Historic significance definition
Historic significance means value in relation to historical, architectural, archaeological, engineering, technological, or cultural disciplines.
Historic significance means character, interest or value as part of the development, heritage, or culture of the community, county, state or country; as the location of an important local, county, state or national event; or through identification with a person or persons who made an important contribution to the development of the community, county, state or country.
Historic significance means that the Director has determined that the unmarked burial site or unregistered grave has yielded or is likely to yield information concerning past patterns of human settlement, or artifacts or information concerning cultures in Illinois of more than 100 years ago.
More Definitions of Historic significance
Historic significance means the attributes of a designated landmark or historic district that possess integrity of design, location, setting, materials, workmanship and association and that are associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of the City's history, or that are associated with the lives of persons significant in the City's past, or that embody the distinctive characteristics of a type, period or method of construction, or that represent a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction, or that have yielded or are likely to yield information important in prehistory or history. Cemeteries, birthplaces or graves of historic figures, properties owned by religious institutions or used for religious purposes, structures that have been moved from their original locations, reconstructed historic buildings, properties primarily commemorative in nature, and properties that have achieved significance within the past fifty years, shall not be considered to be of historic significance, unless they are integral parts of the districts that meet the above criteria or if they fall within the following categories:
Historic significance means some special or important past.
Historic significance means the importance of a property to the history, architecture, archeology, engineering, or culture of a community, state, or the nation. It is achieved through association with events, activities or patterns; association with important persons; distinctive physical characteristics of design, construction, or form; or potential to yield important information.