How important is the integrity of the property when considering a nomination?
Integrity is the ability of a property to convey its significance. Historic properties either retain integrity, or they do not. Within the concept of integrity, the National Register criteria recognize seven aspects or qualities that, in various combinations, define integrity. Integrity is a quality that applies to location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling and association. It refers to the clarity of a property’s historic identity. In terms of architectural design, integrity means that a building must still possess the attributes of mass, scale, decoration, etc., from its Period of Significance, that is from either (1) the period in which it was conceived and built, or (2) the period in which it was adapted to a later style which has validity in its own right as an expression of historical character or development. The question of whether or not a building possesses integrity is a question of degree of alteration. For a building to possess integrity, its principal feat
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