States, Tribes, Federal agencies, certified local governments and the general public have been nominating properties to the National Register of Historic Places since its creation in 1966 with the National Historic Preservation Act. The National Register of Historic Places serves as national inventory of historically significant sites, buildings, structures, objects and districts. The inventory is growing annually with the addition of more properties determined eligible and is constantly being updated. Location information is collected with each nomination, however the accuracy and quality of this data changes over time.
This feature class (CR or Cultural Resources point) describes properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places, classified as historic buildings, and depicted as points. The National Register of Historic Places requires the submission a single coordinate pair for properties under 10 acres. Resources are identified as one of the following feature types: buildings, districts, objects, sites, and structures. A building, such as a house, barn, church, hotel, or similar construction, is created principally to shelter any form of human activity. A building may also be used to refer to a historically and functionally related unit, such as a courthouse and jail or a house and barn. Buildings include: houses, barns, stables, sheds, garages, courthouses, city halls, social halls, commercial buildings, libraries, factories, mills, train depots, stationary mobile homes, hotels, theaters, schools, stores and churches. A district possesses a significant concentration, linkage, or continuity of sites, buildings, structures, or objects united historically or aesthetically by plan or physical development. Districts include: college campuses, central business districts, residential areas, commercial areas, large forts, industrial complexes, civic centers, rural villages, canal systems, collections of habitation and limited activity sites, irrigation systems, large farms, ranches, estates, plantations, transportation networks and large landscaped parks. An object is a feature that is primarily artistic in nature or is relatively small in scale and simply constructed. Although an object may be, by nature or design moveable, an object is associated with a specific setting or environment. Objects include: sculpture, monuments, boundary markers, statuary and fountains. A site is the location of a significant event, a prehistoric or historic occupation or activities, or a building or structure, whether standing, ruined or vanished, where the location itself possess historic, cultural or archaeological value regardless of the value of any existing structure. Sites include: habitation sites, rock shelters, village sites, ceremonial sites, petroglyphs, gardens, grounds, battlefields, ruins of historic buildings and structures, campsites, areas of land, shipwrecks, cemeteries, designed landscapes, archaeological sites and landscapes having cultural significance. A structure is a building whose functional construction is made usually for purposes other than creating human shelter. Structures include: bridges, tunnels, gold dredges, fire towers, canals, turbines, dams, power plants, corncribs, silos, roadways, shot towers, windmills, grain elevators, kilns, mounds, cairns, palisade fortifications, earthworks, railroad grades, systems of roadways and paths, boats and ships, railroad locomotives and cars, telescopes, carousels, bandstands, gazebos and aircraft. Attribute data in this dataset are intentionally limited to those necessary for spatial data maintenance and feature level metadata necessary to document the lineage of the geography itself.
The National Register of Historic Places is the official Federal list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects significant in American history, architecture, archaeology, engineering and culture. The National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 authorized the National Register of Historic Places, expanding Federal recognition to historic properties of local and State significance. The National Park Service in the US Department of the Interior administers both programs. The National Historic Preservation Act authorizes State and Tribal Historic Preservation Officers (SHPOs/THPOs) in each Tribe, State and Territory of the United States to nominate properties to the National Register of Historic Places and to carry out other preservation activities. Federal Preservation Officers (FPOs) have been designated in Federal agencies to nominate Federal properties and to fulfill other responsibilities under the Act. Properties listed in the National Register of Historic Places possess historic significance and integrity and take the form of either a building, site, structure, object or district. Properties listed on or eligible for the National Register of Historic Places must receive consideration based on the National Historic Preservation Act prior to any undertaking involving Federal monies. Additionally, properties listed on or eligible for the National Register may receive grants, tax credits and other benefits based on their status under the National Historic Preservation Act.
Since its inception in 1966, more than 88,000 properties have been listed in the National Register of Historic Places, and cataloged in the National Register Information System. Together these records hold information on more than 1.4 million individual resources--buildings, sites, districts, structures, and objects--and therefore provide a link to the country's heritage at the national, state, and local levels. This dataset represents the historic buildings delineated as points (under 10 acres), stored in the National Register Information System.
Data covers resources listed on the National Register of Historic Places between 1966 and the date of publication.
This dataset represents the unrestricted historic sites delineated as points, listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Some properties are listed on the National Register of Historic Places with locations restricted for public release. Restricted data is not included in this dataset and must be requested in writing to the National Park Service, National Register program.
Locational accuracy varies depending upon how the locational data was originally recorded. The National Register of Historic Places requires the submission of a single coordinate pair for properties under 10 acres and a set of coordinate pairs representing a general bounding area for properties over 10 acres. Coordinate pairs are not checked for accuracy. Datum information is not collected related to the coordinate pairs. Users should consult the feature level metadata attributes to determine the appropriateness of the data for specific tasks. Release of locational information for cultural resources are subject to the provisions of Section 304 of the National Historic Preservation Act as Amended and Section (9)(a)(2) of the Archeological Resources Protection Act as Amended.
1201 Eye St., NW
Boundary | Coordinate |
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West | -177.350480 (latitude) |
East | 172.906387 (latitude) |
North | 71.297293 (longitude) |
South | -14.543028 (longitude) |
Historic buildings are resources such as a house, barn, church, hotel or similar construction principally created to shelter any form of human activity. Historic buildings may also refer to a historically and functionally related unit, such as a courthouse and jail or a house and barn. These may be locations of a house, barn, stable, shed, garage, courthouse, city hall, social hall, commercial building, library, factory, mill, train depot, stationary mobile home, hotel, theater, school, store or church. The attributes associated with the geography in this dataset represent the National Park Service cultural resource spatial data transfer standards and document the lineage of the geography itself. No attributes describing the buildings or features themselves is included in this dataset. Descriptive information is intended to link to the geography via the National Register reference number.
Historic buildings are a resource created principally to shelter any form of human activity, such as a house. These resources would include features such as: farmhouses, homesites, mansions, churches, museums (if the building is historic), courthouses, offices, prisons, train depots, etc. Historic buildings most often function primarily as dwellings. The point may represent the center of the building, an entrance, etc., while the polygon may represent the building footprint.
National Register of Historic Places
Internal feature number.
ESRI
Feature geometry.
ESRI
OPTIONAL: Historic name, ethnographic name, or site name for the cultural resource.
Cultural Resources Subcommittee, NPS GIS Council
MANDATORY: Description of the type of point drawn to represent each historic building.
Value | Definition |
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Entrance point |
Entrance point |
Definition Source: NPS Cultural Resources GIS Facility |
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Center point |
Center point |
Definition Source: NPS Cultural Resources GIS Facility |
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Facade point |
Facade point |
Definition Source: NPS Cultural Resources GIS Facility |
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Corner point |
Corner point |
Definition Source: NPS Cultural Resources GIS Facility |
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Random point |
Random point |
Definition Source: NPS Cultural Resources GIS Facility |
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Generalized point |
Generalized point |
Definition Source: NPS Cultural Resources GIS Facility |
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Other point |
Other point |
Definition Source: NPS Cultural Resources GIS Facility |
Cultural Resources Subcommittee, NPS GIS Council
MANDITORY IF APPLICABLE: Other basis for plotting the point.
Cultural Resources Subcommittee, NPS GIS Council
MANDATORY: Indicates if the historic building is extant.
Value | Definition |
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TRUE |
Building appears intact. |
Definition Source: Cultural Resources Subcommittee, NPS GIS Council |
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FALSE |
Nothing remains of the building. |
Definition Source: Cultural Resources Subcommittee, NPS GIS Council |
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Unknown |
No estimate can be made. |
Definition Source: Cultural Resources Subcommittee, NPS GIS Council |
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Partial |
Portion of the historic building remains intact. |
Definition Source: Cultural Resources Subcommittee, NPS GIS Council |
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Other |
There are some other circumstances that may provide for a different assessment of extant. Indicate the basis in the text field "Extant_other" |
Definition Source: Cultural Resources Subcommittee, NPS GIS Council |
Cultural Resources Subcommittee, NPS GIS Council
MANDATORY IF APPLICABLE: Other extant assessment in terms relevant to the site
Cultural Resources Subcommittee, NPS GIS Council
MANDATORY: Flag field to indicate if the resource contributes to a larger district or landscape
Value | Definition |
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Yes |
The resource contributes to a historic district or landscape |
Definition Source: Cultural Resource Subcommittee, NPS GIS Council |
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No |
The resource is a non-contributing element in a larger historic district or landscape |
Definition Source: Cultural Resource Subcommittee, NPS GIS Council |
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Not Applicable |
The resources does not contribute to a larger historic district or landscape, yet is historic or significant by itself |
Definition Source: Cultural Resource Subcommittee, NPS GIS Council |
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Unknown |
It is not possible to determine whether the resource contributes to a larger historic district or landscape |
Definition Source: Cultural Resource Subcommittee, NPS GIS Council |
Cultural Resource Subcommittee, NPS GIS Council
MANDATORY: The restriction status on the release of the locational data.
Value | Definition |
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Unrestricted |
No restrictions on the distribution of spatial data. |
Definition Source: Cultural Resources Subcommittee, NPS GIS Council |
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Restricted: No third party disclosure |
Spatial data has limited distribution to only requestor. |
Definition Source: Cultural Resources Subcommittee, NPS GIS Council |
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Restricted: Originating agency concurrence |
Originating agency must concurr before data is distributed. |
Definition Source: Cultural Resources Subcommittee, NPS GIS Council |
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Restricted: Affected cultural group concurrence |
Affected or affiliated cultural group must concurr before data is distributed. |
Definition Source: Cultural Resources Subcommittee, NPS GIS Council |
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Restricted: No release |
Spatial data is not to be released |
Definition Source: Cultural Resources Subcommittee, NPS GIS Council |
Cultural Resources Subcommittee, NPS GIS Council
MANDATORY: Document, GPS file, database table, or image from which the geometry was derived or digitized.
Cultural Resources Subcommittee, NPS GIS Council
MANDATORY: Date associated with the document, image, GPS file, or other data used to create the spatial data.
Cultural Resources Subcommittee, NPS GIS Council
MANDATORY: Original scale at which the cultural resource was mapped.
Cultural Resources Subcommittee, NPS GIS Council
MANDATORY: Level of horizontal accuracy at which the cultural resource was mapped.
Cultural Resources Subcommittee, NPS GIS Council
MANDATORY IF APPLICABLE: An estimate of the measurement error in the vertical direction for 3-D geometries
Value | Definition |
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Unknown |
The amount of vertical error is not known |
Definition Source: NPS GIS Council |
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Not Applicable |
Vertical data was not collected, therfore vertical error is not applicable |
Definition Source: NPS GIS Council |
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>10 meters |
Vertical error is greater than 10 meters |
Definition Source: NPS GIS Council |
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>5 meters <=10 meters |
Vertical error is greater than five meters but less than or equal to 10 meters |
Definition Source: NPS GIS Council |
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>1 meter <=5 meters |
Vertical error is greater than one meter but less than or equal to five meters |
Definition Source: NPS GIS Council |
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>15 centimeters <=1 meter |
Vertical error is greater than 15 centimeters but less than or equal to one meter |
Definition Source: NPS GIS Council |
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<= 15 centimeters |
Vertical error is less than or equal to 15 centimeters |
Definition Source: NPS GIS Council |
NPS GIS Council
MANDATORY: The original coordinate system the cultural resource was mapped.
Cultural Resources Subcommittee, NPS GIS Council
MANDATORY: Indicator of how the cultural resource spatial data was collected or created.
Value | Definition |
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Differential GPS |
Differential GPS |
Definition Source: Cultural Resources Subcommittee, NPS GIS Council |
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Autonomous GPS |
Autonomous GPS |
Definition Source: Cultural Resources Subcommittee, NPS GIS Council |
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Digitized |
Digitized |
Definition Source: Cultural Resources Subcommittee, NPS GIS Council |
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Derived by XY event point or centroid generation |
Derived by XY event point or centroid generation |
Definition Source: Cultural Resources Subcommittee, NPS GIS Council |
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Geo-coded |
Geo-coded |
Definition Source: Cultural Resources Subcommittee, NPS GIS Council |
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Other |
Other |
Definition Source: Cultural Resources Subcommittee, NPS GIS Council |
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Total Station |
Total Station |
Definition Source: Cultural Resources Subcommittee, NPS GIS Council |
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Theodolite |
Theodolite |
Definition Source: Cultural Resources Subcommittee, NPS GIS Council |
Cultural Resources Subcommittee, NPS GIS Council
MANDATORY IF APPLICABLE: Other basis for creating the spatial data
Cultural Resources Subcommittee, NPS GIS Council
MANDATORY IF APPLICABLE: Date the geometry was initially created
NPS GIS Council
MANDATORY: Last date of edit or update to the spatial data or its feature class attribute table.
Cultural Resources Subcommittee, NPS GIS Council
MANDATORY: Full name of the editor of the spatial data or its feature class attribute table.
Building Footprint Subcommittee, NPS GIS Council
MANDATORY: Name or institution responsible for creating the cultural resource spatial data.
Cultural Resources Subcommittee, NPS GIS Council
MANDATORY: Statement on the appropriate use of the spatial data
Cultural Resources Subcommittee, NPS GIS Council
OPTIONAL: Comment regarding the particular feature or the spatial data associated with it.
Cultural Resources Subcommittee, NPS GIS Council
Any records indicated with a restriction level other than "Unrestricted" must not be shared or distributed in any manner or format and the user must inform a point of contact immediately.
1201 Eye St., NW
1201 Eye St., NW
Users should consult the feature level metadata attributes to determine the appropriateness of the data for specific tasks. Release of locational information for cultural resources are subject to the provisions of Section 304 of the National Historic Preservation Act as Amended and Section (9)(a)(2) of the Archaeological Resources Protection Act as Amended.
There are no limitations on the use of the metadata