Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 110-37-6-.06 - Standards for Evaluating Significance
(1) The Standards for Evaluating Significance
shall be used in determining the significance of all properties for which a
Part A- Preliminary Certification is received by the Department.
(a) Properties that consist of an individual
building are reviewed by the Department to determine if they appear to meet
Georgia Register criteria for significance and possess historic integrity by
applying the Criteria for Evaluation of Properties for the Georgia Register,
Rule 110-37-6-.02.
(b) Some properties consist of multiple
buildings or structures whose concentration or continuity possesses greater
historical significance than many of their individual component buildings and
structures.
1. Properties that comprise
multiple buildings will be reviewed by the Department to determine if they
appear to meet Georgia Register criteria for significance and possess historic
integrity by applying the Criteria for Evaluation of Properties for the Georgia
Register, Rule
110-37-6-.02.
(i) This review will include a determination
as to whether the property is most appropriately evaluated as a historic
district or an individual property for the purposes of meeting Georgia Register
criteria for significance. This determination will be made based on an
assessment of the concentration or continuity of resources that comprise the
property and the relationship of those resources, including but not limited to:
(I) Whether there are identifiable primary
and secondary hierarchical and/or proportional relationships;
(II) Whether the property comprises multiple
tax parcels;
(III) Whether the
property is composed of elements with separate owners;
(IV) The acreage of the property and the
relationship of that acreage to the property's historical
significance;
(V) The relationship
of the association between the property's resources to the property's
historical significance; and
(VI)
Additional related factors, as determined by the
Department.
2.
Buildings must be determined contributing to the significance of the individual
property or district for the purposes of this program.
(c) Properties located within Georgia
Register-listed or potential historic districts are reviewed by the Department
to determine if they contribute to the significance of the listed or potential
district.
1. A property contributing to the
significance of a district is one which was present during the district's
period of significance and which, by integrity of its historic location,
design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling and association adds to the
district's sense of time and place and historical development.
2. A property not contributing to the
significance of a district is one which was not present during the district's
period of significance; or one which does not add to the district's sense of
time and place and historical development; or one where the location, design,
setting, materials, workmanship, feeling and association have been so altered
or have so deteriorated that the overall integrity of the property has been
irretrievably lost.
3. In the case
of a Georgia Register-listed historic district for which no defined period of
significance has been documented, properties that have been constructed within
the past 50 years generally shall not be considered contributing to the
significance of the district unless a strong justification concerning their
historical or architectural relationship to the district is provided in the
district's Georgia Register nomination documentation, or the significant
historical attributes of the district are documented to be less than 50 years
old and the property is documented as contributing to that
significance.
(2) If a nonhistoric surface material
obscures some or all of a building's façade, the owner of the building
must demonstrate that the underlying façade retains substantial historic
integrity and the property otherwise contributes to the historic district in
order to obtain a determination of significance.
(a) Demonstrating integrity may be achieved
by removing a sufficient portion of the covering material or by other means as
determined acceptable by the Department.
(b) Applicants should contact the Division
for guidance.
(3) The
Department shall determine the level of documentation necessary to evaluate the
significance of a property. Determinations of significance and nonsignificance
will be made on the basis of the application documentation, existing Georgia
Register documentation (where applicable), and other available information as
needed.
(4) The requirements of this
rule are applicable to certification requests received by the Department upon
the effective date of these regulations. Properties contributing to locally
designated historic districts are not considered eligible to participate in the
program unless the locally designated historic district is found to be a
potential historic district in accordance with the procedures in Rule
110-37-6-.05.
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