To Evaluate and Nominate Potential
<br />National Register Properties That Have
<br />Achieved Significance Within the Last so
<br />Years.
<br />How To Improve the Quality of Photographs
<br />for National Register Nominelions.
<br />flow To Apply for Certification of
<br />Significance Under Section 2124 of the Tax
<br />Reform Act of 1976.
<br />How To Apply for Certification of Stale and
<br />Local Statutes and historic Districts.
<br />How To Qualify Historic Properties Under
<br />the New Federal Law Affecting Easements.
<br />Note on Documentation and Treatment
<br />of Historic Properties
<br />Documentation and treatment of
<br />historic properties includes a variety of
<br />techniques to preserve or protect
<br />properties. or to document their historic
<br />values and information. While
<br />documentation activities may be applied
<br />to any potentially historic, property,
<br />generally only those properties that first
<br />have been evaluated as significant
<br />against specified criteria (such as those
<br />of the National Register) are treated.
<br />Some commonly applied treatments are
<br />preservation in place, rehabilitation,
<br />restoration and stabilization; there are
<br />other types of treatments also.
<br />Documentation and treatment may be
<br />applied to the same property; for
<br />example, archeological, historical, and
<br />architectural documentation may be
<br />prepared before a structure is stabilized
<br />or before foundations or chimneys or
<br />other lost features are reconstructed.
<br />Alternatives for treatment will usually
<br />be available, and care should be applied
<br />in choosing among them. Preservation in
<br />place is generally preferable to moving a
<br />property. Over time. the preferred
<br />treatment for a property may change: for
<br />example, an archeological site intended
<br />for preservation in place may begin to
<br />erode so that a combination of
<br />archeological documentation and
<br />stabilization may be required. If a
<br />decision is made that a particular
<br />property will not be preserved in place,
<br />the need for documentation must then
<br />be considered.
<br />The three sets of documentation
<br />standards (i.e., the Standards for
<br />Historical Documentation, Standards for
<br />Architectural and Engineering
<br />Documentation, and Standards for
<br />Archeological Documentation) as well
<br />as the Standards for Historic
<br />Preservation Projects (Acquisition,
<br />Preservation, Stabilization, Protection,
<br />Rehabilitation, Restoration, and
<br />Reconstruction) describe the lechniques
<br />of several disciplines to treat historic
<br />properties, and to document or preserve
<br />information about their historical
<br />values. The integration of planning for
<br />documentation and treatment with their
<br />execution is accomplished in a
<br />statement of objectives, or research
<br />design. Because both the goals and
<br />appropriate methodologies are likely to
<br />be interdisciplinary in nature, the
<br />relationship among these various
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<br />activities should be specified in the
<br />research design to ensure that the
<br />resulting documentation produces a
<br />comprehensive record of historic
<br />properties in an efficient manner.
<br />Secretary of the Interior's Standards for
<br />Historical Documentation
<br />Historical documentation provides
<br />important information related to the
<br />significance of a property for use by
<br />historians, researchers, preservationists .
<br />architects, and historical archeologists.
<br />Research is used early in planning to
<br />gather information needed to identify
<br />and evaluate properties. (These
<br />activities are discussed in the Standards
<br />and Guidelines for Preservation
<br />Planning and the Standards and
<br />Guidelines for Identification.) Historical
<br />documentation is also a treatment that
<br />can be applied in several ways to
<br />properties previously evaluated as
<br />significant; it may be used in
<br />conjunction with other treatment
<br />activities (as the basis for rehabilitation
<br />plans or interpretive programs, for
<br />example) or as a final treatment to
<br />Preserve information in cases of
<br />threatened property destruction. These
<br />Standards concern the use of research
<br />and documentation as a treatment.
<br />Standard L Historical Documentation
<br />Follows a Research Design That
<br />Responds to Needs Identified in the
<br />Planning Process
<br />Historical documentation is
<br />undertaken to make a detailed record of
<br />the significance of a property for
<br />research and interpretive purposes and
<br />for conservation of information in cases
<br />of threatened property destruction.
<br />Documentation must have defined
<br />objectives so that proposed work may
<br />be assessed to determine whether the
<br />resulting documentation will meet needs
<br />identified in the planning process. The
<br />research design or statement of
<br />objectives is a formal statement of how
<br />the needs identified in the plan are to be
<br />addressed in a specific documentation
<br />Project. This is the framework that
<br />guides the selection of methods and
<br />evaluation of results, and specifics the
<br />relationship of the historirnl
<br />documentation efforts to other proposed
<br />treatment activities.
<br />Standards 11. Flistorical OOCUrnentatimt
<br />Employs an Appropriate Melhodology
<br />to Obtain the Information Required by
<br />The Research Design
<br />Methods and techniques of historical
<br />research should be chosen to obtain
<br />needed information in the most efficient
<br />way. Techniques should be carefully
<br />selected and the sources should be
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