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AppendixE Lafayette Register of Historic Places – Application Packet (09/00) APPENDIX E Guidelines for Determining Significance The following questions should be considered when evaluating the significance of a property and developing the statement of significance. Incorporate in the narrative the answers to the questions directly pertaining to the property’s historic significance and integrity. BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES, AND OBJECTS A. If the property is significant for its association with historic events, what are the historically significant events or patterns of activity associated with the property? Does the existing building, object, or structure reflect in a tangible way the important historical associations? How have alterations or additions contributed to or detracted from the resource’s ability to convey the feeling and association of the significant historic period? B. If the property is significant because of its association with an individual, how long and when was the individual associated with the property and during what period in his or her life? What were the individual’s significant contributions during the period of association? Are there other resources in the vicinity also having strong associations with the individual? If so, compare their significance and associations to that of the property being documented. C. If the property is significant for architectural, landscape, aesthetic, or other physical qualities, what are those qualities and why are they significant? Does the property retain enough of its significant design to convey these qualities? If not, how have additions or alterations contributed to or detracted from the significance of the resource? D. Does the property have possible archaeological significance and to what extent has this significance been considered? E. Does the property possess attributes that could be studied to extract important information? For example: does it contain tools, equipment, furniture, refuse, or other materials that could provided information about the social organization of ---PAGE BREAK--- AppendixE its occupants, their relations with other persons and groups, or their daily lives? Has the resource been rebuilt or added to in ways that reveal changing concepts of style or beauty? F. If the property is no longer at its original location, why did the move occur? How does the new location affect the historical and architectural integrity of the property? HISTORIC SITES A. How does the property related to the significant event, occupation, or activity that took place there? B. How have alterations such as the destruction of original buildings, changes in land use, and changes in foliage or topography affected the integrity of the site and its ability to convey its significant associations? For example, if the forested site of a treaty signing is now a park in a suburban development, the site may have lost much of its historic integrity and may not be eligible for the Lafayette Register. C. In what ways does the event that occurred here reflect the broad patterns of Lafayette history and why is it significant? ARCHITECTURAL AND HISTORIC DISTRICTS: A. What are the physical features and characteristics that distinguish the district, including architectural styles, building materials, building types, street patterns, topography, functions and land uses, and spatial organization? B. What are the origins and key events in the historical development of the district? Are any architects, builders, designers, or planners important to the district’s development? C. Does the district convey a sense of historic and architectural cohesiveness through its design, setting, materials, workmanship, or association? D. How do the architectural styles or elements within the district contribute to the feeling of time and place? What period of periods of significance are reflected by the district? E. How have significant individuals or events contributed to the development of the district? F. How has the district affected the historical development of the community, region, or State? How does it reflect the history of the community, region, or State? G. How have intrusions and noncontributing structures and buildings affected the district’s ability to convey a sense of significance? ---PAGE BREAK--- AppendixE H. What are the qualities that distinguish the district from its surroundings? I. How does the district compare to similar areas in the locality, region, or State? J. If there are any preservation or restoration activities in the district, how do they affect the significance of the district? K. Does the district contain any resources outside the period of significance that are contributing? If so, identify and explain their importance. L. If the district has industrial significance, how do the industrial functions or processes represented relate to the broader industrial or technological development of the locality, region, State, or nation? How important were entrepreneurs, engineers, designers, and planners who contributed to the development of the district? How do the remaining buildings, structures, sites, and objects within the district reflect industrial production or process? M. If the district is rural, how are the natural and manmade elements of the district linked historically or architecturally, functionally, or by a common ethnic or social background? How does the open space constitute or unite significant features of the district? N. Does the district have any resources of possible archaeological significance? If so, what are they?