**APPLICATION FOR INCLUSION OF A PROPERTY**

**IN THE U.S. WORLD HERITAGE TENTATIVE LIST**

**PURPOSE OF THIS APPLICATION**

The National Park Service Office of International Affairs is working
together with the George Wright Society to draft the new U.S. World
Heritage Tentative List (Tentative List) of sites that will serve as the
inventory of properties in the United States which the U.S. considers
suitable for inscription on the World Heritage List. The Tentative List
is being prepared with the involvement of property owners and other
stakeholders, including the public, to guide U.S. nomination of future
sites for inscription on the World Heritage List.

This **Application** is available to be filled out on a strictly
voluntary basis by or for property owners of nationally important sites.
Information provided by all the submitted applications will form the
foundation for Department of the Interior decisions on which sites to
include in the new Tentative List. Property owners who wish their
properties to be considered for addition to the U.S. Tentative List must
submit their completed applications on or before April 1, 2007.

**GENERAL INFORMATION**

**Background:**

The World Heritage Convention was initiated in 1973 to organize
international cooperation for the recognition and protection of the
world's natural and cultural heritage, first and foremost for sites
inscribed in the World Heritage List established by the Convention, but
also for all the heritage of humanity. The World Heritage Convention
today has 182 signatory countries.

World Heritage Sites are internationally recognized through UNESCO
(United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) as
the most outstanding examples of the world's cultural and natural
heritage. Currently, there are 830 World Heritage Sites in 138
countries. There are 20 World Heritage Sites in the United States, of
which 8 are designated for culture and 12 for nature. The U.S. is among
the top 10 of countries in terms of the number of sites on the World
Heritage List.

A Tentative List is a national list of natural and cultural properties
that a country believes appear to meet the eligibility criteria for
nomination to the World Heritage List. It is an annotated list of
candidate sites which a country intends to nominate within a given time
period. (A section of the World Heritage Centre's website, which is
accessible at **http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelist,** provides
information on the Tentative List process and access to the current
lists of other countries.)

The U.S. is now updating its Tentative List to serve as a guide for at
least the next decade (2009-2019) of U.S. nominations to the World
Heritage List. The Tentative List will be structured so as to meet the
World Heritage Committee's December 2004 request that any one nation
nominate no more than two sites per year, at least one of which must be
a natural nomination. The number of individual sites planned to be
included in the new U.S. Tentative List may be somewhat larger than 20
to permit discretion in selecting nominations and because some sites may
become grouped together as a single nomination, e.g., to represent
jointly an important historical theme or shared ecological relationship.

**Introduction:**

The National Park Service Office of International Affairs, working on
behalf of the Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks of the
Department of the Interior and together with the George Wright Society,
is soliciting recommendations of sites to be considered for the
inventory of properties which the U.S. considers suitable for
inscription on the World Heritage List. This document provides both a
general explanation of the project to prepare the new Tentative List and
an **Application**, which is designed to solicit public participation in
the process to develop the new list. Additional information appears in
the document **"U.S. World Heritage Tentative List:** **Questions and
Answers**." Directions to sources of detailed advice are also provided
there.
**(http://www.nps.gov/oia/topics/worldheritage/faqtentativelist.htm).**

To have a property be considered for possible inclusion on the Tentative
List, the property owner or the owner's authorized representative must
complete the attached **Application** and submit it no later than April
1, 2007. The National Park Service will use the submitted information to
help determine whether a property meets the legal prerequisites for
World Heritage nomination and otherwise appears to be a strong candidate
for nomination during the next decade. If a property is selected for
possible inclusion in the Tentative List, the owner may be asked to
provide additional information on a case-by-case basis. The Department
of the Interior will make the final determination of which sites to
include in the U.S. Tentative List.

This **Application** is available on request. It is also being
distributed to all who have previously requested it. In addition, it is
available on the Office of International Affairs website at
[http://www.nps.gov/oia/worldheritage.application.htm](http://www.nps.gov/oia/worldheritage.questionnaire.htm)
and on the George Wright Society webpage at
**http://www.georgewright.org.**

The Tentative List prepared through this process will be submitted by
the Secretary of the Interior through the Secretary of State to the
World Heritage Centre of UNESCO by February 1, 2008. The United States
will become eligible to begin the process of nominating any of the sites
contained in the new Tentative List for inscription to the World
Heritage List starting in February 2009. The new Tentative List will
supersede a similar list of sites, previously referred to as the
Indicative Inventory, that was completed in 1982.

**Legal Property Rights:**

Inclusion of a property in the U.S. Tentative List or the World Heritage
List does not in any way affect the legal status of, or an owner's
rights in, a property. Final inclusion of a property in the World
Heritage List includes recognition that the property remains subject to
all U.S. laws applicable to the property.

**APPLICATION PROCESS**

U.S. law and program regulations (36 Code of Federal Regulations 73)
require that **[all property owners must concur in any World Heritage
nomination and in any proposal that their property be included in the
U.S.Tentative List.]{.underline}** Thus, to be eligible for proposing a
property for the new Tentative List, an application must include the
signatures of all the owners or their representatives.

**In the event that owners of properties that are included in the
Tentative List change their minds as to whether they wish their
properties to be considered, their properties will be withdrawn from the
Tentative List and corresponding adjustments will be made in the
composition of the Tentative List.**

**First Step: Completion of Questionnaires:**

Only owners or those authorized by owners may apply. Applicants must use
the accompanying **Application**, which may be submitted electronically
by e-mail, on paper by mail or fax, or by mailing a compact disc
containing a MS Word file.

Only a single copy is required. Please provide the necessary information
if you would like receipt of the **Application** to be acknowledged**.**

E-mail submissions should be sent to:

> [**jcharleton@contractor.nps.gov**](mailto:jcharleton@contractor.nps.gov)

Mailed submissions should be sent to:

> **U.S. World Heritage Tentative List Project**
>
> **Office of International Affairs (0050)**
>
> **1201 Eye Street, NW, Suite 550A**
>
> **U.S. National Park Service**
>
> **Washington, DC 20240**

Faxed submissions should be addressed to U.S. World Heritage Tentative
List Project and faxed to:

> Fax: 202-371-1446

To receive full consideration, completed **Applications** must be
returned on or before April 1, 2007.

**Second Step: National Park Service Evaluation of Applications and
Consultation with Owners**

Only properties whose owners submit, or authorize to have submitted on
their behalf, complete **Applications** will receive full evaluation for
possible final inclusion in the Tentative List.

The National Park Service Office of International Affairs will notify
owners of properties that appear, based on professional staff evaluation
of the initial **Application**, to be the most likely candidates for
inclusion in the Tentative List. Depending on the number of responses
received and an assessment of other factors, including the completeness
and accuracy of the information submitted, those owners may be asked to
correct or amend their original **Applications.** Joint revision of
**Applications** may be recommended in some cases, if it is being
suggested that some properties be grouped for inclusion together. Owners
of properties which are selected for the second step of the process
should be notified by May 1, 2007, with an estimated deadline for their
further responses of June 15, 2007.

Owners whose properties are not recommended for further consideration
for inclusion in the Tentative List will also be notified of the results
and provided with a statement of the reasons their properties were not
included. Owners who disagree with an initial recommendation by the
National Park Service that their properties not be selected for
inclusion in the Tentative List may submit a written response, which
will be provided to the next level of reviewers of the draft Tentative
List for their consideration.

**Third Step: Developing the Tentative List:**

The National Park Service recommendations will receive additional
reviews, including comments by interested organizations and members of
the public. After these reviews, the Secretary of the Interior, through
the Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks and in
accordance with the World Heritage program regulations, will approve and
finalize the official U.S. Tentative List and forward it to the U.S.
Department of State for submittal to the World Heritage Committee by
February 1, 2008. An accompanying

report will explain in detail the process and reasoning by which the
sites included in the final Tentative List were selected.

**Evaluation Criteria:**

The criteria that will be used in evaluating and selecting sites for
inclusion in the Tentative List will include the World Heritage
criteria, obtaining a good balance among types of sites, and technical
judgment, based on past experience, of which sites are most likely to be
favorably received by the World Heritage Committee and its Advisory
Bodies.

Some criteria for selecting sites will involve the scholarly process of
identifying "gaps" and reviewing and conducting comparative studies of
related types of sites. Comparative studies conducted by the World
Heritage Committee's Advisory Bodies on the listing of sites\--IUCN (the
World Conservation Union) and ICOMOS (the International Council on
Monuments and Sites) will be carefully consulted. Because these studies
leave unaddressed many types of sites, such as marine sites and
multi-national nominations, it will be difficult in the short term to
achieve a well balanced list for closing "gaps" in the U.S. list,
especially given the small number of sites that will be nominated during
the next decade.

Another factor in the selection process is that it is not possible to
predict in advance how many owners will complete **Applications**
requesting that individual properties be considered for the new
Tentative List and how quickly nominations for those properties that are
selected can be finalized and submitted. The number of **Applications**
that are returned will affect the task of grouping sites and developing
a long-term schedule for their consideration.

**IMPLEMENTATION OF THE U.S. TENTATIVE LIST**

Once the new Tentative List has been established, it may not be feasible
or practical to develop a schedule of the sequence for nominations that
might be offered in particular years. There are a number of
considerations that will impact that process including changes over time
in Administrations and the need to consider owners who have already
requested inclusion---in some cases a number of years ago\--and who have
already expended substantial efforts toward nominating their sites.

**HOW TO COMPLETE THIS APPLICATION**

Before completing the body of the **Application**, please review the
next few pages that deal with "Prerequisites" to determine if you should
proceed.

This **Application,** designed to obtain key information about
properties being proposed for inclusion in the U.S. World Heritage
Tentative List, is a simplified version of the World Heritage nomination
form (**Format)** **(<http://whc.unesco.org/en/nomination>)** used to
nominate properties to the World Heritage List. A few questions have
been added at the beginning to make it appropriate for use in the United
States.

Please use this **Application** as a template. If you prepare it on a
computer, you should be able to open up space between the questions so
that you can avoid the use of continuation sheets. You should also feel
free to adapt the language of the questions and your responses to fit
the circumstances of the site or sites that you are proposing (as, for
example, plural rather than singular forms).

Please try to complete the **Application** as fully as possible. If you
do not know or are not sure about how to respond to a certain question,
please indicate that you do not know the answer by noting that it is
"unknown" or "uncertain," rather than not responding at all.

For this **Application**, it is not necessary for you to include
documentation in the form of full footnotes and bibliography, but please
do give the source of any key quotations upon which you are justifying
the property's importance in the *Justification (Section 3).*

**For Additional Information and Assistance:**

A written [Guide to the U.S. World Heritage Program]{.underline}, which
includes detailed instructions on how to complete World Heritage
nominations and which follows the numbering scheme of the **Format**, is
available to help with resolving questions that arise in filling out
this **Application**. The Guide is available upon request or can be
downloaded at. <http://www.nps.gov/oia/worldheritage.application.htm>
Applicants may also find it useful to consult the **[Operational
Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage
Convention](http://whc.unesco.org/pg.cfm?cid=57)
(http://whc.unesco.org/archive/opguide05-en.pdf),** the main written
working tool on World Heritage issues at the international level.

Technical assistance and additional information about how to complete
this Application will be available from:

> James H. Charleton
>
> World Heritage Advisor
>
> Office of International Affairs
>
> National Park Service, 1201 Eye Street NW (0050)
>
> Washington, DC 20005.
>
> E-mail: [james\_
> charleton@contractor.nps.gov](mailto:james_ charleton@contractor.nps.gov).
>
> Fax 202-371-1446.

Phone inquiries may also be placed to him at 202-354-1802 or to April
Brooks at 202-354-1808.

In completing the **Application**, it will be useful for you to consult
not only with the NPS Office of International Affairs, but also to seek
advice from the U.S. International Council on Monuments and Sites
(US/ICOMOS) and the International Union for the

Conservation of Nature of the U.S. (IUCN USA), depending on the nature
of the sites being proposed. Contacts for them are:

**USICOMOS IUCN USA & Caribbean Multilateral Office**

401 F Street, NW, Suite 331 1630 Connecticut Ave. NW, 3^rd^ floor

## Washington, DC 20001 Washington, DC 20009 

202-842-1866 202-387-4826

Learned societies, museums, professional organizations, etc., may also
be asked to assist.

**OMB Control #: 1024-0250**

**Exp. Date:** 08/31/2009

**APPLICATION FOR INCLUSION OF A PROPERTY**

**IN THE U.S. WORLD HERITAGE TENTATIVE LIST**

**PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT STATEMENT:**

16 U.S.C. 470 a-1 authorizes collection of this information. This
information will be used to help the Assistant Secretary for Fish and
Wildlife and Parks prepare a "Tentative List" of candidate sites for
possible nomination to the UNESCO World Heritage List. Response to this
request is voluntary. No action may be taken against you for refusing to
supply the information requested. A Federal agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of
information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.

**ESTIMATED BURDEN STATEMENT:**

Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated
to average 64 hours per response (ranging from 40 to 120 hours,
depending on the complexity of the site), including the time for
reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining data, and completing
and reviewing the form. Direct comments regarding this burden estimate
or any other aspect of this form to the Office of International Affairs,
National Park Service, 1849 C Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20240.

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### *New Harmony, Indiana*

### Prerequisites for U.S. World Heritage Nominations

An application for a property that does not meet all of the
prerequisites A through G, or for which answers are uncertain, should
not be completed or submitted. Such a property cannot be legally
considered. If you are in doubt about the answer to all these questions
being anything other than "yes," please contact the World Heritage
Advisor at the address and phone number provided for further guidance.

**Prerequisite 1 - Legal Requirements:**

**A. National Significance:**

Has the property been formally determined to be nationally significant
for its cultural values, natural values, or both (in other words, has it
been formally designated as a National Historic Landmark, a National
Natural Landmark, or as a Federal reserve of national importance, such
as a National Park, National Monument, or National Wildlife Refuge)? If
not, are there on-going processes to achieve any of the above
designations and what is their status? *(Listing in the National
Register of Historic Places is [not]{.underline} equivalent to National
Historic Landmark status.)*

YES: \_\_\_X\_\_\_ NO: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

Comment: ***Nineteen non-contiguous properties comprise the New Harmony
National Historic Landmark District, designated in 1965.***

**B. Owner Concurrence:**

Are all the property owners aware of this proposal for the inclusion of
the property in the U.S. Tentative List and do all of the property
owners agree that it should be considered? If any agreement is uncertain
or tentative, or if the ownership situation is disputed, otherwise
complicated, or unclear, please explain the issues briefly.

YES: \_\_\_X\_\_\_ NO: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

Comment: ***All owners of the proposed properties are aware of this
application and agree to the concept of preservation in perpetuity.***

**C. Willingness to Discuss Protective Measures:**

If the property is nominated to the World Heritage List, it will be
necessary for all of the property owners to work with the Department of
the Interior to document fully existing measures to protect the property
and possibly to devise such additional measures as may be necessary to
protect the property in perpetuity. Are all the property owners willing
to enter into such discussions?

YES: \_\_\_X\_\_\_\_\_ NO: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

Comment: ***While most properties being proposed for inclusion are
publicly held and are under the protection of state mandates, owners of
the privately held properties are also aware that there will be legal
encumbrances related to a world heritage site designation.***

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**D. Scheduling:**

If you wish a property to be nominated to the World Heritage List in a
particular year during the period 2009-2019, please indicate the
reason(s) why and the earliest year in which you feel it will be
possible to meet all requirements for nomination*. (Please review this
entire **Questionnaire** before finally answering this question.)*

Preferred Year: ***2012 or before***

Reasons: ***New Harmony will celebrate its bicentennial in 2014***.

**Prerequisite 2 - Specific Requirements for Nomination of Certain Types
of Properties:**

**E. Serial (multi-component) Properties:**

If you are proposing a nomination that includes separate components that
could be submitted separately over several years, do you believe that
the first property proposed would qualify to be placed on the World
Heritage List in its own right?

*Explanation: There will be a very limited number of sites nominated
over the next decade. Owners of similar properties likely will be
encouraged to work together to present joint proposals for serial
nominations. An example would be a proposal to nominate several
properties designed by the same architect. It is critical to note that
the first property presented in a serial nomination must qualify for
listing in its own right.*

YES: \_\_\_X\_\_\_\_\_\_ NO: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

Comment: ***Not applicable because New Harmony is a unique survival of a
particular concept.***

F. Serial (multi-component) Properties:

Are you proposing this property as an extension of or a new component to
an existing World Heritage Site?

YES: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ NO \_X\_\_\_\_

Name of Existing Site:
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

**Prerequisite 3 - Other Requirements:**

**G. Support of Stakeholders**

In addition to owners, please list other stakeholders and interested
parties who support the property's proposed inclusion in the Tentative
List. Also note any known to be opposed.

*Explanation: The purpose of the Tentative List is to propose candidate
properties that are likely to be successfully nominated during the next
decade. It is clear that a consensus among stakeholders will be helpful
in nominating a site and later in securing its proper protection. Thus,
only properties that enjoy strong, preferably unanimous, support from
stakeholders will be recommended for inclusion in the U.S. Tentative
List.*

*In addition to owners, stakeholders primarily include:*

*\--Governors, Members of Congress and State legislators who represent
the area where the property is located,*

*\--the highest local elected official, or official body, unless there
is none,*

*\--Native Americans, American Indian tribes, or other groups and
individuals who possess legally recognized claims or privileges in the
area or at the site being proposed (e.g., life tenancy or hunting and
fishing rights),*

*\--organizations established to advocate for protection and appropriate
use of the property proposed for nomination.*

*If definitive information is not available at the time you filled out
this Questionnaire, please so indicate.*

Supporters: List follows:

> ***Indiana Governor Mitchell Daniels***

***United States Senator Richard Lugar***

***United States Senator Evan Bayh***

***United States Representative Brad Ellsworth***

***State Senator Robert Deig***

***State Representative Trent Van Haaften***

***New Harmony Town Council, David Campbell, President***

***Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana***

***International Communal Studies Association***

***Property Owners:***

***Blaffer Foundation, Inc.***

***Rapp Granary-David Dale Owen Foundation, Inc.***

***New Harmony Working Men's Institute***

***University of Southern Indiana***

***State of Indiana***

Opponents: ***None known***

Comment: ***Since 2000, relevant constituent groups have been made
familiar with the World Heritage Site program and the significance of
New Harmony's position on the U.S. Tentative List.***

**Information Requested about Applicant Properties**

**(The numbers of the sections and subsections below are in the same
order as and correspond to sections of the World Heritage Committee's
official [Format]{.underline} used for the nomination of World Heritage
Sites. This is to allow easy reference to and comparison of the
material.)**

**1. IDENTIFICATION OF THE PROPERTY OR PROPERTIES**

**1.a. Country:**

If it is intended that the suggested nomination will include any
properties in countries other than the United States, please note the
countries here.

*Explanation: Please note that the United States can nominate only
property under U.S. jurisdiction. You are not expected to contact other
governments and owners abroad, although you may do so if you wish. Each
national government must nominate its own sites, although the United
States will consider forwarding your suggestion to another government
for that government to consider as a joint nomination with the United
States.*

Names of countries: ***No other countries will be included in New
Harmony's application.***

**1.b. State, Province or Region:**

In what State(s) and/or Territories is the property located? Also note
the locality and give a street address if one is available.

***New Harmony, Indiana, United States of America***

**1.c. Names of Property:**

What is the preferred or proposed name of the property or properties
proposed for nomination? If the site has multiple names, explain why you
chose the primary choice or choices. (*The name should not exceed 200
characters, including spaces and punctuation.)*

***Religious and Secular Utopian Settlements of New Harmony***

**Popular and Historic names**

What are any popular or historic names by which the property is also
known?

***Historic Names for the town include: Harmonie and New Harmonie.
Contemporary usage is sometimes "Historic New Harmony."***

**Naming of serial (multiple component) properties and transboundary
sites.**

Try to choose brief descriptive names. In the case of serial
nominations, give an overall name to the group (e.g., *Baroque Churches
of the Philippines*). (*Give the names of the individual components in a
table that you insert under **1f.)***

Group or Transboundary Name: ***Communal utopian social systems and
settlements in the New World***

**Other names or site numbers**

*Explanation: If a site has multiple names, explain why you chose the
primary choice or choices. If the site has no common name or is known
only by a number or set of numbers, please explain.*

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**1.d.-e. Location, boundaries, and key features of the nominated
property**

Include with this **Application** sketch maps or other small maps,
preferably letter-size, that show:

\- the location of the property

\- the boundaries of any zones of special legal protection

\- the position of major natural features and/or individual buildings
and structures

\- any open spaces (squares, plazas) and other major spatial
relationships (the space between buildings may at times be more
important than the buildings)

Please provide here a list of the maps that you have included.

***Map of North America***

***Proposed boundaries of the site and buffer zone***

***Cultural resources within the site***

***Natural resources related to the site***

***Historic maps of the site***

**1.f. Area of nominated property (ha.)**

***The total area of the property boundaries submitted for inclusion in
the World Heritage Site is 2.14 hectares (5.3 acres)***

+--------+----------+-------------+-----------+-----------+----------+
| ***    | **       | ***Owen     | *         | *         | **A      |
| Parcel | *Harmony | /Maclure*** | **Current | **Current | ddress** |
| \#***  | Society  |             | Use***    | Owner***  |          |
|        | Use***   | *           |           |           |          |
|        |          | **Community |           |           |          |
|        |          | Use***      |           |           |          |
+--------+----------+-------------+-----------+-----------+----------+
| 1      | C        | Community   | Public    | State of  | *410     |
|        | ommunity | Center and  | Tour Site | Indiana   | Main     |
|        | House    | School      |           |           | St.*     |
|        | No. 2    |             |           |           |          |
+--------+----------+-------------+-----------+-----------+----------+
| 2      | R        | Kitchen     | Guest     | Robert    | *402     |
|        | esidence | Annex       | House     | Lee       | Main     |
|        | and      |             |           | Blaffer   | St.*     |
|        | Kitchen  |             |           | Fo        |          |
|        |          |             |           | undation, |          |
|        | A        |             |           | Inc.      |          |
|        | nnex/Dye |             |           |           |          |
|        | House    |             |           |           |          |
|        | for      |             |           |           |          |
|        | C        |             |           |           |          |
|        | ommunity |             |           |           |          |
|        | House    |             |           |           |          |
|        | No. 2    |             |           |           |          |
+--------+----------+-------------+-----------+-----------+----------+
| 3      | H        | Natural     | Public    | The Rapp  | *413     |
|        | armonist | History     | Tour      | Gran      | Granary  |
|        | Granary  | Museum/     | Site,     | ary-David | St.*     |
|        |          |             | Public    | Dale Owen |          |
|        |          | Lecture     | Events,   | F         |          |
|        |          | Hall        |           | oundation |          |
|        |          |             | Lecture   |           |          |
|        |          |             | Hall,     |           |          |
|        |          |             | Co        |           |          |
|        |          |             | nferences |           |          |
+--------+----------+-------------+-----------+-----------+----------+
| 4      | D. König | Residence   | Guest     | U         | *346     |
|        | House    |             | House     | niversity | Granary* |
|        |          |             |           | of        |          |
|        |          |             |           | Southern  |          |
|        |          |             |           | Indiana   |          |
+--------+----------+-------------+-----------+-----------+----------+
| 5      | H.       | L           | Office    | U         | *414     |
|        | Henning  | esueur/Neef |           | niversity | Church   |
|        | House    | House       |           | of        | St.*     |
|        |          |             |           | Southern  |          |
|        |          |             |           | Indiana   |          |
+--------+----------+-------------+-----------+-----------+----------+
| 6      | Cemetery | Cemetery    | Cemetery  | State of  | *Church  |
|        |          |             |           | Indiana   | St.*     |
+--------+----------+-------------+-----------+-----------+----------+
| 7      | *N/A*    | *WMI began  | *Free     | *Trustees | *407 W.  |
|        |          | in the      | public    | of the    | Tavern   |
|        |          | Harmonist   | library,  | Working   | St.*     |
|        |          | brick       | reading   | Men's     |          |
|        |          | church,     | room,     | I         |          |
|        |          | current     | museum    | nstitute* |          |
|        |          | structure   | and       |           |          |
|        |          | built in    | in        |           |          |
|        |          | 1894*       | stitution |           |          |
|        |          |             | of        |           |          |
|        |          |             | research* |           |          |
+--------+----------+-------------+-----------+-----------+----------+

**\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_**

**2. DESCRIPTION AND HISTORY OF THE PROPERTY**

**2.a. Description of the Property**

(select the one following category that best fits the property)

###### Cultural property

Briefly describe the property and list its major components. A summary
in a few paragraphs or pages should be all that is required.

*Explanation: This section can describe significant buildings, their
architectural style, date of construction, materials, etc. It can also
describe the setting such as gardens, parks, associated vistas. Other
tangible geographic, cultural, historic, archeological, artistic,
architectural, and/or associative values may also merit inclusion.*

***New Harmony is a small rural town located in southwestern Indiana at
the intersection of Indiana Highways 66 and 69. The settlement is
situated on a flat tract of land overlooking the Wabash River. The
Harmonists, the religious communal utopians who founded and laid out New
Harmony in 1814, platted a one square mile area in a strict north-south
grid with wide tree-lined streets, which were named for the most
important building on that street. This original square mile, the street
layout, gardens, and residential areas remain intact as a legacy of the
original Harmonist plan to create a perfect environment for the second
coming of Jesus Christ.***

***The secular utopians, led by Robert Owen and William Maclure,
purchased the entire town from the Harmonists in 1825 and adapted the
structures to their social system, which was based on equality being
achieved through education. Communal housing for the Harmony Society
became a kindergarten and technical school during the "Community of
Equality."***

***Structures within the current non-contiguous boundaries of the
National Historic Landmark District have been chosen for this
application based on their significance to both communal societies or to
specific philosophical ideals particular to each type of communal group.
Each structure's physical appearance, including modifications over time,
and historic and contemporary uses is detailed below.***

***Structures proposed for inclusion:***

***Parcel 1. Community House No. 2 - 410 Main Street***

Community House No. 2 appears today much as it did while in use by the
Harmonists. It is side-gabled with the gable ends perpendicular to the
street. However, the entry doors are on the sides and in the rear,
similar to traditional Harmonist residences. The façades are
symmetrical, with six bays on the front and rear façades and three bays
on the sides. The Community House has a hipped-over-gambrel roof covered
in wood shingles, double brick chimneys just inside the south gable,
limestone door and transom surrounds and six-panel entry doors with
five-light transoms. The eight-over-eight double-hung windows on the
first and second floors and the six-over-six double-hung windows on the
third floor of the gable ends all have wood frames and brick lintels.
Only the first floor windows have shutters. Flat-roofed dormers with
twelve-light casement windows appear in the third stories of the main
and rear facades. A flat wooden sundial is attached to the south façade.
(This sundial is a replica of one that was moved to No. 2 from Father
Rapp's mansion in 1844 after the home burned.) The building sits on a
raised basement, with a band of sandstone running along the ground level
of the main façade and brick on the other facades. The basement windows
have rough-cut stone casements, grates with a mesh covering on the
exterior and rectangular brick wells. On each floor of the interior, a
central hallway is flanked by rooms used for living space. A communal
kitchen is centered around a large hearth on the first floor. On the
third floor, visitors on the daily public tour can read a prayer
inscribed on the attic stairs just before the Harmonists left New
Harmony. Written in German, it translates, \"***On the 24th of May,
1824, we have departed. Lord with thy great help and goodness, in body
and soul protect us***.\"

***Parcel 2. Kitchen - Dye House - 402 Main Street***

The 1822 Harmonist Kitchen is a two-story brick building with front
gables, a wood shingle roof, narrow cornice molding and six-over-six
double-hung windows of varying sizes. The asymmetrical main (west)
façade has a basement grate, a six-panel entry door and sandstone steps.
The south façade, also asymmetrical, has a six-panel entry door. The
north façade is symmetrical and has a wooden trellis attached to the
exterior wall. The hewn log building at 505 Granary is attached to the
rear of the Kitchen. This one-story side-gabled single pile building
dating from 1815 is one of only two remaining Harmonist log structures
in New Harmony. It has a central batten entry door on the north façade,
two six-over-six double-hung windows on the south façade and a brick
foundation.

***Parcel 3. Harmonist Granary/David Dale Owen Laboratory - 413
Granary***

The Harmonists built the Granary in 1818. The structure was the largest
granary of its kind in the United States built by German immigrants.
This five-story structure with a jerkin head glazed tile roof, is
constructed of native sandstone on the bottom two and one half stories,
and brick on the upper 2 and one half stories. The building has shed
dormers, limestone sills and lintels, fixed pane 32-light windows on the
first floor, and twelve-over-twelve windows in the upper stories of the
south, east and west facades. Single-light windows on the second, third
and fourth stories of the north façade reflect the original division of
floors when the structure was originally built to store grain. Limestone
frames the heavy wooden entry doors that have forged iron hinges.
Vertical slots on the first floor served as ventilation for the grain
stored there.

In 1827, the Granary became William Maclure's property, and in 1837, it
was converted into a natural history museum. In 1843, David Dale Owen
purchased the Granary and further renovated the space for use as a
laboratory. Owen installed the large windows on the east and west
facades to provide the interior with enough light for his laboratory,
lectures and community gatherings.

***Parcel 4. D.*** ***König House/Harmonist Clapboard House - 346
Granary Street***

This c. 1818 two-story traditional Harmonist residence was the home of
D. König during the Harmonist era. It is one of 27 single-family homes
built by the Harmonists, of which 14 remain. The traditional
timber-framed building has a wood shingle roof, beaded clapboards,
internal brick chimney, six-over-six double-hung windows, bare six-panel
wooden entry door, brick foundation and a one-story gabled addition on
the rear with a wood shingle roof and painted clapboards. All single
family homes were approximately 6.09 meters wide by 9.14 meters long,
with the components cut and numbered off-site, therefore allowing rapid
construction. The König House and the Henning House both fall within the
National Historic Landmark District, are in their original locations,
are owned by the State of Indiana, through the University of Southern
Indiana, and have been fairly well maintained over the years. These two
structures represent the two building styles for single family Harmonist
homes.

***Parcel 5. H. Henning House --Lesueur/Neef House - 414 Church
Street***

This traditional brick Harmonist residence from 1823 has a wood shingle
roof, internal brick chimney, and six-over-six double - hung windows.
The brick homes were of the same size and proportion as the Harmonist
clapboard homes. This structure is the only brick single-family home
within the National Historic Landmark District.

***Parcel 6. Harmonist Cemetery - Church Street***

The Harmonist Cemetery is an open field of trees and grass surrounded by
a brick wall, approximately .3 meters wide and 1.5 meters tall, with
limestone coping and wrought iron entry gates. The Harmonists began
using the cemetery shortly after their arrival to the area in 1814. The
Harmonists believed in total equality, even in death, and therefore,
buried all of their dead in similar shrouds and caskets, in graves
without headstones. Only their leader Father Rapp and the community
Elders knew the exact locations of the graves. About 230 Harmonists are
buried in the cemetery, most of whom died after an outbreak of malaria
shortly after the town's founding.

This site was first used as a burial ground by Native Americans who
lived in the area before the Harmonists, as is evident in the mounds
located within the brick wall. During the Owen/Maclure community,
Charles-Alexandre Lesueur conducted pioneering archaeological
investigations of these mounds and documented their contents in detailed
drawings.

Adjacent to the east side of the cemetery wall is the Harmonist Rope
Walk, which extended from North Street to Steam Mill Street, and is
where the Harmonists stretched and twisted their hemp rope, of which
they were producing 6,000 pounds per year.

***Parcel 7. Working Men's Institute - 407 Tavern Street***

The Working Men's Institute was the creation of William Maclure, Owen's
partner in the "Community of Equality". Upon his death in 1840,
Maclure's will left \$500 to any laborers' society in the United States
that wished to create a reading room with at least 100 volumes. The
offer was well received, and in Indiana, one hundred and forty-four
societies were granted support. New Harmony's Working Men's Institute is
the only surviving institution. In 1894, the Working Men's Institute
constructed its current three-story Romanesque Revival structure.
Historic photographs suggest that the building has changed very little
during the last century. The building, basically rectangular in plan,
has a hipped roof with cross gables, an asymmetrical façade, and a
central square turret. The turret, which rises a full story above the
main structure, has a pyramidal roof and corbelling at the eaves. Ornate
brackets support the wide pressed metal cornice molding. Each story has
a row of tall, wide, recessed one-over-one double-hung windows set in
wood frames with tall rounded-arch transoms above. Some of the windows
openings in the east half of the main façade on the second story,
however, have been bricked in with the same brick used for the exterior
walls. (This prevents sunlight from permeating an art gallery on the
second floor.) Alternating belt courses of smooth and rough limestone
between the rows of windows and near the top of the turret add a
polychromed effect to the brick walls. The top of the rounded-arch
recessed limestone entryway is carved with honey-comb vines. Square
limestone columns with Corinthian-like cushion capitals support the
arch. The tall double wooden entry doors have a half-circle transom.
Single-light windows are paired in the raised basement of rough
limestone. The glazed tile roof has gabled dormers with rounded-arch
windows. A wrought iron fence surrounds the property.

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Which features or aspects of the property do you believe qualify it for
the World Heritage List?

***The two distinct communal groups who founded, built and occupied New
Harmony represent the two major approaches to achieving a perfect social
system throughout history and throughout the world. The structures
chosen for inclusion in this application illustrate both religious and
secular strains of communal utopianism.*** ***Many communal groups came
to the New World from the 17^th^ through the early 20^th^ century
because of the ability to create a social structure without the
encumbrance of the system from which they came. The Harmonists built an
entire town based on the ideal of Perfectionism in preparation for the
second coming of Jesus Christ. Every aspect of the town plan and the
members' role in it, including the housing stock, the contribution of
each member to the economy, and their place in the afterlife, related to
their millennialist beliefs.***

***The Owen/Maclure community adapted the Harmony Society structures to
their own theories about how to create a perfect environment, which
would then create perfect harmony among humankind. Community House No. 2
and the Harmonist stone granary became the centers for the development
of the Owen/Maclure schools, printing presses for the dissemination of
"useful knowledge", and scientific experimentation and discovery. The
young scientists who came from the Academy of Natural Sciences in
Philadelphia with William Maclure, and the children of Robert Owen lived
and worked from the former Harmonist single-family dwellings. For
several decades in the early 19^th^ century, the frontier town of New
Harmony was the center for progressive social theory and scientific
exploration in America.***

What are the important present or proposed uses of the property and how
do they compare with the traditional or historic uses of it?

***New Harmony, Indiana has the same population today as it had during
the height of the original Harmony Society- 850 citizens. It remains a
small, rural, remote town in the American Middle West. While wealth from
agriculture created a surge in new construction in the second half of
the 19^th^ century, and the discovery of oil in the area did the same in
the 1930s, the original town plan is unaltered. Many of the historic
buildings retain their original uses today- Harmonist single-family
houses are still used as such and the Owen/Maclure legacy of the Working
Men's Institute of 1838 is still in full operation as a public library,
museum, and research institution. Many of the original Harmonist and
Owen/Maclure buildings are owned by the State of Indiana, and are used
for the public benefit through tours and programs.***

**2.b. History and Development of the Property**

*(select the one following category that best fits the property)*

**Cultural property**

When was the site built or first occupied and how did it arrive at its
present form and condition? If it has undergone significant changes in
use or physical alterations, include an explanation.

*Explanation: If the property was built in stages or if there have been
major changes, demolitions, abandonment and reoccupation, or rebuilding
since completion, briefly summarize these events. For archeological
sites, the names of archeologists and dates of their work should also be
noted, especially if the site is regarded as important in the history of
archeology as well as for its intrinsic merits.*

***The settlement of New Harmony was built as a complete town by the
original founders, the Harmony Society, between 1814 and 1824.
Approximately 180 residential, commercial and public buildings,
constructed first of native logs, then clapboard, followed by brick
created an ensemble that supported their communal social system, as they
awaited the return of Jesus Christ to earth. Engineers were engaged from
the nearest town one hour north of the site, Vincennes in the Indiana
Territory, to survey and lay out the streets in alignment with the
cardinal directions. Each block and each structure within each block was
designed according to the Golden Section of ancient geometry. This town
plan is still present and informs development of the town today. Many
residential Harmonist structures continue their original use today.***

***From 1825 until 1860 the Owen/Maclure secular utopians occupied the
town, utilizing structures designed and built by the Harmonists, while
adding a few vernacular residences or altering commercial and public
buildings. An example of this would be the Harmonist Granary, which was
used by the Harmonists to store grain and other goods, then during the
Owen/Maclure period the structure was used to house William Maclure's
natural science collection. Later it was converted into a geology
laboratory and lecture hall by Maclure's protégé David Dale Owen.***

***Structures proposed for inclusion:***

***Parcel 1. Community House No. 2 - 410 Main Street***

Built in 1822, this brick building has been restored to reflect its
original use as a Harmonist dormitory. No. 2 was larger than the other
community houses; the unusual hipped-over-gambrel roof provided space
for a third story and attic. Owen and his followers altered the building
for a variety of functions, such as a community center and a school run
by William Maclure (one of the earliest free public schools in America).
After the failure of Owen's experiment, it was used intermittently as a
hotel or tavern, including the Harmony Hotel and Wabash Hotel (1830),
Washington Hotel (1832), Todd's Tavern (1837) and the Flower House
(1849). A portion of the building has frequently accommodated a print
shop. *The Disseminator* (1829), the *New Harmony Adviser* (1858-1861),
the *Screech Owl* (1859), *The Register* (1867-1932) and *The Telephone*
(1902-1903) were all published in Community House No. 2. In addition,
No. 2 housed an International Order of Old Fellows hall on the second
floor (1863-1874), and a post office on the first floor (1885), a
Knights of Pythias Hall (1887-1902) and a cigar factory (1903). In 1850,
the Fretageot family purchased the building, which they renamed the
Fretageot Building, and used part of it for a hardware store. Mary Emily
Fauntleroy, who bought the building in 1926, opened a tea room there and
then sold it to the State of Indiana in 1940. Ms. Fauntleroy stabilized
the building during her tenure and then the State began the structure's
restoration in 1958 to reflect its appearance during New Harmony's
Harmonist era. Various frame additions, which were added to the
structure over the years, were demolished. The interior was gutted to
permit the replication of the c.1822 interior. The half-hipped
full-length porch, which was added to the west façade by the Fretageot
family, was removed. Doors on the west façade, which were installed
sometime after the Harmonists moved back to Pennsylvania, were replaced
with Harmonist-style windows.

***Parcel 2. Kitchen - Dye House - 402 Main Street***

The brick kitchen/dye house served single members of the Harmony Society
living in Community House No. 2 next door. There is also a facility for
textile dying built into the main floor. Although originally a Harmonist
log residence just east of the Kitchen House, the structure was
converted soon after its construction for use as a kitchen annex to
Community House No. 2. In the late nineteenth century, it was adapted
for use as a residence and also served as a tavern for a short time. The
building was restored in 1958 and is currently used as a guest house.

***Parcel 3. Harmonist Granary/David Dale Owen Laboratory - 413
Granary***

In 1827, the Granary became William Maclure's property, and in 1837, it
was converted into a natural history museum. It housed the collections
of geological specimens collected by Thomas Say in other states, by
William Maclure in Europe, Mexico and the West Indies, and by other
scientists. During the Owen/Maclure community, two members of Robert
Owen's family conducted significant scientific research in New Harmony,
along with the members of Maclure's entourage from the Academy of
Natural Sciences in Philadelphia. David Dale Owen, third son of Robert
Owen, arrived in New Harmony in 1828 and in 1833, Owen assembled his
first geological laboratory in the kitchen of (Harmonist) Community
House No.1. In 1837, he was commissioned to complete the first official
geological survey of Indiana. Two years later, he received a federal
appointment to explore the mineral land of the Upper Midwest. With the
survey complete, Owen returned to New Harmony to work on the growing
paleontological and geological collections. In 1843, David Dale Owen
purchased the Granary and further renovated the space for use as a
laboratory. Owen installed the large windows on the east and west
facades to provide the interior with enough light for his laboratory,
lectures and community gatherings. In 1859, he was commissioned to
undertake the second Indiana survey and at that time, he built another
laboratory on Church Street. When he died unexpectedly in 1860, he left
behind a collection of more than 85,000 items. Much of the collection
was destroyed in a fire, however, a few items are still housed at the
Smithsonian Institution, which his brother Robert Dale co-authored the
bill to establish while he served as a representative in Congress.

Upon David Dale's death in 1860, his son Alfred Dale took ownership of
the Granary until 1866. After that time it was used as a woolen and
grain mill until 1878, when fire destroyed the upper two stories. In
1893, it was returned to its original use, and became the Ribeyre
Granary from 1893 to the 1900s, and the Corbin Granary from 1905 to the
mid-1940s. Kenneth Dale Owen, a descendent of the Robert Owen family,
purchased the property in 1948. The building was not actively used
during the mid-twentieth century, and rapidly fell into disrepair.
Currently, the Granary is owned by the not-for-profit Rapp Granary-Owen
Foundation, which was formed to restore and care for the building.
During the 1997 restoration, the two lost upper stories were accurately
reconstructed, along with the tile roof, by researching descriptions in
travelers' journals and drawings of the Granary from the 1820s and '30s.
The building is used once again for community events and conferences.

***Parcel 4. D.*** ***König House/Harmonist Clapboard House - 346
Granary Street***

Harmonist households consisted of four to six members, that were
usually, but not always related. When the Harmonists adopted celibacy as
a component of their Perfectionism, the households became less of a
family unit. Each household consisted of a male "head," and the house
was known by his name. Each house had a housekeeper, and the remaining
members worked outside the home. It has been in continuous use as
housing, and now serves as a guest house for the University of Southern
Indiana.

***Parcel 5. H. Henning House --Lesueur/Neef House - 414 Church
Street***

The home has undergone modifications over time, as reflected by a
one-story gabled rear frame addition with a wood shingle roof and
clapboards, the wide fascia on the gable ends and the bricks around the
windows that have been replaced. This was originally the home of Hilarus
Henning, the Harmonist blacksmith. After the Harmonists' departure, it
was briefly occupied by noted Owen/Maclure community scientist
Charles-Alexandre Lesueur. The foremost Pestalozzian educator in the
United States, Joseph Neef and his wife moved into the home in March,
1826 as important members of the Owen/Maclure community. The house is
currently used as an office for the President Emeritus of the University
of Southern Indiana.

***Parcel 6. Harmonist Cemetery - Church Street***

In 1874, Jonathan Lenz and other Harmonists traveled from Economy,
Pennsylvania, to purchase the Harmonist brick church because it had
fallen into disrepair. The church was dismantled and the bricks were
used to build the wall that borders the cemetery. Other than maintenance
and periodic restoration of the cemetery wall, the cemetery is
unaltered.

***Parcel 7. Working Men's Institute - 407 Tavern Street***

In 1894, the Working Men's Institute constructed its current three-story
Romanesque Revival structure through a gift from Dr. Edward Murphy who
had joined the Owen/Maclure community as an orphan. Historic photographs
suggest that the building has changed very little during the last
century. William Maclure's legacy remains today, as the Working Men's
Institute is the oldest continuously operating free public library in
Indiana, reading room, museum and institution of research.

**2.c. Boundary Selection**

Propose a boundary for the property and explain why you chose it. Is the
boundary reasonable on logical grounds, such as if it conforms to
topography or landforms or (for natural areas) to the range of wildlife
or (for cultural properties) to any historical boundary or defining
structures (such as walls)?

***Within the limits of the current National Historic Landmark District,
structures have been chosen for this application based on their
importance to each communal group; their continuous use by both groups;
and their authenticity. Among the most important residential properties
in the nominated site are the numerous Harmonist residences. Harmonist
construction can be divided roughly into three phases: 1814-1818 log
construction; 1818-1822 clapboard frame construction; 1822-1824 brick.
Along with the 27 (14 extant) single family dwellings in New Harmony,
the Society built four large dormitories, or community houses, to
accommodate members who had not established families.***

***The Owen/Maclure community did not build in a distinct style but
adopted residential forms and styles generally found throughout the
eastern United States in the first half of the nineteenth century.***

***Parcel 1*** Community House No. 2- 420 Main Street

Owner - State of Indiana

Deed Ref. -- DR54-412

Legal Description:

That part of the West part of Block No. 2 in Maclure's Part of the Town
of New Harmony, Indiana, together with the two story brick building
known as Rappite Dormitory No. 2 thereon situated, and bounded as
follows, towit: Beginning at a point on the East side of Main Street in
said town, which point is 201 feet North of the Northeast corner of a
lot or tract of land owned by the John Kilbinger heirs; thence East 106
feet to a point; thence South to the North line of an alley running East
and West between Church and Granary Street; thence West along the North
line of said alley to the East line of Main Street; thence North along
the East line of Main Street to the place of beginning.

***Parcel 2*** Kitchen/Dye House- 402 Main Street

Owner- Robert Lee Blaffer Foundation, Inc.

Deed Ref. -- 20024763

To locate the place of beginning of the description of the land affected
hereby, measure along the east side of Main Street, in the Town of New
Harmony, Posey County, Indiana, 201 feet north from the intersection of
the east line of Main Street with the north line of Church Street as
said streets existed on October 14, 1844, date of execution of that
certain deed from Alexander Maclure to William Otzman, recorded in Book
"M", pages 342-3 in the Recorder's Office, Posey County, Indiana; thence
from said place of beginning go east 160 feet to point for corner,
thence north 40 feet more or less to the south side of Grainary Street;
thence west along the south side of Grainary Street to point of
intersection with the east side of Main Street as Main Street existed on
said 14^th^ day of October, 1844; thence south along the east side of
Main Street as same existed on October 14, 1844, a distance of 40 feet
more or less to the place of beginning;

Said land being the same land conveyed by said Alexander Maclure to said
William Otzman by said deed above referred to;

Entire parcel description:

Beginning at a point two hundred one (201) feet north of the northeast
corner of the intersection of Main and Church Streets in the Town of New
Harmony, Posey County, Indiana. Thence continue north forty (40) feet to
the Southeast intersection of Main and Granary Streets; thence east
along the south side of Granary Street for one hundred sixty (160) feet;
thence south to the north line of an alley running east and west between
Church and Granary Street; thence west along the north line of said
alley to the east line of Main Street; thence north to the place of
beginning.

***Parcel 3*** Harmonist Granary- 413 Granary Street

Owner: The Rapp Granary-David Dale Owen Foundation

Deed Ref.- DR176-421

A part of the Section 36; Township 4 South, Range 14 West of the Second
Principal Meridian in New Harmony, Harmony Township, Posey County,
Indiana more particularly described as:

Beginning at the center of the intersection of Granary and West Streets,
in the Town of New Harmony, Indiana, thence East, along the center of
Granary Street, a distance of 150.30 feet, thence South, perpendicular
to the center of Granary Street, a distance of 30.00 feet to the South
Right-of-way of Granary Street and the place of beginning, thence East,
along the South Right-of-way of Granary Street a distance of 84.33 feet,
thence South, perpendicular to the center line of Granary Street, a
distance of 131.10 feet, thence West a distance of 84.33 feet, thence
North a distance of 131.10 feet to the place of beginning, containing
0.254 acre more or less.

***Parcel 4*** D. König House/Harmonist Clapboard House - 346 Granary
Street

Owner: University of Southern Indiana

Lot Number 13 of Maclure's Part of New Harmony, Indiana.

***Parcel 5*** H. Henning House --Lesueur/Neef House - 414 Church Street

Owner: University of Southern Indiana

Deed Ref. -- DR157-423

Legal Description:

Part of the Southwest Quarter of Section 36, Township 4 South, Range 14
West, Posey County, Indiana, more particularly described as follows:

A tract of land in the Town of New Harmony, Indiana, which has sometimes
been erroneously designated as unplatted Lots Numbers 3 and 4 in
Maclure's Part of the Town of New Harmony, Indiana, being more
particularly and correctly described as beginning at a point which is
the intersection of the North line of Church Street with the East line
of West Street, and being the Southwest corner of a brick dwelling
formerly owned and occupied by Louis Heckman; thence North along the
East line of West Street 87 feet; thence East 59.78 feet; thence South
87 feet to the north line of Church Street; thence West 59.789 feet to
the place of beginning. Said real estate being a part of what was at one
time designated as Square Number 5 in the Town of New Harmony, Indiana.

***Parcel 6*** Harmonist Cemetery- Church Street

Owner: State of Indiana

Deed Ref: DR"N"-537

The tract of land known as the German Grave Yard, beginning at a point
on the Northwest Side of the lane West of West Street, in said town of
New Harmony, eighty-four feet North of the North Side of Church Street;
thence West 357 feet; thence North 307.75 feet; thence east 361 feet to
the West side of the lane West of West Street, which point is 116 feet
West of the West side of West Street; thence South 305 feet to the place
of beginning; Excepting and reserving a narrow strip of ground east of
the old German Grave Yard and between that (it) and the west side of the
lane aforesaid.

The object of this deed is to convey to the said George Rapp and
associates all the ground known as the German Grave Yard, said to
contain 2.5 acres, be the same more or less and which was laid out for
the grave yard by the said George Rapp and Associates many years ago;
and which has been filled up by grave of said society.

***Parcel 7*** Working Men's Institute- 407 West Tavern Street

Owner: Trustees of the Working Men's Institute

Deed Ref: DR29-558

Legal Description:

Beginning at the South East intersection of Tavern and West Streets,
thence East one hundred and fifty (150) feet, thence South to the North
line of Steam Mill Street, thence West to the East line of West Street,
thence North to the place of beginning, situated in Owen's Part of New
Harmony, in Posey County, in the State of Indiana.

Are all the elements and features that are related to the site's
significance included inside the proposed boundaries?

*Explanation: Careful analysis should be undertaken to insure that the
proposal embraces the internationally significant resources and excludes
most, if not all, unrelated buildings, structures and features.*

YES: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ NO: \_\_\_\_X\_\_\_\_\_

If no, please explain:

***Several Harmonist and Owen period structures are not included in this
application because they are not within the original 1965 National
Historic Landmark District designation. However, excellent examples
illustrating the main types of Harmonist structures are included in this
proposal.***

Are there any enclaves or inholdings within the property and, if so, do
they contain uses or potential uses contrary to the conservation or
preservation of the site as a whole?

YES: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ NO: \_\_\_\_X\_\_\_\_

***While New Harmony remains a living community with a full range of
historical, residential, and commercial architecture since its 1814
founding, the structures being proposed for inclusion in the World
Heritage nomination fall within categories of use during the historic
settlements. Local zoning regulations prohibit uses contrary to the
conservation of the town as a whole.***

**3. JUSTIFICATION FOR INSCRIPTION IN THE WORLD HERITAGE LIST**

**3.a. Criteria under which inscription is proposed**

From the World Heritage criteria listed below, identify each criterion
that you believe applies to your property and briefly state why you
believe each criterion you have selected is applicable.

*To be included on the World Heritage List, a site must be of
outstanding universal value and meet at least one of these ten selection
criteria in a global context:*

i.  *represent a masterpiece of human creative genius;*

> \_\_\_\_ This criterion applies to the property I am proposing
>
> Reason:\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

ii. *exhibit an important interchange of human values, over a span of
    time or within a cultural area of the world, on developments in
    architecture or technology, monumental arts, town-planning or
    landscape design;*

> \_\_X\_\_ This criterion applies to the property I am proposing
>
> Reason: ***New Harmony, Indiana exhibits an important interchange of
> human values related to developmental communalism. Throughout the
> 17^th^, 18^th^ and into the early 19^th^ century, the "new world" of
> the Americas represented a land of unlimited opportunity for the many
> distinct religious communal groups who sought religious freedom. The
> Protestant Reformation in Europe created scores of splinter groups who
> had in common a desire for religious autonomy and an intense
> spirituality, referred to as Pietism. Further, many of these groups
> were millennialists and believed fervently in the second coming of
> Jesus Christ at which time would be created a "heaven on earth." Among
> these was the Harmony Society, Lutheran separatists who built three
> communities in America, including New Harmony.***
>
> ***By 1824 New Harmony was described as "That Wonder of the West". It
> was surveyed and platted on August 8, 1814 on the sparsely settled
> United States frontier. The charismatic spiritual leader, George Rapp,
> led the Harmony Society, which was comprised of 800 Germans. Here his
> pacifists created their perfect society, imitating the community of
> goods of the first century Christians of Jerusalem. New Harmony is a
> surviving testament to their dedication to life in a harmonious,
> cooperative society. The Harmonists' millennial interpretation of
> Bible prophecy, combined with turbulent current world events, led them
> to believe that a Second Coming of Jesus Christ was imminent. As a
> society and as individuals, they pursued Christian perfection through
> every aspect of their daily conduct. To that end, they created a
> highly ordered, productive, and self-sufficient community at New
> Harmony. In her 1837 "Society in America", Harriet Martineau examined
> through first- hand travel accounts, how the Shakers' and the
> Harmonists' communal lifestyles might offer solutions to European
> social ills.***
>
> ***Concurrent with the Pietist movement in Europe, particularly in
> Great Britain during the 18^th^ century, was a general call to
> reaction against human degradations resulting from the Industrial
> Revolution. Inspired by the success of various religious communal
> societies, social theorists such as Robert Owen of Scotland and
> Charles Fourier of France sought to improve the human condition
> through education. These leaders of the secular utopian movement were
> also advocates of Enlightenment philosophy and exploration in the new
> fields of natural science.***
>
> ***Intellectualism flourished in New Harmony, Indiana under the
> leadership of Robert Owen, a Welsh-born industrialist who was
> attracted to the New World to establish a center for education and
> enlightened social reform, free from the constraints and criticisms of
> Europe and Great Britain. Owen and his partner William Maclure of the
> Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia purchased the entire town
> of New Harmony from The Harmony Society, hoping to establish a model
> community where free public education and the resultant social
> equality would flourish. By adapting the residential, commercial, and
> public buildings of the town, Owen's socialistic "Community of
> Equality" brought together every stratum of social class to debate the
> issues of the day. While Owen's formal experiment endured only three
> years, the legacy of universal education, pioneering scientific
> exploration, and the development of democratic social equality
> flourished in New Harmony under the leadership of Owen's children and
> the scientists and educators brought to New Harmony by William
> Maclure.***

iii. *bear a unique or at least exceptional testimony to a cultural
     tradition or to a civilization which is living or which has
     disappeared;*

> \_\_\_\_ This criterion applies to the property I am proposing
>
> Reason:\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

iv. *be an outstanding example of a type of building, architectural or
    technological ensemble or landscape which illustrates (a)
    significant stage(s) in human history;*

> \_\_\_X\_ This criterion applies to the property I am proposing
>
> Reason: ***The site of New Harmony represents an ensemble of buildings
> that illustrates the physical manifestation of both major types of
> utopian communal social systems that migrated to North America in the
> 18^th^ and early 19^th^ centuries. The Harmony Society designed the
> entire town with the idea of shared labor, shared worship, equality in
> the distribution of goods, and collective salvation. It was an
> isolated enclave where its members could perfect themselves and their
> environment for the return of Jesus Christ.***
>
> ***In the broader European historical context, New Harmony represents
> the transition from The Middle Ages to The Enlightenment. Like many
> other communal groups of the period, the Harmony Society's belief
> system was based on literal interpretations of the Bible and included
> theories related to alchemy and the "Philosopher's Stone."
> Architectural analysis of the original town grid and building
> proportions within it found the ancient geometry of the Golden
> Section.***
>
> ***A counterpoint to organized religion and the societal effects of
> the industrial age are found in the theories of Robert Owen and
> William Maclure, who were both adherents to Enlightenment philosophy,
> placing science in the forefront of contemporary thought. Both George
> Rapp and Robert Owen used the concept of millennialism in their
> oratory -- Rapp believing that his followers were readying themselves
> for the return of Jesus Christ to earth; and Owen believing that the
> millennium was that perfect moment when the advancement of education
> and science would create equality and peace among all peoples on earth
> by means of the reformation of human character.***
>
> ***Harmonist buildings, all of which were designed for a specific
> community purpose related to work and worship were converted to public
> space for the "dissemination of useful knowledge" during the
> Owen/Maclure period.***

v.  *be an outstanding example of a traditional human settlement,
    land-use, or sea-use which is representative of a culture (or
    cultures), or human interaction with the environment especially when
    it has become vulnerable under the impact of irreversible change;*

> \_\_\_\_ This criterion applies to the property I am proposing
>
> Reason:\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

vi. *be directly or tangibly associated with events or living
    traditions, with ideas, or with beliefs, with artistic and literary
    works of outstanding universal significance. (The Committee
    considers that this criterion should preferably be used in
    conjunction with other criteria);*

> \_\_\_\_ This criterion applies to the property I am proposing
>
> Reason:\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

**3.b. Proposed statement of outstanding universal value**

Based on the criteria you have selected just above, provide a brief
**Proposed Statement of Outstanding Universal Value** summarizing and
making clear why you think the property merits inscription on the World
Heritage List. If adopted by the World Heritage Committee, the statement
"will be the key reference for the future effective protection and
management of the property."

*Explanation: This statement should clearly explain the
**internationally** significant values embodied by the property, **not**
its **national** prominence.*

*"**Outstanding Universal Value**" **is formally defined as "...
cultural and/or natural significance which is so exceptional as to
transcend national boundaries and to be of common importance for present
and future generations of all humanity. As such, the permanent
protection of this heritage is of the highest importance to the
international community as a whole."***

**Cultural property**

***Founded as part of the 18^th^ and 19^th^ century communitarian
migration to North America, New Harmony is the exemplary representation
of both major types of communal utopian social systems- religious and
secular, and had significant impacts on developmental communalism and
associated settlement patterns worldwide.***

**3.c. Comparison of proposed property to similar or related properties
(including state of preservation of similar properties)**

Please provide a statement explaining how the property being proposed
compares with all other similar or related properties anywhere in the
world, whether already on the World Heritage List or not.

*Explanation:* *Examples of questions that may be useful to consider
include whether the proposed property is part of a series or sequence of
similar sites belonging to the same cultural grouping and/or the same
period of history. Also, are there features that distinguish it from
other sites and suggest that it should be regarded as **more**,
**equally** or **jointly** worthy than they are? What is it that makes
this property intrinsically better than others and qualifies it for the
World Heritage List? For example, does it have more features, species or
habitats than a similar site? Is the property larger or better preserved
or more complete or less changed by later developments?*

*It will be especially helpful if specific reference can be made to a
study placing the property in a global context. The absence of
comparative information may indicate that the property is either truly
exceptional (a difficult case to prove) or that it lacks international
importance. If the results of the comparative review reveal that
multiple sites possess roughly comparable merit and may possess
international significance as a group, you may wish to recommend that
more than one site be proposed, as a serial nomination or as a joint
nomination by the United States and another country.*

*Also please make note of any major works that evaluate the property in
comparison to similar properties anywhere else in the world.*

***New Harmony as a Utopian Village***

***New Harmony is distinguished among early communal group migration and
settlement because it was founded and built by the Harmonists, who
represent the wave of religious communal groups immigrating from Europe,
as well as the site of the Robert Owen/William Maclure experiment, the
first secular communitarian settlement in the United States.***

***Among the early documented communal experiments in America, the 1663*
Valley of the Swans *colony on the Delaware River was a short-lived
Dutch Mennonite settlement which is generally considered by scholars to
be the first American utopian settlement. Within the communal utopian
movement, dozens of groups migrated to North America seeking unfettered
evolution for their particular ideals. While groups from all across
Europe and Great Britain were leaving their homelands and families to
start anew in a new land, a large number of the religious sects were
Germanic. The migration generally began at the end of the 17^th^
century: "Das Weib in der Wuste" (Woman in the Wilderness) group settled
in Germantown, Pennsylvania in 1694; followed by Johann Conrad Beissel's
Seventh Day Baptist movement which is famously memorialized at Ephrata
Cloister; The Harmonists and the Separatists of Zoar in Ohio; and the
Keilites, which ended their movement in 1881. The Moravians, The
Inspirationists of Amana, Iowa and The Hutterites all still exist with
active membership. The common theme among these Germanic communal groups
was Pietism, which was a reaction against the Lutheran Church and called
for direct communication with God, and the pursuit of Christian
perfection as instructed in the Bible.***

***Utopian socialism as developed in reaction to the human degradation
of the working classes during The Industrial Revolution was based upon
earlier philosophies and writings such as Plato's* The Republic*, Thomas
More's* Utopia*, Johann Valentin Andreae's* Christianopolis *and Sir
Francis Bacon's* The New Atlantis*. Robert Owen and William Maclure were
both influenced by the success of religious communal groups like the
Harmony Society, but believed that education and the control of one's
physical environment would ultimately create equality, happiness and
peace for all mankind.***

***New Harmony as a Harmonist Village***

***Inspired by his religious beliefs in the imminent second coming of
Christ, George Rapp and the Harmony Society established three communal
villages in the New World. Carving out and creating completely
self-sustaining communities in just ten years attests not only to the
group's determination, but to their belief in a certain date for the
return of Christ and the biblical call to create three separate
communities in order to be ready to be taken into heaven. Harmony,
Pennsylvania, the first settlement (1804-1814) is located in Butler
County, Pennsylvania. Economy (their third and final town from 1824 to
1905) today is part of Ambridge, Pennsylvania. It is a six-acre historic
site with 17 original, restored buildings, dating 1824-1830. Though both
villages possess extensive artifact collections and archives, they have
lost the authenticity of architectural and landscape coherence because
of urban development surrounding the sites. The economies of all three
Harmonist villages were based on agriculture. New Harmony is the sole
location where the original context of the farmland and river remain
intact.***

***The Harmony Society's influence on and aid to other communal groups
is well documented. In addition to the three successful towns created by
the Harmony Society, some of Rapp's followers started their own
communities, including Blooming Grove Colony, Lycoming County,
Pennsylvania and Teutonia or Society of the United Germans, Springfield
Township, Columbiana County, Ohio. Communities that were directly
influenced by the Harmony Society include: Separatist Society of Zoar,
Ohio; Bon Homme Hutterite Colony of 1874 near Tabor, South Dakota;
Koreshan Unity Settlement, Estero, Florida, led by Cyrus Reed Teed;
Tidioute Colony of Hutterites, near Titusville, Pennsylvania were
induced by the Harmony Society to migrate from the Schmiedeleut
Hutterite Colony at Tripp, South Dakota, to settle on Harmony Society
land and benefit as heirs of the Harmonist fortune; and Robert Owen of
New Lanark, Scotland who purchased New Harmony from the Harmonists was
influenced by the social structure in the Harmony Society's highly
successful economic ventures.***

***Several communal settlements were founded following a schism of the
Harmony Society in 1832. Three communities were led by former Harmonist
Bernhard Müeller: New Philadelphia Society, Philippsburgh, Pennsylvania;
Grand Ecore, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana; and Germantown, Webster
Parish, Louisiana. Four communities were led by Dr. Wilhelm Keil:
Bethel, Shelby County, Missouri; Ninevah, Adair County, Missouri;
Willapa, near Willapa Bay, Washington; and Aurora, Marion County,
Oregon.***

***New Harmony as an Owenite Village***

***The early communitarian socialists with theories related to Robert
Owen's "Agricultural and Manufacturing Villages of Unity and Mutual
Cooperation" were Frenchman Charles Fourier whose Phalanxes created a
socialistic/joint ownership community; and Etienne Cabet whose utopian
Icaria community began the concept of nonsectarian "communism". Owen's
vigorous promotion of his experiment at the New Lanark, Scotland cotton
mill (a World Heritage Site since 2001) inspired seven "communities of
equality" in Britain and at least fourteen in the United States. Some of
them in Europe are Orbiston, Lanarkshire with its appearance of one wing
of a Fourier phalanx, lasted only three years; Queenwood at Tytherley,
Hampshire, England that is now a ruin; and five more settlements in
Great Britain influenced by Owen associate William Allen, that are no
longer extant.***

***Owen's experiment at New Harmony was the catalyst for the founding of
other socialistic communities in the United States. They include:
Forestville Community, Corsackie, New York; Franklin Community,
Haverstraw, New York; Yellow Springs Community, Greene County, Ohio; The
Friendly Association for Mutual Interests, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania;
Blue Spring Community, Monroe County, Indiana; The Friendly Association
for Mutual Interests, Stark County, Ohio; Coal Creek Community, Fountain
County, Indiana; Society of One-Mentians/Goose Pond or Promisewell
Community, Monroe County, Pennsylvania; Equality/Hunt's Colony, Waukesha
County, Wisconsin; Skaneateles Community, Onandaga County, New York;
Utopia, founded by Josiah Warren, member at New Harmony, first American
anarchist, Clermont County, Ohio; and Modern Times, Josiah Warren,
Suffolk County, New York.***

***One of the most prominent of these colonies to pattern after New
Harmony was the antislavery community founded by Francis Wright in
Nashoba, Tennessee. Founded in 1825, the colony had an ephemeral
existence of three years. However, unlike New Harmony, Nashoba was based
on the liberation of women and the emancipation of slaves. In his will,
Owen's partner William Maclure stipulated that a large portion of his
estate be "for the purpose of establishing, maintaining, and supporting
a colony of free coloured people on the lands in the vicinity of New
Harmony" that Maclure had purchased from the Rapps.***

***New Harmony as a Center for Commerce, Education, and Science***

***In the first half of the 19^th^ century New Harmony was a center for
trade through the superior products exported by the Harmony Society.
Throughout its history, New Harmony has boasted successful business and
commercial enterprises. Its significant location on the east bank of the
Wabash River was the town's most important asset in its early years,
allowing for flatboat and steamboat trade, as well as for the operation
of a number of water-powered mills. The Harmony Society trademark, "The
Golden Rose of Harmony" was recognized as a symbol denoting a product of
superior quality.***

***An exceptional level of educational and cultural amenities were
available in New Harmony since its founding. The Harmonists placed a
high priority on education as a means to better humanity and promote
happiness. They valued vocational education, viewed education as a
lifelong process and organized a town library. The Harmonists had their
own orchestra and composed hundreds of pieces of music, in addition to
owning printed copies of contemporaneous composers such as Mozart. The
also had a natural history museum. The literacy rate for New Harmony was
exceptionally high for the era.***

***This tradition continued into the Owen/Maclure period, when science,
education and the arts were the nucleus around which the community was
formed. The scientists and educators who were attracted to New Harmony
by Robert Owen and William Maclure continued their work after the
dissolution of the formal "Community of Equality." Pioneering efforts in
education included some of the first American schools for infants and
pre-elementary-aged children. Through the funding of William Maclure,
adult education opportunities and trade schools were developed in New
Harmony, along with one of the very early free public libraries in
America. Ground-breaking scientific work was carried out in New Harmony
from the Owen/Maclure community days until around 1860, including:
geology, entomology, ichthyology; conchology, mineralogy, meteorology,
and archaeology.***

**3.d. Integrity and/or Authenticity**

*Explanation: As with a site's international significance, the clear
intent of this requirement is that a World Heritage Site's authenticity
or integrity must rise to a superlative level. Thus, for example, it is
quite important to understand that reconstructions of historic
structures or sites or largely restored ecosystems will usually be
disqualified from inscription in the World Heritage List.*

**Cultural property**

[Authenticity]{.underline}: Does the property retain its original
design, materials, workmanship and setting?

YES: \_X\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ NO: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

Comment: ***The structures proposed for inclusion in the world heritage
site support the original town layout and plan, which was integral to
the original concept of a communal utopian village. They include
buildings essential to the creation of a cohesive, successful community
-- residences and dormitories; warehouses and schools; public
institutions and a cemetery.***

[Integrity]{.underline}: Do the authentic material and spatial evidence
inside the proposed boundaries remain in sufficient quantity to convey
the full significance of the site? To tell the full story of why the
site is outstanding? Is the integrity weakened by the intrusion of
discordant and/or abundant elements or buildings that are unrelated to
the significance and detract from the visual unity of the place?

YES: \_\_\_\_X\_\_\_\_\_ NO: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

Comment: ***The original grid of the town plan from 1814 remains
substantially intact, with many original Harmonist buildings extant
within the original square mile of the town, bounded by North, South,
East, and West Streets. As a living community that continued to renew
itself since its founding, the town of New Harmony has residential and
commercial architecture representing every decade from 1775 to the
present. Visual unity has been achieved over the centuries by following
the original town layout when adding contemporary elements such as
commercial storefronts during the Victorian era.***

Note that that there can be authenticity without integrity, as in a
highly eroded archaeological ruin. There can also be authenticity with
full integrity of materials, but seriously undermined by the
overwhelming presence of newer or inappropriate elements.

How do authenticity and integrity compare for this property?

***The Nara Document on Authenticity (ICOMOS, 1994) states that
authenticity, as a value attributed to cultural property is a reflection
of local culture. However the document also points out that: "All
cultures and societies are rooted in the particular forms and means of
tangible and intangible expression which constitute their heritage, and
those should be respected."***

***In the United States, the U.S. Department of the Interior set out a
number of Standards for treatment of historic properties and guidelines
for preserving, rehabilitating, restoring and reconstructing historic
buildings (code 36 CFR Part 68 in the July 12, 1995 Federal Register-
Vol.60, No.133). These standards are designed to be applied to all
historic resource types included in the National Register of Historic
Places -- buildings, sites, structures, districts, and objects and with
regard to authenticity and integrity.***

***The criteria of authenticity and integrity listed on the World
Heritage Convention (paragraph 24 (b) of the operational guidelines) are
based on authenticity in design, material, workmanship or setting. The
U.S. Department of the Interior stresses seven aspects of integrity:
location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling and
association. Authenticity and integrity in this cultural context is
closer to the Nara Document recommendation of respecting the wide
variety of cultural identities.***

***New Harmony has changed little from the time of its establishment in
1814 by German religious refugees. The town is authentic in location,
design, workmanship, setting, feeling and association. As a group of
urban buildings, the town falls into the category of a historic town
that is still inhabited (paragraph 27(ii) of the operational
guidelines). It continues to develop under the influence of
socio-economic and cultural change. As an inhabited town, New Harmony is
(paragraph 29 of the operational guidelines): (i) outstanding as an
example of a specific period and culture, which has been almost wholly
preserved and which remains largely unaffected by subsequent
developments and (ii) has evolved along characteristic lines and has
been preserved in the midst of exceptional natural surroundings. The
spatial organization, the town grid and structure, the material and the
form of buildings, and their functions, reflect the cultures of the two
utopian communities that prompted the nomination***

[Repairs:]{.underline} If repairs have been made, were they carried out
using traditional materials and methods? If yes, please discuss. If not,
please explain the methods used and why.

YES: \_\_\_X\_\_\_\_\_\_ NO: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

Comment: ***Throughout its history, New Harmony has benefited from
always having a core group of citizens who were devoted to preserving
its legacy. Beginning with the 19^th^ century photographers who
documented the Harmonist wooden buildings before they collapsed, through
the early 20^th^ century preservation pioneers who personally bought
several major structures in order to save them, each generation has made
an effort to save New Harmony's physical and intellectual patrimony,
using the best method as understood at the time. As preservation
technology and theory develops, current owners utilize the most current
scientific methods and materials available, and stay abreast of current
theory in rehabilitation and restoration.***

**4. STATE OF PRESERVATION AND FACTORS AFFECTING THE PROPERTY**

**4.a. Present state of preservation of the property**

**Cultural property**

What is the present state of preservation of the property (including its
physical condition and preservation measures in place)?

***The state of all properties recommended for inclusion in the World
Heritage Site is good to excellent. All property owners conduct on-going
maintenance/restoration.***

Are there any recent or forthcoming planned major repair projects? Are
there any major repairs needed to buildings or structures that have not
been planned or financed? ***No***

+--------+---------------+----------------------+---------------------+
| ***Par |               | ***Recent Repairs*** | **Future Repairs**  |
| cel*** |               |                      |                     |
+--------+---------------+----------------------+---------------------+
| 1      | Community     | Foundation           | *New cut shingle    |
|        | House No. 2   | stabilization        | roof; consolidate,  |
|        |               |                      | paint all exterior  |
|        |               |                      | wood, re-tuck       |
|        |               |                      | exterior masonry*   |
+--------+---------------+----------------------+---------------------+
| 2      | Kitchen       |                      | *No immediate       |
|        |               |                      | repairs*            |
|        | Annex/Dye     |                      |                     |
|        | House for     |                      |                     |
|        | Community     |                      |                     |
|        | House No. 2   |                      |                     |
+--------+---------------+----------------------+---------------------+
| 3      | Harmonist     | 1997 restoration     | *Sandstone          |
|        | Granary       |                      | consolidation*      |
+--------+---------------+----------------------+---------------------+
| 4      | D. König      | Consolidate, replace | *Prime, paint       |
|        | House         | limited clapboard    | entire exterior*    |
+--------+---------------+----------------------+---------------------+
| 5      | H. Henning    | Paint exterior       | *Re-tuck,           |
|        | House         | addition;            | consolidate         |
|        |               | consolidate, paint   | exterior masonry*   |
|        |               | windows              |                     |
+--------+---------------+----------------------+---------------------+
| 6      | Harmonist     | Re-tuck failed       | *Non-invasive       |
|        | Cemetery      | mortar; clean        | archaeology*        |
|        |               | limestone caps       |                     |
+--------+---------------+----------------------+---------------------+
| 7      | *Working      |                      | *Consolidate, paint |
|        | Men's         |                      | windows*            |
|        | Institute*    |                      |                     |
+--------+---------------+----------------------+---------------------+

## 

**4b. Factors affecting the property**

If there are known factors likely to affect or threaten the outstanding
universal values of the property or there any difficulties that may be
encountered in addressing such problems through measures taken, or
proposed to be taken, please use the following is a checklist to help in
identifying factors.

***(i) Development Pressures (e.g., encroachment, modification,
agriculture, mining)***

Are there development pressures affecting the property? Or major changes
in traditional land use? Or demographic shifts, especially in sites
still in the hands of the descendants of their creators, or, for
example, traditional ethnic communities.

YES: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ NO: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ SOME:\_\_\_\_X\_\_\_\_

Comment: ***While there is pressure to develop housing within and
outside of New Harmony, the town governing authority has identified open
land for potential housing infill. The agricultural lands surrounding
New Harmony on the east and north of town are owned by a few families
who have held the land for generations. While not inclined to sell at
this time, preservation advocates have begun discussions regarding
conservation easements with landowners.***

***(ii) Environmental pressures (e.g., pollution, climate change,
desertification)***

Are there major sources of environmental deterioration currently
affecting the property?

YES: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ NO: \_\_\_X\_\_\_\_\_

Comment:\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

***(iii) Natural disasters and risk preparedness (earthquakes, floods,
fires, etc.)***

Are natural disasters likely to present a foreseeable threat to the
property? If so, are there available background data (e.g., for a
property in a seismic zone, give details of past seismic activity, or
the precise location of the property in relation to the seismic zone,
etc.)

YES: \_\_\_X\_\_\_\_\_\_ NO: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

Comment:

***Bank erosion from the Wabash River and its tributaries continues to
threaten the town of New Harmony. A recent erosion mitigation project
designed and implemented by the United States Army Corps of Engineers
has had some success in the recent high floods, but a tributary to the
Wabash has rapidly eroded within the past year, thus calling once again
for quick stop-gap action to prevent the town from inundation during a
flood.***

***New Harmony's close proximity to the New Madrid fault is a cause for
concern in light of the magnitude of earthquakes in 1811 and 1812. Very
recent scientific study has questioned the probability of another major
earthquake in the region.***

***During New Harmony's history, fire has destroyed several structures.
Fire response is a part of the county emergency management plan. New
Harmony has a fire department.***

***The greatest risk to New Harmony lies in the possibility of tornado
activity. While this natural phenomenon cannot be predicted or
mitigated, plans are in place for the protection of residents, tourists
and others. The original Harmonist buildings offer the safest
underground shelters for this type of emergency.***

Are there contingency plans for dealing with disasters, whether by
physical protection measures or staff training?

YES: \_\_\_X\_\_\_\_\_\_ NO: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

Comment: ***During the January 2005 flood, New Harmony citizens,
including the nearest unit of the U.S. National Guard built a wall of
sandbags to protect the town. The publicly-held historic structures
within the town were monitored several times each day. Sump pumps were
installed in each structure, and plans for evacuation of artifacts were
reviewed.***

***Staff dealing with visitors to the town have been trained on where to
go and what to do in case of a natural disaster. Posey County, in which
New Harmony is located, has just developed a new emergency management
plan through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.***

***(iv) Visitor/tourism pressures***

If the property is open to visitors, is there an established or
estimated \"carrying capacity\" of the property? Can it absorb or
mitigate the current or an increased number of visitors without
significant adverse effects?

YES: \_\_\_X\_\_\_\_\_\_ NO: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

Comment: ***In the early stages of New Harmony's tourism development
during the 1970s, the "carrying capacity" of the town was estimated to
be ten times what it is now, 30,000 annual visitors. Parking and other
facilities were developed at that time to accommodate increased
visitation. Increased visitation would only serve to support local
businesses, including the historic site.***

***(v) Other***

Are there any other risks or threats that could jeopardize the
property's Outstanding Universal Values?

YES: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ NO: \_\_\_X\_\_\_\_\_

Comment ***Intrinsic in New Harmony's outstanding universal value is the
fact that it remains a small community where people settle
intentionally. That core residential backbone will continue to stabilize
land use in the community. Major public institutions, such as the State
of Indiana, and the University of Southern Indiana will ensure the
stability of the important historic public buildings, along with the
protection of others in the ownership of several private foundations.***

**5. PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT**

**5.a. Ownership**

Provide the name(s) and addresses of all owners:

+----------+----------------+---------------+--------------------------+
| *        |                | ***Current    | **Address**              |
| **Parcel |                | Owner***      |                          |
| \#***    |                |               |                          |
+----------+----------------+---------------+--------------------------+
| 1        | Community      | State of      | *Department of Natural   |
|          | House No. 2    | Indiana       | Resources*               |
|          |                |               |                          |
|          |                |               | *402 West Washington     |
|          |                |               | Street*                  |
|          |                |               |                          |
|          |                |               | *Indianapolis, IN 46204* |
+----------+----------------+---------------+--------------------------+
| 2        | Kitchen/Dye    | Robert Lee    | *P.O. Box 426*           |
|          | House for      | Blaffer       |                          |
|          | Community      | Foundation,   | *New Harmony, IN 47631*  |
|          | House No. 2    | Inc.          |                          |
+----------+----------------+---------------+--------------------------+
| 3        | Granary/David  | The Rapp      | *P.O. Box 426*           |
|          | Dale Owen      | Granary-David |                          |
|          | Laboratory     | Dale Owen     | *New Harmony, IN 47631*  |
|          |                | Foundation,   |                          |
|          |                | Inc.          |                          |
+----------+----------------+---------------+--------------------------+
| 4        | D. König House | University of | *USI/Historic New        |
|          |                | Southern      | Harmony*                 |
|          |                | Indiana       |                          |
|          |                |               | *P.O. Box 579*           |
|          |                |               |                          |
|          |                |               | *New Harmony, IN 47631*  |
+----------+----------------+---------------+--------------------------+
| 5        | H. Henning     | University of | *USI/Historic New        |
|          | House          | Southern      | Harmony*                 |
|          |                | Indiana       |                          |
|          |                |               | *P.O. Box 579*           |
|          |                |               |                          |
|          |                |               | *New Harmony, IN 47631.* |
+----------+----------------+---------------+--------------------------+
| 6        | Harmonist      | State of      | *Department of Natural   |
|          | Cemetery       | Indiana       | Resources*               |
|          |                |               |                          |
|          |                |               | *402 West Washington     |
|          |                |               | Street*                  |
|          |                |               |                          |
|          |                |               | *Indianapolis, IN 46204* |
+----------+----------------+---------------+--------------------------+
| 7        | *Working Men's | *Trustees of  | *P.O. Box 368*           |
|          | Institute*     | the Working   |                          |
|          |                | Men's         | *New Harmony, IN 47631*  |
|          |                | Institute*    |                          |
+----------+----------------+---------------+--------------------------+

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If any of these owners are corporations or other nongovernmental
entities, identify which are public and which private. Identify any
traditional or customary owners.

Public owners: ***State of Indiana, University of Southern Indiana***

Private organization owners: ***Robert Lee Blaffer Foundation, Inc.,
Rapp Granary/David Dale Owen Foundation, Inc., Trustees of the Working
Men's Institute***

Traditional or customary owners ***none***

If there are any other authorities with legal responsibility for
managing the property, provide their names and addresses: ***none***

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For properties having multiple owners, is there any representative body
or agent which speaks for all owners? If so, does that representative
body or agent have authority to act on behalf of all the owners? If so,
provide the name and address of that representative body or agent:
***not applicable***

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Are there any restrictions on public access to the property?

*Explanation: Public access is not required for inclusion in the World
Heritage List. Policies in effect should be explained, however. )*

YES: \_\_\_X\_\_\_\_ NO: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

Comment: ***Parcel #1 Community House No. 2; Parcel #3 Granary; Parcel
#6 Harmonist Cemetery; and Parcel #7 Working Men's Institute are all
open for tours and programs on a regular schedule. Parcel #2 Kitchen/Dye
House, Parcel #4 D. König House, and Parcel #5 H. Henning House serve as
guest houses/offices, but are open to the public periodically for
special educational programming.***

**5.b. Protective designations**

What are the principal existing (and pending) legal measures of
protection that apply to the property?

*Explanation: List, [but do not attach]{.underline} copies of, all
relevant known or proposed legal, regulatory, contractual, planning,
institutional and/or traditional measures that affect the status of the
property: e.g., national park, wildlife refuge, historic monument,
zoning, easements, covenants, deed restrictions, State and local
historic preservation ordinances and regulations, and the like.*

List of
measures:\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

Give the title and date of legal instruments and briefly summarize their
main provisions. Provide the year of designation and the legislative
act(s) under which the status is provided.

***New Harmony National Historic Landmark District, 1965, United States
Department***

***of the Interior, National Park Service***

***New Harmony National Register District, 2000, United States
Department of the***

***Interior, National Park Service***

***Town of New Harmony Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Ordinance, 1974,
includes***

***zoning classifications of "historic residential" and "historic
commercial", with***

***restrictions specific to those structures, being updated currently by
the Historic***

***Preservation and Plan Commission of New Harmony***

***State of Indiana, Department of Natural Resources, Division of
Historic Preservation***

***and Archaeology, by means of Indiana Legal Code, has authority
over***

***restoration and/or disposition of all designated historic property
owned by the***

***State of Indiana***

***Annual contract between University of Southern Indiana and Historic
Landmarks***

***Foundation of Indiana to provide professional preservation monitoring
and***

***planning services for all properties owned by the University and the
State of***

***Indiana in New Harmony.***

***Wabash River Heritage Corridor, 2000, designated by the Wabash River
Heritage***

***Commission, State of Indiana***

Are the protections in perpetuity or are there potential gaps in the
protection?

YES: \_\_\_\_X\_\_\_\_\_ NO: \_\_\_\_X\_\_\_\_

Comment: ***Properties owned by the State of Indiana and the University
of Southern Indiana are protected by Indiana law. All alterations,
rehabilitation, and restorations to these publicly-owned properties must
be approved by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of
Historic Preservation and Archaeology.***

***The properties owned by the Robert Lee Blaffer Foundation, Inc., The
Rapp Granary/David Dale Owen Foundation, Inc., and the Trustees of the
Working Men's Institute do not have legal protections in perpetuity at
this time, but have preservation as an element of their missions, and
are willing to discuss and accept legal protections.***

Are there any traditional ways in which custom safeguards the property?

YES: \_\_\_\_X\_\_\_\_\_ NO: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

Comment: ***Though no legal zoning ordinance existed in New Harmony
until 1974, generations of residents have protected what was understood
to be the most important cultural resources in the town. Measures were
undertaken by citizens to protect the major public buildings and many
residential structures as well. As early as the 1880s, photographers
were documenting Harmonist buildings in danger of being lost. During the
Owen/Maclure period, the young scientists were also excellent draftsmen,
and documented structures and the streetscape of New Harmony during the
1830s and '40s.***

**5.c. Means of implementing protective measures**

Will the owner(s) be responsible for ensuring that the nominated
property will be protected in perpetuity, whether by traditional and/or
statutory agencies? If no, identify who will be responsible.

YES: \_\_\_X\_\_\_\_\_\_ NO: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

What is the adequacy of resources available for this purpose? Please
briefly explain your reasoning.

***The State of Indiana and the University of Southern Indiana, a state
institution, are both funded by the State Legislature in perpetuity. The
Robert Lee Blaffer Foundation, Inc. and the Rapp Granary/David Dale Owen
Foundation, Inc. are self-funded. The Working Men's Institute operates
from their own endowment and from public funding as a library.***

**5.d. Existing plans related to municipality and region in which the
proposed property is located (e.g., regional or local plan, conservation
plan, tourism development plan)**

*Explanation: List, [but do not attach]{.underline}, plans of which you
are aware that have been officially adopted or are currently under
development by governmental or other agencies that you believe directly
influence the way the property is developed, conserved, used or visited.
Include the dates and agencies responsible for their preparation and
describe their general nature, including whether they have the force of
law. It is recognized that this information may be difficult to compile
and that it may be difficult to decide what to include, but the
information will be very useful in determining how well the property is
protected.*

***The town of New Harmony has just begun the process of updating their
comprehensive plan, originally developed in 1974. To be completed by the
end of 2007, this new plan will again focus on historic preservation and
make recommendations on community growth, conservation and
sustainability.***

**5.e. Property management plan or other management system**

Is there a formal management plan or other management system for the
property? If yes, when was it last updated? If not, is one in
preparation and when will it be completed? (*It is not necessary to
provide copies, but a summary can be included if one is available.)*

YES: \_\_\_\_[X]{.underline}\_\_\_\_\_ NO: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

Comment: ***The historic buildings, structures, or sites owned by the
University of Southern Indiana and the Indiana Department of Natural
Resourses have individual preservation plans in place. The
preservation/maintenance plans are designed on a five-year progressive
basis. Given the architectural and historical uniqueness that defines
New Harmony, each individual preservation plan is tailored specifically
to a particular historic building, structure or site. Because of the
intensive monitoring system mentioned in the "Monitoring" section of
this application each individual preservation plan is updated
automatically every six months.***

***The State of Indiana Department of Natural Resources is nearing
completion on historic site structures reports for their properties in
New Harmony. This will guide major restoration projects into the
future.***

***The Robert Lee Blaffer Foundation and the Rapp Granary/David Dale
Owen Foundation engage a private management company with
construction/restoration expertise to maintain their properties, which
are inspected quarterly. Condition reports and restoration/maintenance
recommendations are made annually.***

***The Working Men's Institute completed an architectural assessment in
2006 through a grant from The Institute for Museum and Library Services
which made recommendations for future restoration and maintenance.
Through this report, annual conservation projects are planned and
funded.***

Is this management plan or other management system being effectively
implemented?

YES: \_\_\_\_[X]{.underline}\_\_\_\_\_ NO: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

Comment: ***Meetings with the stakeholders are conducted on a scheduled
basis and maintenance/restoration issues are budgeted for and corrected
on an ongoing basis.***

**6. MONITORING**

***The historic buildings, structures, or sites owned by the University
of Southern Indiana and the State of Indiana Department of Natural
Resourses are monitored on a bi-annual basis. Historic Landmarks
Foundation of Indiana has an annual contract with the University to
develop the monitoring system and preservation plan, utilizing a
comprehensive approach that includes both interior and exterior
inspections. The monitoring system is based on the "Secretary of the
Interior's Standards." Based on its location and survey information,
each building, structure, or site is rated as to its historic
importance, as is each element of the building, structure, or site.
Additionally, to further aid in proper maintenance and restoration,
levels of historic importance have also been established for each
building, structure, or site. The purpose of the monitoring system---in
addition to ensuring proper maintenance and restoration techniques are
followed\--is to alert and assist the owner(s) and contractors in their
efforts in retaining historic integrity.***

**7. DOCUMENTATION**

**7.a Photographs, slides, and other audiovisual materials**

If recent images (prints, slides and/or, where possible, electronically
formatted images, videos and aerial photographs) are available that give
a good general picture of the property, please provide a few photographs
and/or slides. If available, film/video, or electronic images may also
be provided. They should give a good general picture of the property and
illustrate the qualities/features that you believe justify the
nomination of the property to the World Heritage List. (Ten views or so
should be adequate for all but the most complicated properties.)

Please label the images you supply and provide a separate list of them
here, including the photographer's name. Please do not include any
copyrighted images or other images to which you do not possess the
rights or do not have permission.

Images being supplied and names of their authors:

***All photos of proposed sites taken by Connie Weinzapfel; Aerial
photographs and maps by Donika Georgieva, USICOMOS intern in New
Harmony, 2004***

**8. CONTACT INFORMATION**

**8a. Preparer/Responsible Party for Contact:**

***This application was prepared by Connie Weinzapfel, Director of
Historic New Harmony in association with Dr. Donald E. Pitzer, Director
of the Center for Communal Studies and author of* America's Communal
Utopias*, 1997, University of North Carolina Press***

**Name: Connie Weinzapfel**

**Title: Director, University of Southern Indiana's Historic New
Harmony**

**Address: Post Office Box 579**

**City, State/Territory, Zip Code: New Harmony, Indiana 47631**

**Telephone: 812-682-4488**

**Cellular phone: n/a**

**Preferred Days/Hours for Contact: Monday -- Friday, 8:00am to 4:00pm
c.d.t.**

**Fax: 812-682-4488**

**E-mail and/or website: <cweinzap@usi.edu> www.newharmony.org**

**8.b. Responsible Official or Local Institution/Agency**

If different from the preparer above, provide the same information for
the agency, museum, institution, community or manager locally
responsible for the management of the property. In the case of public
property, identify both the responsible official and the agency. If the
normal reporting institution is a national agency, please also provide
that contact information.

**Name: Connie Weinzapfel**

**Title: Director, University of Southern Indiana's Historic New Harmony
program**

**Address: Post Office Box 579**

**City, State/Territory, Zip Code: New Harmony, Indiana 47631**

**Telephone: 812-682-4488**

**Fax: 812-682-4313**

**9. Signatures of All Owners of Private Properties or Authorizing
Officials for Public Properties:**

**Explanation: No property will be included in the U.S. World Heritage
Tentative List without the written concurrence of all its property
owners. This is because U.S. law expressly forbids nomination of such
sites. In addition, at the time of nomination, property owners must
pledge to the legal protection or the development of legal protection of
the property in perpetuity.**

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**Signature**

**Typed or Printed Name**

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**Title**

**Date**

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