Are Cemeteries Eligible for Listing in the National Register of Historic Places?
The National Park Service’s (NPS) National Register of Historic Places is the official list of cultural resources worthy of preservation. Properties listed in the National Register include districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects that are significant in American history, architecture, archaeology, engineering, and culture. To determine eligibility for listing, the National Park Service uses four basic Criteria for Evaluation. Eligible properties must: A) Be associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of American history B) Be associated with the lives of persons significant in the nation’s past C) Embody the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or represent the work of a master, or possess high artistic values, or represent a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction D) Have yielded or may be likely to yield information important in history or prehis
