Section HS 4.06 - Criteria for approval of applicationsThe officer in consultation with the council shall consider for approval applications for markers and plaques for state and local sites if the applications are complete and documented, if the officer determines that the applicants can fund and maintain the markers or plaques, and if the sites meet any of the following criteria of significance for selection:
(1) Listed in the state register of historic places under s. 44.36, Stats.(2) Association with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of history.(3) Association with the lives of persons no longer living who have made significant contributions to the broad patterns of history and culture.(4) Embodiment of the distinctive characteristics of a type, style, period or method of construction or architecture, or representation of the work of a master, or that possess high artistic value.(5) Yielding, or likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history.(6) Association with ethnic groups who have made distinctive and significant contributions to history.(7) Embodiment of characteristics of the state representing significant aspects of the physical or natural history of the earth and its life.(8) Representation of popular stories or myths that, although not verifiable, are significant to history and culture.Wis. Admin. Code Historical Society HS 4.06
Cr. Register, November, 1993, No. 455, eff. 12-1-93.