California Code of Regulations › Title 14 - Natural Resources › Division 3 - Department of Parks and Recreation › Chapter 11.5 - California Register of Historical Resources › Appendix A - Glossary of Terms as Used in the California Register of Historical Resources

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Archaeological District. An area defined by a significant
				  concentration, linkage, or continuity of sites.
Archaeological Site. A bounded area of a resource containing
				  archaeological deposits or features that is defined in part by the character
				  and location of such deposits or features.
The Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979 (
				  16 U.S.C.
				  470 aa ). Provides for protection of
				  terrestiral and submerged archaeological resources. Authorizes criminal
				  prosecution for the excavation, removal, or damage of archaeological resources
				  on public or Indian lands without appropriate permit. Governs the
				  transportation of illegally obtained materials, access to information, and the
				  permitting process.
B
Boundaries. Lines delineating the geographical extent or area
				  of an historical resource.
Building. A resource, such as a house, barn, church, factory,
				  hotel, or similar structure, created principally to shelter or assist in
				  carrying out any form of human activity. Also, used to refer to an historically
				  and functionally related unit, such as a courthouse and jail or a house and
				  barn.
C
California Historical Resources Information System (CHRIS).
				  That collection of Site Records, Historic Resource Inventory Forms, and all
				  information on historical resources which has been acquired and managed by the
				  State Office of Historic Preservation since 1975. This shall include the State
				  Historic Resources Inventory, the California Archaeological Site Inventory,
				  properties listed in the National Register of Historic Places, California
				  Registered Historical Landmarks, California Points of Historical Interest, and
				  the California Register of Historical Resources.
Conservation Easement. A less than fee simple interest in
				  real property recorded as a deed restriction which is designated to protect the
				  historic, cultural, archaeological, or ecological characteristics of a
				  property. For purposes of the regulations in this chapter, it is
				  interchangeable wit the term "Preservation Easement."
Cultural Heritage. Pertaining to the sum total of traditions,
				  body of knowledge, etc., inherited as possessions, characteristics, or
				  conditions expressing a traditional way of life subject to gradual, but
				  continuous modifications by succeeding generations.
Cultural Resource. See Historical Resource.
Culture. A linkage of people possessing shared values,
				  beliefs, and historical associations coupling social institutions and physical
				  materials necessary for collective survival.
D
Disclosure, archaeological site. To make available any
				  records that pertain to an archaeological site. However, "archaeological site
				  disclosure" need not take place if the nomination of a resource to the
				  California Register requires making known any records which related to
				  archaeological site information when those records are maintained by either the
				  Department of Parks and Recreation or the State Historical Resources
				  Commission.
District. A geographic area which possesses a significant
				  concentration, linkage, or continuity of sites, buildings, areas, structures,
				  or objects which are united historically, culturally, or aesthetically by plan,
				  history, or physical development. For purposes of the regulations in this
				  chapter, this term is interchangeable with "Historic District."
DPR Form 422. Department of Parks and Recreation
				  Archaeological Resources Inventory Form Number 422.
DPR Form 523. Department of Parks and Recreation Historic
				  Resources Inventory Form Number 523.
E
Evaluation. A process carried out by the State Historical
				  Resource Commission whereby the significance and integrity of an historical
				  resource is judged, thereby determining its eligibility for listing.
F
Footprint. The form or pattern made by the perimeter of a
				  building or other resource. Often used in connection with sketch maps or
				  boundaries. A sketch map may show the footprint of historic resources as they
				  are found on a parcel of land.
Formally Determined Eligible for Listing. An historical
				  resource shall be considered "formally determined eligible for listing" when
				  the State Historical Resources Commission accepts the nomination of the
				  historical resource and designates the property as eligible for listing in the
				  California Register.
G
Geographical Area. An area of land containing historical or
				  archaeological resources that can be identified on a map and delineated by
				  boundaries.
H
Historic Context. An organizing structure for interpreting
				  history that groups information about historical resources sharing a common
				  theme, geographical area, or chronology. The development of "historic context"
				  is a foundation for decisions regarding the planning, identification,
				  evaluation, registration, and treatment of historical resources based upon
				  comparative historic significance.
Historic District. A geographic area which contains a
				  concentration of historic buildings, structures, or sites united historically,
				  culturally, or architecturally. "Historic districts" are defined by precise
				  geographic boundaries. Therefore, "historic districts" with unusual boundaries
				  require a description of what lies immediately outside the areas in order to
				  define the edge of the district and to explain the exclusion of adjoining
				  areas.
Historic Fabric.
(1) With regard to an historic building, "historic fabric"
				  means the particular materials, ornamentation, and architectural features which
				  are consistent with the historic character of the building. (2) With regard to
				  an historic district, "historic fabric" means all sites, buildings, structures,
				  features, objects, landscaping, street elements, and related design components
				  of the district which are consistent with the historic character of the
				  district. (3) With regard to an archaeological district, "historic fabric"
				  means sites, standing structures or buildings, historic landscape (land
				  disturbance such as grading or construction), features (remnants of walls), and
				  objects (artifacts) which are consistent with the historic character of the
				  district.
Historic Integrity. The ability of a resource to convey its
				  historical significance.
Historic Resources Inventory Form (DPR Form 523). A document
				  which describes the characteristics and locations of buildings, structures,
				  objects, and districts recorded for inclusion in an Historic Resources
				  Inventory.
Historical Landmarks. See State Historical Landmark.
Historical Resource. Any object, building, structure, site,
				  area, place, record, or manuscript which is historically or archaeological
				  significant, or which is significant in the architectural, engineering,
				  scientific, economic, agricultural, educational, social, political, military,
				  or cultural history of California.
Historical Resources Inventory. A set of data, such as a list
				  of historical resources, generated through an Historical Resources
				  Survey.
Historical Resources Survey. The process of systematically
				  identifying, researching, photographing, and documenting historical resources
				  within a defined geographic area.
I
Identification. The process by which information is gathered
				  regarding historical resources.
Information Center. See Regional Information Center.
L
Landscape, Cultural. A geographic area that (1) has been
				  used, shaped, or modified by human activity, occupation, intervention; or (2)
				  possesses significant value in the belief system of a culture or
				  society.
Landscape, Designed. A geographic area that (1) has
				  significant as a design or work of art; (2) was consciously designed and laid
				  out by (a) a designer according to academic or professional design standards,
				  theories, or philosophies of landscape architecture; or (b) by an amateur using
				  a recognized style or tradition; (3) has an historical association with a
				  significant person, trend, or event in landscape gardening or landscape
				  architecture; or (4) has a significant relationship to the theory or practice
				  of landscape architecture.
Landscape, Rural. A geographic area that (1) has historically
				  been shaped or modified by human activity, occupancy, or intervention; (2)
				  possesses a significant concentration, linkage, or continuity of areas of land
				  use, vegetation, buildings or structures, roads or waterways, or natural
				  features; or (3) provides a sense of place.
Listed. A California Register historical resource shall be
				  considered "listed" when (1) the State Historical Resources Commission, after
				  reviewing the nomination of the historical resource, accepts it for listing in
				  the California Register; or (2) it has been automatically "listed" under Public
				  Resources Code Section 5024.1(d)(1) & (2).
Local government. A public agency with land-use control
				  authority over a designated historical resource. Local governments may include
				  special district, tribal, city, or county governments.
M
Manuscript.
(1) Bodies or groups of personal papers. (2) Collections of
				  documents acquired from various sources according to a plan. (3) Individual
				  documents acquired by a manuscripts repository because of their special
				  importance. (Society of American Archivists)
N
National Environmental Policy Act of 1989 (NEPA). (
				  42 U.S.C.
				  4321 - 4327(1969) (amended) ). Created a
				  process by which to analyze significant environmental impacts, including
				  impacts to historical resources, for federally funded or licensed
				  actions.
National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (NHPA). (
				  16 U.S.C.
				  470(1966) (amended) ).
				  Established the National Register of Historic Places. Created a partnership
				  between federal, state, and local agencies to extend the national historic
				  preservation programs to properties of state and local significance.
National Register Criteria. The federally established
				  standards for evaluating the eligibility of properties for inclusion in the
				  National Register of Historic Places.
National Register of Historic Places, The. (
				  16 U.S.C.
				  470 a, 36 C.F.R. Parts 60, 63 ). The official
				  inventory of districts, sties, buildings, structures, and objects significant
				  in American history, architecture, archeology, and culture which is maintained
				  by the Secretary of the Interior under the authority of the Historic Sites Act
				  of 1935 ( 16 U.S.C.
				  461 -
				  467(1935)
				  (amended) ) and the National Historic
				  Preservation Act of 1966 ( 16 U.S.C. 470(1966)
				  (amended) ).
Nomination. A formal application, submitted to the State
				  Historical Resources Commission, for listing an historical resource on the
				  California Register of Historical Resources.
O
Object. Manifestations that are primarily artistic in nature,
				  or are relatively small in scale and simply constructed. The "object" may be a
				  fixture (real property) or movable (personal property). Although it may be
				  movable by nature or design, an object must be associated with a specific
				  setting or environment. The "object" should be in a setting appropriate to its
				  significant historical use, role or character; for example, a fountain or
				  boundary marker.
Officer. The State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO) is
				  appointed by the Governor under the authority of Public Resources Code Section
				  5020.6. The SHPO serves as the Chief Administrative Officer of the Office of
				  Historic Preservation and Executive Secretary of the State Historical Resources
				  Commission. The SHPO administers state and federally mandated historic
				  preservation programs under the authority of the National Historic Preservation
				  Act of 1966, Section 101(b)(3), (
				  16 U.S.C.
				  470(1966) (amended) ) and
				  Cal. Pub. Res. Code Section 5024.
Owner. Those individuals, partnerships, corporations, or
				  public agencies holding fee simple title to a resource. The term does not
				  include individuals, partnerships, corporations, or public agencies holding
				  easements or less fee simple interests, including leaseholds.
P
Penal Code, Section 622.5. Provides misdemeanor penalties for
				  every person, other than the owner, who injures or destroys objects of
				  historical or archeological interest located on public or private lands.
Point of Historical Interest. The California Point of
				  Historical Interest Program (Cal. Pub. Res. Code Section 5021) is a state
				  historical resources registration program, established in 1965, which provides
				  official recognition for historical resources that are significant at a county
				  or regional level, but do not quality for designation as California Registered
				  Historical Landmarks.
Preservation (treatment). The act or process of applying
				  measures to sustain the existing form, integrity, or historic fabric of an
				  historical building or structure, or the form or vegetative cover of an
				  historic site. It may include stabilization work, as well as ongoing
				  maintenance of the historic fabric.
Preservation Commission. A city or county board of appointed
				  citizens with assigned responsibilities for surveying, designating, and
				  protecting historical resources. May also be called an historic review board,
				  design review board, landmarks commission, or cultural heritage
				  commission.
Primary Number. The number used to identify and retrieve
				  records regarding a specific site in the California Historical Resources
				  Information System. The Primary Number describes the location of a resource in
				  the same manner as a Site Trinomial Number.
Protection (treatment). The act or process of applying
				  measures to affect the physical condition of an historical resource by guarding
				  it from deterioration, loss, or attack by natural causes, or to cover or shield
				  it from threat of danger or harm. In the case of buildings or structures, these
				  measures are usually temporary; however, with regard to archeological
				  resources, protective measures may be temporary or permanent.
Public Resources Code, Section 5097.5. Defines as a
				  misdemeanor the unauthorized disturbance or removal of archeological,
				  historical, or paleontological resources located on public lands.
R
Reconstruction (treatment). The act or process of
				  reproduction through construction the exact form and detail of a vanished
				  building, structure, or object, or any part thereof, as it appeared at a
				  specified period of time.
Recordation. Section
				  27288.2 of
				  the Government Code and Section 5029 of the Public Resources Code require the
				  County Recorder to record a certified resolution of historical resources
				  designation containing the name of the current property owner, the historical
				  resources registration program, the designating entity, the specific historical
				  resources designation, and a legal description of the property.
Regional Information Center. An Information Center of the
				  California Historical Resources Information System, under contract to the
				  Office of Historic Preservation, which receives, manages, and provides
				  information on historical and archeological resources. "An Information Center"
				  may also provide training or technical assistance on a fee-for-service
				  basis.
Registration. A program by which an historic resource is
				  documented, evaluated, and determined eligible or nominated for listing as a
				  type of historical resource. Such programs may be local, state, or
				  national.
Rehabilitation (treatment). The act or process of returning a
				  property to a state of utility through repair or alteration which makes
				  possible an efficient contemporary use while preserving those portions or
				  features of the property which are significant to its historical,
				  architectural, and cultural values.
Research Design. Reveals the logic that will be used to
				  direct identification, documentation, investigation, analysis, or treatment of
				  an historical resource that identifies the goals, methods and techniques,
				  potential results, and the relationship of the potential results to other
				  proposed activities or treatments.
Resource, Contributing. A resource which by location, design,
				  setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association adds to the sense of
				  historical authenticity, historical development, or value of an historical
				  resource.
Resource, Non Contributing. An historical resource which does
				  not add to the sense of historical authenticity or evolution of an historic
				  property or where the location, design, setting, materials, workmanship,
				  history, and/or association of the historical resource have been so altered or
				  deteriorated that the overall integrity of that resource has been irretrievably
				  lost.
Restoration (treatment). The act or process of reproducing
				  the exact form and detail of a vanished building, structure, or object, or a
				  part thereof, as it appeared at a specific period of time.
S
Secretary of Interior Standards. Identified in the Secretary
				  of the Interior Standards and Guidelines for Historic Preservation Projects (
				  36 C.F.R. 67 ), with accompanying interpretive guidelines, which are utilized
				  by federal agencies in the preservation of historical properties that are
				  listed, or are eligible for listing, on the National Register. They are also
				  used by some State Historic Preservation Offices in evaluating projects
				  proposed as historical resources in accordance with federal regulations; or by
				  local governments, organizations, and individuals in making decisions about the
				  identification, evaluation, registration, or treatment of historic properties.
				  The Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation is aimed at
				  retaining and preserving those features and materials which are important in
				  defining the historic character of an historical resource. Technical advice
				  about archeological and historic preservation activities and methods is also
				  included in the Secretary of the Interior's Standards and Guidelines for
				  Archeology and Historic Preservation.
Site. A location of a significant event, a prehistoric or
				  historic occupation or activity, or a building or structure, whether standing,
				  ruined, or vanished, where the location itself possesses historical, cultural,
				  or archeological value regardless of the value of any existing building,
				  structure, or object. A "site" need not be marked by physical remains if it is
				  the location of a prehistoric or historic event and if no buildings,
				  structures, or objects marked it at that time. Examples include trails,
				  designed landscapes, battlefields, habitation sites, Native American ceremonial
				  areas, petroglyphs, and pictographs.
Site Record. A document which describes the characteristics
				  and location of a site, and which has been completed for entry in the
				  California Archaeological Site Inventory.
Site Trinomial Number. A site registration number assigned by
				  the Office of Historic Preservation to a specific archeological resource under
				  which all documentation for that resource will be recorded.
Stabilization (treatment). The act or process of applying
				  measures designed to establish a weather resistant enclosure and the structural
				  stability of an unsafe or deteriorated property, or one which has the potential
				  to deteriorate or to become unsafe, while maintaining the essential form as it
				  exists at present.
State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO). See
				  Officer.
State Historic Resources Inventory. Compilation of all
				  identified and evaluated historical resources maintained by the State Office of
				  Historic Preservation. It includes all those historical resources evaluated in
				  surveys that were conducted in accordance with criteria established by the
				  Office (see Appendix B) and were thereafter determined eligible for, or listed
				  in, the National Register of Historic Places or designated as California
				  Registered Historical Landmarks, California Points of Historical Interest, or
				  the California Register of Historical Resources.
State Historical Building Code (SHBC). The State Historical
				  Building Code is contained in Part 8 of Title 24 (State Building Standards
				  Code) and applies to all qualified historical structures, districts, and sites
				  designated under federal, state, or local authority. It provides alternatives
				  to the Uniform Building Code in cases consistent with building regulations for
				  the rehabilitation, preservation, restoration, or relocation of qualified
				  historic structures designated as historic buildings.
State Historical Landmarks. The California Registered
				  Historical Landmarks Program (Cal. Pub. Res. Code Section 5021) is a state
				  historical resources registration program which was created in 1949 to
				  recognize historical resources with regional and statewide significance to the
				  history of California
State Historical Resources Commission (SHRC). Commission
				  appointed by the Governor under Public Resources Code Section 5020.4 and
				  5020.5. The SHRC has broad responsibilities for the statewide historic
				  preservation program that include conducting a statewide inventory of
				  historical resources, establishing criteria for evaluating historical
				  resources, and conducting public hearings to develop and review a statewide
				  historical resources plan.
Statement of Significance. An organizational format which
				  groups information about related historical resources based on theme,
				  geographic units, and chronological period. The information should describe why
				  the resource is significant within a relevant historic context.
Structure. A construction made for a functional purpose
				  rather than creating human shelter. Examples of structures include mines,
				  bridges, and funnels.
T
Tax Certification. A provision of federal tax law which,
				  under certain conditions, allows money invested in capital rehabilitation to be
				  deducted from income taxes owed. See those provisions for certified National
				  Register structure which are included in the Economic Recovery Act of 1981
				  (Internal Revenue Code Section 48, 168,170, and 280B).
Traditional Cultural Properties. A geographic area or
				  historical resource that embodies important cultural values. It may contain
				  landscape characteristics that are the tangible evidence of the activities and
				  habits of the people who occupied, developed, and shaped the land to serve
				  their needs, or it may include several categories of properties. It may also
				  contain, or consist primarily of, natural features which are important in a
				  religious or belief system.
U
UTM Coordinates. A set of metric coordinates (easting and
				  northing) that indicate a unique location according to the Universal Transverse
				  Mercator grid appearing on maps of the United States Geological
				  Survey.