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ELIGIBLE <br />NOT ELIGIBLE <br />A resource that has significance and integrity. Being <br />A resource that does not have significance, or a <br />eligible does not mean a resource is automatically <br />resource that has significance but does not have <br />designated. <br />sufficient integrity. <br />HISTORIC <br />HISTORICAL <br />Something important in history. A resource that has <br />Anything from the past, important or not, such as <br />been determined eligible to be eligible for local, <br />aerial imagery, maps, land records, and various <br />state, or NRHP designation is called a "historic <br />collections. <br />resource. <br />NOMINATE <br />DESIGNATED <br />Preparing an application with the property owners' A property whose nomination has been reviewed <br />permission, including mapping, photographs, and by a committee and approved by a local, state, or <br />a report about the history of a resource after it has national agency. <br />been surveyed, evaluated, and recommended <br />eligible. Submitting a nomination does not mean it <br />will automatically be designated. <br />REVITALIZE <br />GENTRIFY <br />Improve the quality of life in neighborhoods through Process in which the character of a neighborhood <br />collaborative local investment in neighborhoods 10 changes through the influx of more affluent residents <br />and buildings without displacing residents, jobs, and and investment, typically displacing current <br />amenities. inhabitants in the process. <br />TANGIBLE INTANGIBLE <br />Things that can be physically touched, experienced, Things that have no physical presence but are <br />or viewed, including buildings, structures, objects, is expressed through heritage festivals, cultural <br />and sites associated with history. traditions, oral history, and knowledge. <br />NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES (NRHP) <br />SEVEN ASPECTS OF INTEGRITY <br />The direct link between an important person or event and a historic resource. To <br />ASSOCIATION retain integrity of association, a resource must have enough surviving physical <br />features and be in its historical location. <br />LOCATION The particular point or position where a historic resource was constructed, where a <br />significant person made their contribution to history, or a historic event occurred. <br />SETTING The character of the place where the historic resource is located, including man- <br />made and natural features. <br />DESIGN The combination of elements that create the form, plan, space, style, and structure of <br />a resource. <br />For buildings, structures, and objects, the physical elements that were used to <br />construct the resources, such as nails and wood. For archaeological sites, the physical <br />elements that were deposited during a particular period of time in a particular <br />pattern or configuration. <br />WORKMANSHIP The physical evidence of the crafts of a particular people or culture during any given <br />historical period. Workmanship includes things like joinery, painting, and carving. <br />The resource's expression of the historic sense or aesthetic of a particular time <br />period. To retain integrity of feeling, a resource must have enough surviving physical <br />features to express its historic character. <br />PRESERVATION IN THE U.S. & TEXAS <br />