West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 82 - Culture And History › Title 82 - LEGISLATIVE RULE DIVISION OF CULTURE AND HISTORY › Series 82-02 - Standards And Procedures For Administering State Historic Preservation Programs › Section 82-2-3 - West Virginia Register of Historic Places

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
3.1.
				Eligibility Criteria. The following criteria will be used when
				evaluating the eligibility of sites for West Virginia Register of
				Historic Places:
3.1.a. The site
				must posses significance in West Virginia, American, or local history
				or prehistory, architecture, archaeology, or culture;
3.1.b. The site must possess
				integrity;
3.1.c. The
				site must meet at least one of the following criteria:
3.1.c.A. It must be associated with
				events that have made a significant contribution to the broad
				patterns of our history;
3.1.c.B. It must be associated with
				the lives of persons significant in our past;
3.1.c.C. It must embody the
				distinctive characteristics of type, period, or method of
				construction, or that represent the work of a master, or that possess
				high artistic values, or that represent a significant and
				distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual
				distinction; or
3.1.c.D.
				It must have yielded, or may be likely to yield, information
				important in prehistory or history.
3.1.d. Ordinarily cemeteries,
				birthplaces, or graves of historical figures, properties owned by
				religious institutions or used for religious purposes, structures
				that have been moved from their original locations, reconstructed
				historic buildings, properties primarily commemorative in nature, and
				properties that have achieved significance within the past fifty (50)
				years are not considered eligible for the State Register. However,
				such properties will qualify if they are integral parts of districts
				that do meet the criteria or if they fall within the following
				categories:
3.1.d.A. A religious
				property deriving primary significance form architectural or artistic
				distinction or historical importance;
3.1.d.B. A building or structure
				removed from its original location but which is significant primarily
				for architectural value, or which is the surviving structure most
				importantly associated with a historic person or event;
3.1.d.C. A birthplace or grave of a
				historical figure of outstanding importance if there is no other
				appropriate site or building directly associated with his productive
				life;
3.1.d.D. A cemetery
				that derives its primary significance from graves of persons of
				transcendent importance, age, distinctive design features, or
				association with historic events;
3.1.d.E. A reconstructed building
				when accurately executed in suitable environment and presented in a
				dignified manner as part of a restoration master plan, and when no
				other building or structure with the same association has
				survived;
3.1.d.F. A
				property primarily commemorative in intent if design, age tradition,
				or symbolic value has invested it with its own historical
				significance; or
3.1.d.G.
				A property achieving significance within the past fifty (50) years if
				it is of exceptional importance.
3.1.e. The following types of
				properties shall be considered eligible for State Register:
3.1.e.A. Districts;
3.1.e.B. Historic Sites;
3.1.e.C. Buildings;
3.1.e.D. Structures;
3.1.e.E. Objects;
3.1.e.F. Vistas;
3.1.e.G. Landscapes; and
3.1.e.H. Natural sites.
3.1.f. Sites listed in
				the National Register of Historic Places shall be listed in the State
				Register and not be required to follow the process described in
				Section 3.2 of this rule.