Ariz. Admin. Code § R12-8-302 - Criteria for Evaluation

A. Before listing a property in the Register, the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), with the advice of the HSRC, will apply the following criteria for evaluating the property:

1. The property conveys significance in one or more of the following contexts: national, state or local history, architecture, archaeology, engineering, or culture;

2. The property is classified as one of the following types: district, site, building, structure, or object;

3. The property possesses integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, or association; and

4. The property:

a. Is associated with an event that made a significant contribution to the broad pattern of history;

b. Is associated with the life of a historically significant person;

c. Embodies a distinctive characteristic of a type, period, or method of construction, represents the work of a master, possesses high artistic value, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction; or

d. Has yielded or is likely to yield important pre-historical or historical information.

B. The SHPO shall not consider eligible for the Register any property that has achieved significance within the past 50 years unless the property is an integral contributing element of a district that meets the criteria in subsection (A) or the property demonstrates exceptional individual importance.

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Ariz. Admin. Code § R12-8-302

Adopted effective June 30, 1978 (Supp. 78-3). Former Section R12-8-61 renumbered as Section R12-8-302 without change effective November 1, 1981 (Supp. 81-5). Amended effective August 26, 1983 (Supp. 83-4). Former Section R12-8-302 renumbered to R12-8-305; new Section R12-8-302 adopted by final rulemaking at 7 A.A.R. 1010, effective February 8, 2001 (Supp. 01-1).