N.J. Admin. Code § 7:4-2.3

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 19, October 7, 2024

Section 7:4-2.3 - Criteria for evaluation of a property nominated for listing in the New Jersey Register

(a) The criteria for evaluation listed below shall be used by the Department, State Review Board, and State Historic Preservation Officer to determine the eligibility of a property for listing in the New Jersey Register. The criteria for evaluation are also used by the National Park Service for determining eligibility of properties for the National Register (36 C.F.R. 60.4) or subsequent amendments thereto. These criteria are worded to apply to a wide diversity of properties. The criteria for evaluation are listed by letter as published in the Federal rules and as commonly utilized.

1. Criteria for Evaluation: The quality of significance in American history, architecture, archaeology, engineering and culture is present in districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects that possess integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling and association and:

i. (Criterion A) That are associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history; or

ii. (Criterion B) That are associated with the lives of persons significant in our past; or

iii. (Criterion C) That embody the distinctive characteristics of a 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

iv. (Criterion D) That have yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history.

2. Criteria considerations: Ordinarily cemeteries, birthplaces, 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 50 years are generally not considered eligible for the New Jersey Register. However, such properties may qualify if they are integral parts of areas that do meet the criteria or if they fall within the following categories:

i. A religious property deriving primary significance from architectural or artistic distinction or historic importance;

ii. 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 an historic person or event;

iii. A birthplace or grave of a historical figure of outstanding importance if there is no other appropriate site or building directly associated with his or her productive life;

iv. A cemetery which derives its primary significance from graves of persons of transcendent importance, from age, from distinctive design features, or from association with historic events;

v. A reconstructed building when accurately executed in a 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;

vi. A property primarily commemorative in intent if design, age, tradition, or symbolic value has invested it with its own historical significance; or

vii. A property achieving significance within the past 50 years if it is of exceptional importance.

(b) The criteria for evaluation set forth in (a) above shall be applied in accordance with the guidelines issued by the National Park Service from time to time in the following or similar documents: "How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation" (National Register Bulletin No. 15), and "Guidelines for Completing National Register of Historic Places Forms" (National Register Bulletin Number 16) or subsequent amendments thereto, incorporated herein by reference and available from the Historic Preservation Office, PO Box 420, Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0420 or from the website (www.state.nj.us/dep/hpo) or the National Park Service website (www.nps.gov).

N.J. Admin. Code § 7:4-2.3

Amended by R.1997 d.373, effective 9/15/1997.
See: 29 N.J.R. 2503(a), 29 N.J.R. 4103(b).
Inserted new (a)2iii; recodified former (a)2iii through vi as (a)2iv through vii; in (b), deleted reference to New Jersey and National Register Manual, inserted reference to Bulletin No. 15, and amended Office reference.
Amended by R.2003 d.110, effective 3/17/2003.
See: 34 N.J.R. 3161(a), 35 N.J.R. 1410(a).
In (b), added references to the website address.
Notice of readoption with technical change.
See: 47 N.J.R. 1947(a).