Historic designed landscape - a landscape that was consciously designed or laid out by a landscape architect, master gardener, architect, engineer, or horticulturist according to design principles, or an amateur gardener working in a recognized style or tradition. Aesthetic values play a significant role in designed landscapes. Examples include parks, campuses, and estates. Historic vernacular landscape - a landscape that evolved through use by the people whose activities or occupancy shaped it. Through social or cultural attitudes of an individual, a family, or a community, the landscape reflects the physical, biological, and cultural character of everyday lives.
Function plays a significant role in vernacular landscapes.
This can be a farm complex or a district of historic farmsteads along a river valley. Examples include rural historic districts and agricultural landscapes. Historic site - a landscape significant for its association with a historic event, activity or person. Examples include battlefields and presidential homes and properties. The seven qualities of integrity as defined by the National Register Program are location, setting, feeling, association, design, workmanship, and materials Significance - the meaning or value ascribed to a cultural landscape based on the National Register criteria for evaluation.